Jun 24, 2013

Compaq Presario R3000 Windows 7 Drivers


Introduction
This post is a guide for upgrading compaq Presario R3000 to windows 7. As we know R3000 is Windows XP base model, means no windows 7 drivers and support release for this product. Here i listed the drivers and installation guide after installing windows 7 in R3000 model.

Something you need to know.
Compaq Presario R3000 can be divided into 2 type, first R3000 with intel processor and 2nd R3000 with AMD processor. The difference is AMD driver use Nvidia chipset drivers and ATI Graphic Drivers While the Intel

Something you need to do:
Please run automatic update first, it will install the most latest drivers available for your system. To check whether your system have all the driver needed you can refer here.


Chipset Drivers
This chipset driver only for R3000 with amd processor, it will failed for model with Intel cpu.
Nvidia nForce Chipset Driver:
Version 15.49 WHQL - nForce 430i
Download (32-bit)
Download (64-bit)


Audio Drivers
Normally default hig definition audio istalled automatically either from windows 7 installation or windows update. If not:

Download this drivers:

ADI 1981B Audio Driver for AMD
Version:5.12.1.4010 A, 19.97M
Download 

ADI 1981B Audio Driver for Intel
Version:1.00 A, 19.94M
Download 

Install and it will result in error, ignore the error and proceed with:
  1. Open device manager by click START and type DEVMGMT.MSC in the search box and press enter.
  2. Look for "High Definition Audio...." or similar, it marked with yellow mark. 
  3. Right click on it and select UPDATE DRIVERS.
  4. Select "Browse My computer for Driver Software".
  5. Select "Let me pick from a list of  device driver on my computer".
  6. Click on HAVE DISK and click on Browse.
  7. Point to C:\swsetup\SP27325\SMAXWDM\Win2k_xp then select smwdmNV8.inf. for AMD point to C:\swsetup\SP25795\SMAXWDM\Win2k_xp then select smwdmNV8.inf.
  8. Continue with on screen instruction until installation finish. Ignore if it complaint not digitally sign driver.

Graphic Drivers (ATI )
ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 / 9000 series Graphic Drivers.
(for future reference, other supported vga: RS300M, RS200M, 900 series)

We need to Install this driver using the same method to install Audio drivers:

ATI M9/M10/RC300M VGA Driver
Version:8.003.3 C, 39.0M
Graphic Driver Version:  6.14.10.6436
Download 

Install and it will result in error, ignore the error and proceed with:
  1. Open device manager by click START and type DEVMGMT.MSC in the search box and press enter.
  2. Look for "Standard VGA" Under Graphic Adapter.
  3. Right click on it and select UPDATE DRIVERS.
  4. Select "Browse My computer for Driver Software".
  5. Select "Let me pick from a list of  device driver on my computer".
  6. Click on HAVE DISK and click on Browse.
  7. Point to C:\swsetup\SP30791\Driver\2KXP_INF then select CX_24159.inf or C2_24159.inf.
  8. Continue with on screen instruction until installation finish. Ignore if it complaint not digitally sign driver. 

Graphic (Nvidia)

NVIDIA Graphics Driver 
Version:7.2.3.0 B, 26.87M 
Support Nvidia GeForce4 440 Go/GeForce4 420 go
Download 

Note: If you try to look for the driver in nvidia download site, you won;t  find it because both Geforce 440 go and Geforce 420 Go drivers only provided by Manufacture, the most popular manufacture with this graphic is Toshiba. The best alternative drivers (mod drivers) is Version 53.03WHQL.

Of course Direct Install will fail but install it first, we need to extract the drivers. Proceed with:
  1. Open device manager by click START and type DEVMGMT.MSC in the search box and press enter.
  2. Look for "Standard VGA" Under Graphic Adapter.
  3. Right click on it and select UPDATE DRIVERS.
  4. Select "Browse My computer for Driver Software".
  5. Select "Let me pick from a list of  device driver on my computer".
  6. Click on HAVE DISK and click on Browse.
  7. Point to C:\swsetup\SP30132 then select NVCP.inf.
  8. Continue with on screen instruction until installation finish. Ignore if it complaint not digitally sign driver. 

Card Reader
This model use TI PCI1520 and PCI1620 Driver (TI refer to texas instrument).

 Card Reader
TI PCI1520 and PCI1620 Driver for Windows 2000/XP 
Version:1.00 B 4, 4.02M
Download 
Install the drivers, Direct Install will fail ignore it. Proceed with:
  1. Open device manager by click START and type DEVMGMT.MSC in the search box and press enter.
  2. Look for "PCI simple communication" and "Mass Controller" Under Others.
  3. Right click on it and select UPDATE DRIVERS.
  4. Select "Browse My computer for Driver Software".
  5. Click Browse and Point to c:\swsetup\sp29788\base\Windows\tiinst and click open.
  6. Click next and continue with on-screen installation until finish.

