Sound Drivers for a HP Pavilion 752n with Win XP Pro

[Franklin_4]

Can anyone help me with information of the Sound Drivers of a HP Pavilion 752n with Windows XP Professional.
I want to know where can I download the driver... I dont know who made the sound card either....

[Norman_21]

Franklin,

Try here:
http://h20015.www2.hp.com/en/softwareList.jhtml?reg=&cc=us&prodId=hppavilion83458&lc=en&softitem=Microsoft%20Windows%20XP&sw_lang=en&pagetype=software

Good luck!

[Perignon]

Hi Franklin,

A Freeware like "Belarc Advisor" or "Aida32.exe could help you identify your audio device precisely.

Once done, go to the manufactures's support-link or try a driver-provider such as "All Drivers".

Alain.

[Josef_6]

I'm having similar problems: 752n crashed installing Service Pack 1. I didn't read about the HP patch until after I installed XP Pro on the recovery drive (I was trying to save the data on the main drive). I can not get the video drivers located in the hp/drivers/video folder to work. I've downlaoded the Belarc advisor and all it tells me is that I have no video drivers. I've read that it's on-board video. I'm also having trouble getting the USB Controller drivers. I could not find the drivers on HP's support & drivers section. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Also; Is it possible to order a recovery disk for the 752n? I know it doesn't come with one because of the recovery drive (which I so ingeniously killed), but it would be a much better alternative than having to hunt for the drivers everytime like this.

Thanks,

Joseph

[Perignon]

Joe,

I think you'd get better recovery chances with Win XP Pro (full retail section). Boot of XP install CD; then run FORMAT C: and finally reinstall this OS from sratch. It should plug-&-play essential devices composing your computer. Understand that the Video device is a "chipset-integrated" model (ATI? Aida32 should identify it more precisely than Belarc does). If not in XP cabs, the Video driver is probably on the restore CD shipped with the computer. Run that CD after XP was reinstalled if the problem persists.

Alain.

[Josef_6]

I really should have opened a new thread for this. I seem to have fixed the display problem in XP Pro. It is actually a BIOS issue, you have to change the BIOS to onboard VGA and give it 8MB of dedicated memory instead of 1MB.

However, I am still attempting to try and restore this computer back to XP Home (which comes with the computer, but of course there is no disc in the unforseen circumstance someone deletes the recovery drive). Any suggestions on how to do this? (I am right now running my personal copy of XP Pro on it, for testing purposes. I need to know how to put their previously purchased copy of XP Home back on for legal issues)