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Posted by Barry Watzman on July 24, 2007, 10:58 pm
Please log in for more thread options That doesn't mean anything. What you need is the model number (A100)
and the configuration suffix (-Sxxxx where xxxx is a 4-digit number).
If this model was sold with Vista, then what you have to do is identify
all of the chips used for the various functions (chipset, video, sound,
LAN, modem, etc.) and find another A100 or A105 model using the same
chipset that was sold with XP and use it's drivers. ***OR***, find
other non-Toshiba drivers for those chips that will work in the laptop
(not all drivers for the same chip will necessarily work). It's
possible, I've done this type of thing several times, but it can take 40
to 120 hours although in the case of Vista to XP, it will probably be
relatively easy, as these things go.
Tazz wrote:
> It is my brothers laptop and these are the numbers he gave me: Toshiba
> A-100 va104c psaakc.
> I couldn't find anything by digging through the toshiba site, but I
> found this through google(watch the word wrap):
>
http://ftp.toshiba.ca/support/download/listdrivers/drivers.asp?product=Notebook&model=Satellite%20A100&partnum=PSAAKC-VA104C
>
> Barry Watzman wrote:
>> I find it hard to believe that there are no drivers listed for XP.
>> However, the A100 / A105 series was sold with XP, I have owned two of
>> them that had/have XP rather than Vista. One was an A105/S2712, the
>> other (later) was an A105-S4002.
>>
>> Note1: The A100 and A105 are otherwise identical machines sold through
>> different sales channels.
>>
>> Note2: There are an incredible number of configuration variants (the
>> "Sxxxx" suffix) of the A100/A105 series .... hundreds (it was in
>> production for almost 18 months). And the "range" of variation is much
>> wider than is usually the case in Toshiba products (they don't all even
>> use the same power supply voltage .... some are 15 volt, some are 19
>> volt). I'm told that A100 / 105's were built by 3 different vendors,
>> and that different configuration suffixes can be very, very different
>> ... so it might take some experimentation to find the right drivers.
>> But the drivers almost certainly exist, and in fact they probably exist
>> on the Toshiba web site.
>>
>>
>>
>> dmswaine@gmail.com wrote:
>>> This came with Vista basic. The Toshiba site don't have XP drivers
>>> listed. Are there any special Toshiba drivers I would need or could I
>>> use the ones from the individual component makers plus what's on the
>>> XP disc?
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>
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