Re: Pavilion a6763w-b PC


"Ben Myers" <ben_myers@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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oh well wrote:
Have just gotten this computer and as far as I know the hardware is ok
'cause I can't do anything with it OS wise. It has vista now and since
I'm pirateing parts off my old computer I would like to install the
Windows XP home SP 2 OS from the old computer on the one I've just
gotten. Would there be any problem formatting this hard drive with the
XP installation disc and installing XP. Additionally I would like to use
the hd from the old computer for virtual memory.

Can I do all this ok?

thx.

Tommy Mathis

Tommy,

The answer to your question is "probably". HP does not have any chipset
drivers for this model on its web site, so you have to chase them down
elsewhere.

The motherboard is one made special for HP by ECS. The ECS model is ECS
MCP61PM-HM.

The motherboard chipset is NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430

Here are the other major system chipsets for which Vista support is
provided by HP for your model:
NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller Driver
NVIDIA Graphics Driver
NVIDIA LAN Driver (Realtek RTL8201N 10/100Mbps)
Realtek High Definition Audio Driver

Since this motherboard is special for HP, you won't find anything about
the model on the ECS web site. My own next try would be nVidia's web
site, at this URL, for example:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_nf4_winxp32_8.26_11.09.html

A web site q&a forum said that the Acer Aspire E380 uses the same
motherboard, and that the drivers on the Acer web site would work.

Finally, yes, you can set up virtual memory on any drive with XP.

... Ben Myers

Ben thx.

A supprise or two here but now off to the chase.

Tommy


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