HP ZV6000 Problems

[Guest]

Hi, yesterday I upgraded to Windows Vista Beta 2...it does not recognize my
sound card, modem (Conexant PCI), and some mass storage device (not sure what
that is). Anyone have a suggestion about sound device drivers?

 

[Guest]

Hi Rob,

I had the same problem on my ZV6000. I managed to find 64-bit drivers for
all those devices. If you're using the 64-bit version of Vista, I still have
the drivers and can send them to you. Just reply and give me your email
address, and I'll send them to you.

Mike Fisher

 

[Guest]

Hi Rob,

I had the same problem with my ZV6000. I found 64-bit drivers for Vista and
got all the devices to work. If you want the 64-bit drivers, just post your
email address, and I'll send them to you.

Mike Fisher

 

[Guest]

Mike,

Thanks for the offer. I am using the 32 bit version because the x64 really
messed up my machine. I managed to find drivers that work and all systems
seem to be running smoothly now...though I have run into a few programs that
will not operate at all, so far nothing I can't live without.

 

[Guest]

Hi Rob,

Glad to hear you got your problem solved. I started out with 512MB on the
x64 version, and it was very slow. I bought memory to bring it up to 2GB, and
it is about as fast as it was with XP Home. I have the 3500+ processor and a
60GB 7200 rpm drive, so that probably helps a little, too. Anyway, it seems
usable, but eventually maybe I'll try the 32-bit Vista. Is there a noticeable
difference in speed between 32-bit and 64-bit?

Thanks,

Mike

 

[Guest]

Mike, Where did you manage to find x64 drivers? I have serched all over for
compatible driveres for my dv8210. (I do not post my email address on such a
public newsgroup)

Thanks,

rb

 

[Guest]

Hi RB,

It took me a long time to find them, but the following link was what finally
got me fixed. It's meant for some kind of Compaq, but the hardware listed is
the same as what my ZV6000 has. Hope this helps!

http://bsrinivasan.iweb.bsu.edu/

Mike Fisher

 

[Guest]

Thank you Mike, I will try that link and see if the drivers there will work
for me.

RB

 

[Guest]

Thank you Mike,

I tried the audio driver but it would not work for me. I get a message that
a file could not be found. (The same message I get with every driver I try).

The driver for the card reader did work.

RB

 

[Guest]

Don't use the installation utility that comes with the drivers. Extract the
driver package, then go through the "Add Hardware" in Control Panel, and tell
it you have the disk. Just point at the folder that has the .inf file, and
let it install. It may take a while, mine did, but it worked.

 

[Guest]

Thank you Mike

I did finally get the audio to work using the vista beta driver from Realtec
posted elsewhere in this newsgroup. It took several tries, including running
the setup under compatibilty mode as administrator, and then doing what you
said to get it to recognize the software.

rb

 

[Guest]

So everything works, then? Glad to hear it!

Thank you Mike

I did finally get the audio to work using the vista beta driver from Realtec
posted elsewhere in this newsgroup. It took several tries, including running
the setup under compatibilty mode as administrator, and then doing what you
said to get it to recognize the software.

rb

 

[Guest]

When I booted up Vista today, it would not recognize the sound again, and I
can not get it to work again. I guess it is back to the drawing board for me.

rb

 

[Guest]

OK...thought this may help someone. I have a Toshiba P105 with the Conexant
High Definition Audio. Upon installing Vista RC1 I got no sound. At first
the driver loaded but I got the Code 10 error stating the driver could not
start. After deinstalling the device I could not get the driver installed. I
searched all the blogs and news boards. I found a lot of people with the
same issue and some recommendations but nothing worked.

Here is what worked for me and I hope it works for you. I tried previously
loading the XP drivers that came with my system and nothing worked. This
time, instead or running the zip file automatically I unpacked it into a
separate folder. I then went in and selected each application file's
properties and set the compatibility to XP SP2. I then went in to the device
and performed a driver update and selected my own location where the modified
files were. The results were it installed immediately and began working
immediately

All I can say is One Challenge Down and Two to Go! Hope that helps someone.

James