Gateway mt3707 Notebook will not recogonize drives XP pro
Hi all,
I'm having a problem here getting the laptop to recognize the drivers. I reformatted the HD from vista basic to XP pro. I went to the gateway website and looked for the xp ethernet drivers for model laptop and I wasn't able to find anything that works. Every driver I have installed cannot be recognized.
Re: Gateway mt3707 Notebook will not recogonize drives XP pro
jp0213x wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm having a problem here getting the laptop to recognize the drivers.
> I reformatted the HD from vista basic to XP pro. I went to the gateway
> website and looked for the xp ethernet drivers for model laptop and I
> wasn't able to find anything that works. Every driver I have installed
> cannot be recognized.
>
> Here are the current specs for the laptop
>
> 'Gateway Support - MT3707 Notebook Specifications'
> (http://tinyurl.com/36vsfv)
>
> Has anyone ran into this problem before with any laptop and what was
> the solution?
>
>
* North Bridge: ATI RC415MD
* South Bridge: SB460
Networking: Marvell 88E8088 10/100
I tried the Marvell site, and nothing for a driver. I tried to track
down info on the SB460 (in case there is Ethernet in there, and the
reference to the Marvell part, is to a PHY and not a MAC), and I cannot
find anything on it either (i.e. any real detail, as opposed to fluff).
A general search on 88E8088 yields nothing. It must be a relatively new
chip. Existing vendor/device codes for Marvell chips are listed here.
Because this list is compiled by hand, it isn't likely to be complete.
I would start by using a copy of Everest, to verify what devices show
on the "PCI" bus (meaning PCI or PCI Express). You are looking for something
with Vendor = 11AB and a Device code = 43xx, where the xx is not something
you can find in the PCI-IDS list above. I'm not saying that knowing the
VEN/DEV is going to open a lot of doors for you, but maybe searching on
the VEN and DEV numbers might turn up some Linux references, as to when the
chip was introduced and what chip it most resembles.
Now, assume there is no driver, and no way to contact either Gateway or
Marvell. If you want to plug in an Ethernet device, you have a couple
options. You have an ExpressCard slot (barf), meaning you have a selection
of expensive Ethernet cards to choose from. Maybe if you are a rich guy,
this doesn't bother you too much. You would want to buy a product that
claims to support all the OSes you are interested in, a product that
comes with a driver CD.
A slightly cheaper solution, is there are some USB to Ethernet adapters,
which allow getting Ethernet connectivity, on machines that have only
USB sockets. Apparently, there is support in the OS for the device, so
it is supposed to just plug in and work for WinXP. Once you have the
laptop connected to the net, there may be a few more possibilities for
finding a driver. (Maybe a check of Windows Update ? I would never take
a driver from there, but it would be interesting to see if anything is
offered.)
Re: Gateway mt3707 Notebook will not recogonize drives XP pro
On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 13:01:26 -0500, jp0213x
<jp0213x.2rzq8q@no.email.invalid> wrote:
>
>Hi all,
>
>I'm having a problem here getting the laptop to recognize the drivers.
>I reformatted the HD from vista basic to XP pro. I went to the gateway
>website and looked for the xp ethernet drivers for model laptop and I
>wasn't able to find anything that works. Every driver I have installed
>cannot be recognized.
>
>Here are the current specs for the laptop
>
>'Gateway Support - MT3707 Notebook Specifications'
>(http://tinyurl.com/36vsfv)
>
>Has anyone ran into this problem before with any laptop and what was
>the solution?
>
is the following quoted post (in it's entirety) which by
following the link and inputting the driver file name into
Gateway's search box, turns up this direct download link to
the Marvel driver (2.73MB):
Re: Gateway mt3707 Notebook will not recogonize drives XP pro
The links didn't work for me but when I searched on the filenames on
the Gateway website, I found everything. All of the drivers worked
perfectly. Thank you for such a helpful post.
Sky
On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:41:36 -0400, kony <spam@spam.com> wrote:
>Drivers you need:
>
>D00584-001-002.exe - Realtek Wireless LAN Wireless Network
>Driver
>version 5.1060.0413.2006
>D00516-002-001.exe - Marvell Network Driver Version:
>8.50.1.3
>D00671-001-001.exe - ATI Chipset Driver version: ATI
>5.10.1000.7
>D00620-001-001.exe - Realtek Media Card Reader Driver
>version: 2.0.9.3
>D00670-001-001.exe - Agere Modem Driver version: 2.1.72
>D00669-001-001.exe - Synaptics Touchpad Driver version:
>8.3.7.0
>D00680-001-001.exe - ATI Video Driver version: 8.283
>
>D00560-002-001.exe Sigmatel Audio Driver Version:
>5.10.4946.0
>
>I believe these drivers also work for the MT3705
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