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SATA drivers for XP (solution on0x0000007B BSOD) [ Edited ]
08-31-2009 05:56 PM - last edited on 03-03-2011 02:45 AM Daniel_Potyrala
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Statement: You are using this guide at your own risk. I don't take any responsibility for any problems. Important informations!
Before you will do anything please create a set of recovery discs. Resources: Using HP Backup and Recovery Manager in Vista Using HP Recovery Manager inWindows 7 All pre-installed drivers and software of your current system are in C:\swsetup folder. If you still have it on HDD then burn this folder to CD/DVD. You may need them someday. If you haven't got now any system on your notebook / netbook then skip two above advice. Links to SATA drivers are included in pdf and doc files of this guide.

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Table of Contents: A How to check which SATA driver you need. B Intel SATA drivers. C Nvidia SATA drivers. D AMD SATA drivers.
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How to check which SATA driver you need. [ Edited ]
07-02-2010 10:10 AM - last edited on 02-03-2011 02:21 AM Daniel_Potyrala
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Install CPU-Z in your current system. You may download this program from here. Below screenshot shows where you will find links to this software on CPU-Z home page.

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Run it and select ' Mainboard ' tab.

You will find there two important informations about your chipset: brand (in above example Intel ) and type (in above example PM965)

If your laptop chipset is manufactured by:

Intel
Go to point B and do everything what'swritten there.

Nvidia
Go to point C and do everything what's written there.

AMD
Go to point D and do everything what's written there.

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Intel SATA drivers. [ Edited ]
07-02-2010 10:12 AM - last edited on 03-12-2011 05:39 AM Daniel_Potyrala
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If you've got few Intel models and you want to use only one installation disc for all of them then:
You need to slipstream Intel SATA drivers with nLite. Hereis doc file with guide ' How to slipstream all Intel SATA drivers with XP ' (use Microsoft Office or Open Office (free software) to open it). Here is pdf file with the same guide (use Adobe Acrobat Reader (free software) to open it).

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If you've got only one Intel model then you may want to slipstream only specificdriver:
For models with PM55, HM57, QM57 or QS57 chipset:
You need to slipstream SATA driver (only 5

Series 6 Port SATA AHCI Controller) with nLite.

Here is doc file with guide ' How to slipstream Intel SATA (PCHM 6 Port) driver with XP ' (use Microsoft Office or Open Office (free software) to open it). Here is pdf file with the same guide (use Adobe Acrobat Reader (free software) to...