Others

Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC Driver
Version 7.3.522.2009 A, 5MB
Download

Input
HP Quick Launch Buttons
Version:6.50.15.1, 25.42M
Download

 Touchpad
Synaptics TouchPad Driver 
Version:13.2.4.12 A, 34.76M
Download 

 Wireless - Atheros
HP W400-W500 Wireless LAN Drivers
Go to this link : LaptopVideo2Go
Select Version : 8.0.0.255, download, unzip and install.

Wireless - Broadcom
Broadcom Wireless LAN Driver for Microsoft Windows 7 
Version:5.60.48.35, 20.7M
Download 

Notes:
1. There are 2 wireless drivers, one is atheros and the other is bluetooth. If you have proble to identify your wireless driver and both drivers above didn;t work. Get the hardware ID for the wireless and post it here. To get the hardware ID you can refer to my post here. 

2. Use the hardware ID to get any drivers you can't install. I expect co-processor drivers will be one of the missing drivers in certain model because most of the R3000 series use Intel processor. Only few use ADM processor. 

3. Need Instruction with pictures? Do let me know because i didn't put any image to reduce page load speed. 

4. Your feedback is important for me. Do let me know which work and which didn't, spend a whole day for this one.
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18 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 25, 2014 at 1:26 PM

    thanks for this - very helpful

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  2. AnonymousOctober 19, 2016 at 7:04 AM

    Thanks

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  3. AnonymousDecember 14, 2016 at 1:35 AM

    Thanks

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  4. UnknownDecember 22, 2016 at 7:05 AM

    Thanks /gracias

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  5. AnonymousApril 8, 2017 at 2:49 PM

    This was an incredible help. Trying to upgrade to Win 7. I couldn't find the Audio or Video drivers for my Presario R3430. Even HP doesn't carry them anymore. I couldn't find the card reader driver either but this wasn't critical like the others. Its nice to have it as well though. Thank you so much, I appreciate it!

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  6. UnknownMay 24, 2017 at 3:48 AM

    I was looking the Wireless Broadcom driver, I tried many and none before worked (no IP, dhcp even manual) like this one, Thank you very much...

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  7. UnknownAugust 4, 2017 at 10:40 AM

    ¿How could I know if I should use AMD or intel for audio drivers in my Presario R-3000?

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  8. UnknownAugust 4, 2017 at 10:42 AM

    I forgot! Appears as realtek ac97

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  9. UnknownAugust 4, 2017 at 10:56 AM

    and base system device?

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  10. UnknownAugust 4, 2017 at 10:58 AM

    sorry! you mentioned at the begining in this case intel processor

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    1. BlackAugust 4, 2017 at 10:06 PM

      1. The audio driver does not depend on your chipset (Intel or AMD). If it appears as realtek ac97 and the sound works then no need to install audio driver.

      2. To determine either AMD or Intel simply right click START - CONTROL PANEL -SYSTEM. Look at the processor, it will show you Intel or AMD.

      3. Base system device is referring to card Reader driver. Install using the manual installation I posted above.

      Additional info:
      R3000 (model number) also written as R3xxx, when xxx could refer to any specific model across r3000 series. You can look at the bottom of your notebook, there is a small sticker and there you will find the specific model such as R3013.

      This information would be helpful to locate compatible driver (Stable version).

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  11. UnknownAugust 9, 2017 at 10:37 AM

    thanks so much. I had problems with Radeon 9000, with audio ac97 (for any reason didnt identified) fortunately, with your help, I installed identifying as Sound max Integrated Digital audio and, finally also problems with card reader driver and the yellow horrible triangle was also solved. Thanks

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  12. KalenDecember 14, 2017 at 3:06 PM


    hello, install windows 8.1 pro, and it works fantastically, even better than windows 7, but I have a single problem, and it is the graphics card do not dry driver install and also how to do it, my laptop has an AMD processor.

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    1. BlackDecember 16, 2017 at 11:02 AM

      I'm not sure about Windows 8 with this card, have you try Windows automatic updates?

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  13. KalenDecember 16, 2017 at 3:36 PM

    when installing windows 7, the NVIDIA driver was used, when installing windows 8 pro 32 bits, I installed all the previous drivers, only the card is missing, when using the manual installation, it informs that it is not compatible with this windows version.
    when opening the administrator, it informs that the installed driver is: basic windows screen adapter.
    help! honestly this windows in my opinion, is the best for this laptop, but only this driver is missing.

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    1. BlackDecember 16, 2017 at 11:46 PM

      For cases like this normally we just need to try with different older driver version, most of the drivers can be found here:
      http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=GeForce4%20

      1. The drivers listed there are in .cab format, you will need to extract the driver using winrar. Then install the driver manually via device manager.

      2. Only select mx420 or mx440 from the list, do not use other driver.

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  14. KalenDecember 17, 2017 at 12:02 PM

    all show incompatibility with windows 8

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    1. BlackDecember 20, 2017 at 9:28 AM

      I did my research as much as I could for the past few days and there's no sign of any further suggestion I could come up with. The last thing I would suggest you to try ask here:
      https://forums.laptopvideo2go.com/
      Most of the members are expert on Modding Graphic drivers, maybe they could help.

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