Saturday, July 26, 2008

Installing Windows XP on Compaq Presario SR5130NX

This computer came with Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium. Changed the boot drive sequence and set it to read CD/DVD drive before reading the hard disk drive. Inserted Windows XP CD in the CD/DVD drive and restarted the computer. Formatted the C: drive and removed Windows Vista Home Premium and selected the option to install Windows XP on the C: drive. After the installation of Windows XP was complete, it was time to istall the drivers. It was actually very hard to find XP drivers for all the installed hardware on this machine (Presario SR5130NX). The three important drivers that I needed for this machine were:

It is important to have Windows XP Service Pack 2 installed on your machine before you can install Realtek Audio and GeForce 6150 nForce 430 drivers. Realtek would refuse to install and GeForce driver wouldn't make any difference if Windows XP Service Pack 2 isn't installed. So it is important to update your XP to XP Service Pack 2 if your XP isn't already XP SP2.
The final step is to update your USB drivers. Use windows automatic Search and Install drivers utility to update USB drivers. Restart your computer once done with all of the steps and that is all you need to do to make this Presario SR5130NX work with Windows XP Service Pack 2

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

thank you so much I had done this once before but now that you have this page set up it was a breeze. Thanks again.

- Frank

ronaldbartie said...

Thank you sooooooo much! I needed this! :D

Alex said...

Installing Windows XP on a SR5130NX right now and after following these instructions I'm still left with several devices with no drivers. Just wanted to help out anyone else who found them self in the same situation. You still need the nForce 430/410/405/400 driver package to install the SM Bus and Ethernet driver, and don't waste your time installing the AC'97 Realtek driver as you need the "High Definition Audio Codecs" driver instead. The modem is a Conexant and I recommend you either physically remove it or let Windows update find it. And a hint for anyone who downgrades a lot of computers to XP, even if the manufacturer website doesn't list any XP drivers, look at the Vista section to at least get a hint at what's installed. You can almost always find an XP flavor with some Googling once you know what you're looking for.

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