I have successfully completed full downgrade of DV 6850 ee from Vista to XP. Below are the Soft PAQS from HP which I used. Hope this saves a lot of time for others:
1. Video Driver NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS (Not a softPAQ)
Can be downloaded from NVidia
All Other SoftPAQs froom HP
2. HP Quick Buttons - sp38171.exe
3. Intel Chipset - sp36880.exe
4. Intel Matrix Storage - sp38088.exe
5. Intel PROWireless - sp38439.exe
6. Light Scribe - sp36971.exe
7. SATA Support - sp32478.exe
8. Modem SM56 Motorola - sp37811.exe
9. Synaptics Touchpad - sp37065.exe
10. Webcam - sp33544.exe
11. Wireless Assistant - sp36770.exe
The following should be installed in the same order:
12. Universal High Def Audio - sp33867.exe
13. RealTek High Definition Audio Driver R1.51 (Not a softPAQ)
Can be downloaded from RealTek
14. High Def Bluetooth - sp32883.exe
15. Ethernet Card - RealTek GbE & FE Ethernet PCI-E NIC Driver
File Name: Ethernet RTL8168_8101E_Windows_668.zip
Can be downloaded from RealTek
It took whole 2 days for me to figure out all these
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dude can you please tell me how did you get around with that SATA NAT thing? because there is no way i ccan enable that in BIOS, i'd really really appreciate your help in this regard bro!
Download and run it,make a floppy OR cancel floppy creation.The files will be extracted to C:\Swsetup\sp37005 to use with Nlite.
You can use Nlite to integrate the drivers into a new XP install cd.Nlite will even burn the new XP cd. Very easy really,just follow the guide below closely.
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