Comments on: Windows XP on the Gateway P-6831FX

By: Coen

Coen — Thu, 26 May 2011 18:48:46 +0000

Fix for Sigmatel “Cannot Install This Hardware” error (see comment by Mitch May 26, 2009 at 8:24 pm):

After step 5 do not go on to step 6, but rather run the setup.exe file in the folder where the driver is extracted to. After setup.exe is finished the audio is already working, but restart to finish the installation.

This worked for me on my P-172X FX. Note that you DO need to copy the 2 files in the previous steps of this guide, otherwise XP still won’t recognize the hardware.

Furthermore, the self-extracting zip file did not unzip for me, so I manually unzipped it using 7-zip ( http://7-zip.org/ (freeware)). Keep in mind that the path to the location of the driver files changes to wherever you unzipped the files to, so you need to replace that with the location that is mentioned in this guide, but that is only logical of course.

@Tinman: A big thank you for creating this guide! This allows me to downgrade from that horrible Vista. The sound not working was the only problem I had with this laptop.

Peace.

By: Iah_flight_attendant

Iah_flight_attendant — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:11:53 +0000

Great guide. Used this on my P-6860FX and everything works perfectly. Thanks TinMan. I’ve had my FX for about a year and hate Vista. I managed to set my laptop up to dual boot Windows 7 & XP with EasyBCD. The trick is to partition up your HDD and install XP first then install 7. One you get on 7 you can run EasyBCD and setup the bootloader. Works like a charm.

By: TinMan

TinMan — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:53:54 +0000

They all seem to work for me.

By: kael

kael — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:54:30 +0000

doesnt seem like the links for the sound dl work, can u fix them please?

By: Ahmad Jawid

Ahmad Jawid — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 05:08:36 +0000

Hi dears;

would you please guide me how to find the drevie for Audio Device on High Definition ?