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Attempted fresh install
Figured I'd try and update an Averatec 6100 laptop to Win7 from the XP it came with. Install went well and then came time to install drivers. Oh boy what fun!!! Not one of the video, audio network or wireless drivers was easily found and in fact gave up trying to even find a wireless driver. This is even though I wrote down their names as given in XP's device manager. However the worst part was a lack of an appropriate ATI driver for the Moblity 6100 embedded video card so it was stuck in VGA mode. It's almost like it doesn't exist on AMD's site except Update Catalog has some update for it, none of which will install giving a missing file error message but doesn't tell you what the actual file is ... typical Windows BS!!! I did get a driver to install after numerous failed attempts but it'd BSOD randomly and always upon shutdown. I gave up and reverted back to the original XP on the laptop given I have original install disks laptop was that old it came with them!!! |
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pjp wrote:
Figured I'd try and update an Averatec 6100 laptop to Win7 from the XP it came with. Install went well and then came time to install drivers. Oh boy what fun!!! Not one of the video, audio network or wireless drivers was easily found and in fact gave up trying to even find a wireless driver. This is even though I wrote down their names as given in XP's device manager. However the worst part was a lack of an appropriate ATI driver for the Moblity 6100 embedded video card so it was stuck in VGA mode. It's almost like it doesn't exist on AMD's site except Update Catalog has some update for it, none of which will install giving a missing file error message but doesn't tell you what the actual file is ... typical Windows BS!!! I did get a driver to install after numerous failed attempts but it'd BSOD randomly and always upon shutdown. I gave up and reverted back to the original XP on the laptop given I have original install disks laptop was that old it came with them!!! How about: https://www.catalog.update.microsoft...ti+radeon+9600 That's the only breadcrumb I could find. Paul |
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