Monday, January 22, 2007
I just got myself an HP Pavilion a1600n Media Center PC. I formatted, got rid of the "recovery partition" and installed Windows XP. Finding the drivers for was a real pain. Basically the thing to remember is that most of the motherboard's components were made by NVIDIA. After installing Windows XP, I realized that I had essentially screwed up in installing a 32-bit OS when a perfectly 64-bit version of XP exists. So I had to find all the drivers again...in 64-bit version. Here's what I found:64-bit
- GeForce 6150 LE (Graphics) driver: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp64_93.71.html
ForceWare Release 90
Version: 93.71
Release Date: November 2, 2006
WHQL Certified
File is named: 93.71_forceware_winxp64_english_whql.exe - nForce 430/410 driver: http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_nf4_winxp64_8.26_11.09.html
Version: 8.26 for nForce 430 (MCP51), 410
Version: 11.09 for 430 (MCP61), 405, 400
Release Date: January 5, 2007
WHQL Certified
File is named: 8.26_11.09_nforce_winxp64_english.exe - RealTek sound drivers: http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads...GetDown=false
Windows 2000, Windows XP/2003(32/64 bits) Driver only (Executable file)