motherboard drivers for laptop?

[drb]

Had to install a new hard drive so rather than use Toshiba's satellite
1955-S805 backup disks I upgraded with WinXP-pro and loaded the display,
modem, Ethernet, sound, etc drivers. Everything is fine except - 5/6 is
displayed for the up/down arrows and the period that goes into the selection
box blotches out the box so I can not really see if it is selected. Friend
recommended getting Toshiba's motherboard drivers but none are available on
site. Does anyone know if this is something that WinXP can correct or do I
need to seek out Toshiba?

 

[Big Al]

You don't have a num lock key turned on do you? But as much as I have
a laptop, I have to hit the Fn key to get the cursor or letters to
become numbers. Num lock does nothing to alter my keystroke. And
oddly, I would have thought it would.

But this is probably why toshiba sent you an OEM disk.

My dell has BIOS updates that might effect your system.

 

[drb]

Don't have a Fn key or num lock, but do have a caps lock which is turned
off.

 

[Big Al]

Then you have a keyboard I've never seen. The bios of some machines
allow you to determine the startup status of the num lock. You might
try flipping it. However I still don't know that's it. It would be
easy to test if it were a key.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Then you have a keyboard I've never seen. The bios of some machines
allow you to determine the startup status of the num lock.

However, Windows XP, like all versions of Windows NT, ignores the BIOS
Numlock setting.

 

[Gerry]

dreb

Don't have a Fn key - I think you have misunderstood as an Fn key is a
Function key. I think you have 12 numbered F1 to F12.

This link is a copy of your Manual which I suggest you read:
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/...BV_EngineID=ccceadedmellhehcgfkceghdgngdgnj.0

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[drb]

Yes I misunderstood. Thank you for the link which provided me with Bios
update and Intel Utility. Hope this works.

I would have thought that WinXP would have provided drivers for all Intel
chipsets.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Yes I misunderstood. Thank you for the link which provided me with
Bios update and Intel Utility. Hope this works.

I would have thought that WinXP would have provided drivers for all
Intel chipsets.

Even though Windows XP was released at the end of 2001 and it is not nearly
5 months into 2008? If you think the service packs should have included
updated drivers - SP2 was released in 2004. Sure - SP3 was released *now*
but, drivers are not the concern of the makers of operating systems. The
hardware drivers are the concern of the manufacturer's of hardware devices.
Only each manufacturer decides whether or not they will supply drivers for a
given OS and for how long they will support that OS.

 

[drb]

Bought the laptop 3/03 so shouldn't the drivers for Intel chip be there?

Sourced for the drivers on Intel website and could come up with them. All
the hits showed a program for identification of cpu. Where are they or am I
spinning my wheels?