HP Media center a1430n

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I'm getting my butt kicked setting up device drivers for a medi
center a1430n. I'm trying to get it off the media center edition t
XP pro-64. However I am not familiar with the x64 AMD uses nor th
Nvidia chipset
It seems that the device drivers are very cryptic in what devices tha
are. Also they will accept multiple device drivers (almos
interchangable in nature)
If anyone can help me with a roadmap if the device driver installatio
that would be great
I have Nvidia's nForce4_amd_6.69_winxp64_english_whql and it seems t
work for the most part, however the audio drivers are a mess and
think I installed improper drivers which is my problem
HELP
~E
 
linuxed said:
I'm getting my butt kicked setting up device drivers for a media
center a1430n. I'm trying to get it off the media center edition to
XP pro-64. However I am not familiar with the x64 AMD uses nor the
Nvidia chipset.
It seems that the device drivers are very cryptic in what devices thay
are. Also they will accept multiple device drivers (almost
interchangable in nature)
If anyone can help me with a roadmap if the device driver installation
that would be great.
I have Nvidia's nForce4_amd_6.69_winxp64_english_whql and it seems to
work for the most part, however the audio drivers are a mess and I
think I installed improper drivers which is my problem.
HELP!
~Ed
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You are NOT trying to UPGRADE X64 over MCE, are you? If so, that's your
entire problem, right there. Never install Windows over Windows. If you
are changing Windows versions FORMAT the hard drive first.

But for any windows install, you need to install mainboard chipset drivers
(don't use the Windows default ones), then install Video drivers, then
install audio drivers. You might also need to install USB and LAN drivers,
which are part of the mainboard chipset, but not included in the mainboard
chipset drivers. -Dave
 
You are NOT trying to UPGRADE X64 over MCE, are you? If so, that's your
entire problem, right there. Never install Windows over Windows. If you
are changing Windows versions FORMAT the hard drive first.

But for any windows install, you need to install mainboard chipset drivers
(don't use the Windows default ones), then install Video drivers, then
install audio drivers. You might also need to install USB and LAN drivers,
which are part of the mainboard chipset, but not included in the mainboard
chipset drivers. -Dave
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Good advice. But, I wonder, even if the guy does everything exactly
right, what payoff will he get for his trouble? What media apps
benefit from a 64-bit OS? In fact, given the problems the hardware
mfrs. are having with 64-bit drivers, will the system be as good as it
was before he did the "upgrade"?

I remember that as soon as w95 came out, there was lots of stuff I
wanted to use that required a 32-bit OS, and it was crystal-clear that
even a buggy 95 was overall more useful than 3x. But I haven't yet
run across anything new and interesting (to me as a consumer rather
than a data warehouse tech) that doesn't run fine under w2k.

Charlie
 
Charlie is right...

No apps that I know of currently support 64 bit architexture...

I am sure they are out there but I am also sure that they buggy...

The benefit only comes when the program is written for 64-bit
processors, otherwise your slowing the processor down to run in 32-bit
mode.

-Randy
 
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