my laptop is HP Pavilion dv6124XT. i tried to format it but windows setup cannot detect the hard disk.

can anyone help me?

some of the unknown device are quick launch buttons, and other HP trademark craps... not really useful...

agreed... but u know wat... Vista ain't cornering US juz yet...

try Unknow Device Identifier... juz search in google... find out the chip and the chip number and search in google...

all TU are same base... same Intel 945GM chipset... diff juz the RAM, HDD, proc speed and ODD... others are same...

press F10 fast fast when u on ur lappy... go find "SATA native support" and disable it... then restart and boot from CD... or u can download Intel AHCI driver and put it in USB floppy drive then when loading windows setup, juz press F6 to load the driver...

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Added on September 29, 2007, 5:47 pmu guys can also download Intel drivers from Intel website...

and non-centrino V3000 series laptop usually use Broadcom WiFi... which can be found in HP website or other open drivers site...

still can't get it then can come send to my shop and i do everything for u... not for free of course...

This post has been edited by t3chn0m4nc3r: Sep 29 2007, 05:47 PM

i call compaq once to ask regarding the xp issue...they say that the notebook does not support xp, only vista..

of course the help centre will tell that the specified model of laptop dont support XP coz they dont provide the solution. but we still can find those drivers from manufacturer site...

1 more thing is most of their products come with vista basic coz its cheaper than XP pro.. ha ha ha~ uploading additional driver for OS that they dont provide will waste their hosting storage~ they hav to pay more for larger hosting spaces

there's is no such thing i guess, old drivers can be found if you know where to look. that's just a lazy answer IMO, u know la customer services. just comes out with the quickest way/answer to get rid of the caller

it is not driver...cant even install xp

cant understand ur statement... it's hanging~

Yes now the new laptop must use the vista as OS...cannot support the XP..but if you want use the XP..i think can but need find the driver first lar..like acer can use the XP..

ok... found out recently tat newer laptop models wif built in Intel X3100 (965G chipset) don have any option to disable the AHCI mode... so normal XP CD setup won detect the HDD... cuz it's running on ACHI mode...

so to remedy this prob... i juz use the Intel ACHI driver... i finally got the setup to detect the HDD but got error copying the driver while copying files... no i'm still digging my way around this... i curse HP and Microsoft to the MAX....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Added on October 3, 2007, 7:46 pmok... solution 1 to install Vista on 965GM chipset lappy found and confirmed usable... juz follow the following steps:
these are done on Compaq V3658TU using OEM Windows XP pro and my frenz Vista trial which he got during last year's WCG...

1) install Vista(u gotta bear wif it) on 2nd partition... and u gotta fully install till u can log on to vista... no drivers needed though...

2) restart and install windows XP on the 1st partition... but don forget to load the AHCI drivers from USB floppy drive or u can integrate it to ur Windows CD...

3) look for all the drivers while waiting...

4) remove Vista from the startup.ini...

5) format the partition where u install Vista...

6) hola... go cheer wif ur lappy and celebrate ur victory over HP's stupid Vista promoting campaign and show ur finger to them...

i guess i defeated HP yet again...

if u still fail... u can send ur lappy to me to check and maybe crack it...

This post has been edited by t3chn0m4nc3r: Oct 8 2007, 12:15 AM

I got new presario v3514 last two months. I able to format my lappy to window xp (press F6 to detect HDD method). But now, I cannot install my intelchipset driver. Can anyone help me where can I get intel chipset driver?