Okay, so we had to reinstall vista ultimate 32 bit on an HP Pavillion dv6661se notebook, and it’s as if the drivers for this nightmare have just vanished off the face of the earth. I’ve managed to get almost everything working. There are still some issues with my Base System Devices, three of them, whatever they are, to be precise, one network controller, apparently the one that controls the wireless internet, and one unknown device that is as unknown to me as it is to the blasted laptop.
I have been to HP’s site, and I have downloaded every driver imaginable. I have yet to figure out why none of them are working. I’ve made sure the product is the right product, I’ve done chipset drivers, I’ve done specific device drivers, I’ve made sure that the drivers were indeed for the AMD chipset and not the intel chipset, and yes, I have made sure that I actually have an AMD processor. =)
So, has anyone else had this much trouble doing a simple install of Vista onto a Vista machine with a Vista disk? And if you have, how have you managed not to chuck the (insert expletive here) thing out the window?
I’m fed to the teeth with it. This is the LAST time I deal with anything even remotely related to HP. (It’s also the last time I let my husband touch anything without me first going through and backing everything up.) Grrrrr…
Please, help if you are able.
Take care,
Azy!
