HP to XP

Ever bought a new laptop that come with Vista to either doesn't come with any Operating system, well I bought one myself and I do have the intention to downgrade to XP in the future but problem is the hardware driver is hard to find......

I did some Google during the long holiday and found some side that provide information where to download the driver so here is to share with you


HP COMPAQ C700

Chipset
Intel Chipset Installation Utility for ICH8

Audio
Microsoft UAA driver (1)
Conexant High-Definition Audio Driver (2)

Display card
Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset Family Video/Graphics Driver

Quick Launch
HP Quick Launch Buttons Driver

Alps Touch Pad
Alps Touch Pad Driver

Webcam
webcam driver

LAN Driver
Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC Driver

WLAN Driver
Intel PRO Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g or 802.11b/gBroadcom 802.11a/b/g Atheros AR2425 WLAN b/g

Modem driver
Conexant HDAUDIO Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP Driver

CQ40-133TU ( Can be used for other CQ40-XXXUU model)

Chipset
Intel Chipset,

Audio
MS UAA
UAA (required with a reboot before Audio driver)
SP39671.exe (IDT High-Definition Audio CODEC Driver)

High-Definition Audio (HDA) Modem Installer and Driver
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp39501-40000/sp39545.exe
http://www.download.com/
CQ Audio Solution for CQ Series


Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family
Video Driver with HDMI Audio driver
Windows Installer 3.1(required before wireless)

WLAN Driver
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp39501-40000/sp39912.exe

Lan Driver
Realtek RTL8102E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC

JMB38X Card Reader Host Controller Driver
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp40001-40500/sp40221.exe

Quick Launch
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp39001-39500/sp39425.exeFor 7 unknown devices

Bluetooth Driver
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp32501-33000/sp32883.exe


These drivers can be used with some other CQ40 models but you just got to try yourself.