Disclaimer: The following instructions details what drivers/intallers I used to set up my TOSHIBA Satellite A305D-S6848 with Windows XP Professional SP3 beta v331. The same drivers and installers are included in this archive (which can also be found at http://landus.mytechzone.net/XP Drivers.zip). I'm not promsing any guarantees. Only what I did to get my laptop running. All of the files in this archive have been scanned with avast! and have come up as clean. The * next to a driver or installer means that it was listed for Windows Vista (32-bit version). Regardless, they still worked seamlessly for me. 7zip Installer 7z457.exe --- ATI Video Driver and Chipset Installer 8-7-igp_xp32_dd_ccc_wdm_sb_gart_enu_65993.exe --- Synaptics Driver Synaptics_Driver_v10_1_8_XP32.exe --- * TOSHBIA Value Added Package - Includes ACPI Common Modules, Power Saver, Accessibility, Fnesse, Toshiba Utilities, Toshiba Password Utility, Flash Cards, PC Diagnostic, and Buttons Support util_tvap_27271A.exe --- Realtek HD Audio Driver WDM_R199.exe --- * TOSHIBA Face Recognition Software fareg-20080716143857.zip --- RealTek LAN Driver PCIE_Install_5694_0522.zip --- Chicony USB 2.0 Webcam Driver webcam-20080611151248.zip --- Atheros AR5007EG Driver Installer xp32-7.6.0.239-whql.zip --- * Ricoh Card Reader Drivers driver_cardreader_ricoh_os2008128a.exe --- Motorola Modem Drivers driver_modem_motorola_27402A.exe --- Instructions ------------ First off, extract the zip file and take a peek what is inside. Look at the information above to see what driver is which. The first thing I installed was 7zip (http://www.7zip.com). It's a free program, and I find it extremely handy. If an executable won't install a driver for some reason, you can manually extract the drivers in the file by right-click on the executable, then going to 7zip -> Extract to .../ The next thing would be to get your wireless or onboard NIC working, depending on your setup. To set up the Atheros wireless card, run the Atheros installer. To set up your onboard Realtek NIC, run the Realtek LAN driver installer. Now, it's time to set up your video and chipset driver. You're going to need .NET 2.0 to install the Catalyst Control Center included in the ATI installer, so run Windows Update a few times and then run the ATI installer. The video card that came with my laptop is a Radeon X1250. If you have something other than this, I suggest you find the correct driver at http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html After you run the ATI installer, you'll be asked to reboot. I'm suggesting you wait until you get everything installed first. At this point, it's time to get your sound working. The first thing you need to do is right-click on My Computer (or Windows key + Pause/Break), then click on the Hardware tab, then Device Manager. Look for the Unknown Devices category and expand it. Right-click on the PCI Device, and then click update driver. Click no to finding the driver over Windows Update, click next. Click the "Install from a list or specific location" radial button, click Next. Then click "Don't search. I will choose the driver to install", click next. In the next window, highlight "Show all devices" and click next. Give your computer a minute or two (maybe more) to work if it doesn't give you drivers to choose from as soon as you click next. When you finally get a window with a choice of drivers to choose from, click on "Have a Disk" in the bottom right corner of the window. Navigate to where you extracted all the drivers and enter the KB888111XPSP2 folder. Inside this folder, you'll find another folder called "commonfiles". Navigate into this folder, and open the "hdaudbus.sys". Load this driver, and you're computer will start finding new devices, specifically a High Definition Audio Device, and a Modem Device on a High Definition Audio Bus. At this point, you can run the Realtek HD Audio installer and you should be good for sound after it's done running without being asked to reboot. Go to Start -> Accessories -> Entertainment -> Volume Control to be sure your audio is working. Then, run the Motorola modem installer to get your modem working too. You may have to manually tell Windows which driver to use. Simply follow the steps you took to install the HD audio bus driver, but instead of clicking on "Have a Disk", find "Motorola" in the left column and use the TOSHIBA SM56 Data Fax Modem driver. At this point, I would install the Synaptics driver for your touchpad and the TOSHIBA Value Package. It was listed on the website I found on (I don't remember which) as Vista drivers, but they work for XP. At this point, run the Ricoh Card Reader installer to clear up those unknown three base system devices. You could also install the webcam driver at this point too. After it's done installing, follow the similar steps you took to install the HD Audio Bus for the unknown PCI Devices. Just this time, instead of clicking on "Have a Disk", run down the list of manufacturers and look for Chicony. What to do next is obvious at this point. The Face Recognition software also installs and runs without any problems. I didn't like it though. It refused to recognize my face hours after I registered my face with the software. I ended up uninstalling it. That's it. As of right now, I haven't been able to get the media control buttons to work, except mute button. If I manage to get them working in the future, I'll update this with instructions. -- Rianthas (08/1/2008 12:15AM GMT-4)