ASUS P4G-LA in an HP pavilion 522n

[GregF]

Hello All,
Would anyone know where I can find the drivers for this motherboard? These
motherboards are found in the HP Pavilion 522n but they do not provide
drivers for this from their website for this unit they simply want you to
use their recovery disk (which wasn't shipped with this unit) to restore
the OS. Techsupport claims that the recovery can be done from a separate
partion on the motherboard but i blew that away when i ghosted it with my
windows xp pro image ;) It so happens that their recovery disk contains
windows xp home and I want to use windows XP professional. I also
checked out Intel's website for driver because this motherboard uses an
intel 845GL chipset. Any feedback would be benefical.

TIA,
Greg

[Ben Myers]

Greg,

Your inquiry is similar to one made several weeks ago. The Asus board has a
variation of the Intel 845 chipset, so you can get the drivers from either the
Intel web site or possibly from the Asus web site, either one by downloading ALL
the drivers for an 845 board. The drivers include graphics, IDE controller and
USB. As far as audio goes, I do not know which audio chip the system has. If
you identify the audio chip, you can get drivers from the chip manufacturer's
web site.

Not only have personal computers become commodity items, so have chipsets. Long
gone are the days when a name-brand manufacturer would collaborate with the chip
manufacturer to cobble up something a little different. ANYTHING at all
different drives up the cost of chips and software drivers. Margins are just
too thin for manufacturers to absorb the cost of slightly different hardware.

Last of all, to repeat for the eyes of Carly and her minions, as if any HP
employee with any decision-making authority ever reads this newsgroup... The
non-availability of software drivers for HP computer systems on the HP web site
is unmatched in the industry. This is downright despicable. Dell, Gateway, IBM
all have extensive inventories of software drivers available for downloading. I
recently got myself an old IBM Thinkpad 390E notebook to use for the rare
occasions when I need a computer outside the office. Of course IBM has all the
drivers for it, available for downloading. For XP, 2000, ME, 98, 98. Now I do
not know whether that paragon of product quality, eMachines, has lotsa drivers
available on its web site. I sort of doubt it, which places HP down low
alongside eMachines in terms of usefulness of their web sites... Ben Myers

On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 14:06:18 GMT, "GregF" <posterboy_2003@*n0spam*hotmail.com>
wrote:
Hello All,Would anyone know where I can find the drivers for this motherboard? Thesemotherboards are found in the HP Pavilion 522n but they do not providedrivers for this from their website for this unit they simply want you touse their recovery disk (which wasn't shipped with this unit) to restorethe OS. Techsupport claims that the recovery can be done from a separatepartion on the motherboard but i blew that away when i ghosted it with mywindows xp pro image ;) It so happens that their recovery disk containswindows xp home and I want to use windows XP professional. I alsochecked out Intel's website for driver because this motherboard uses anintel 845GL chipset. Any feedback would be benefical.TIA,Greg

[Greg F]

Thanks Ben. I did post a few weeks ago when i was under the assumption that
the board inside the HP was an Intel Board. when i cracked the box open and
looked install i discovered it was an ASUS board. This is why I re-posted.
Thanks for you feedback. I did download the Intel 845 chipset drivers and
installed them. I agree with you that HP not offering drivers for their
systems is "downright despicable".

thanks,
Greg

<ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
news:3fb16a2f.626928@news.charter.net... Greg, Your inquiry is similar to one made several weeks ago. The Asus board has
a variation of the Intel 845 chipset, so you can get the drivers from either
the Intel web site or possibly from the Asus web site, either one by
downloading ALL the drivers for an 845 board. The drivers include graphics, IDE
controller and USB. As far as audio goes, I do not know which audio chip the system
has. If you identify the audio chip, you can get drivers from the chip
manufacturer's web site. Not only have personal computers become commodity items, so have chipsets.
Long gone are the days when a name-brand manufacturer would collaborate with
the chip manufacturer to cobble up something a little different. ANYTHING at all different drives up the cost of chips and software drivers. Margins are
just too thin for manufacturers to absorb the cost of slightly different
hardware. Last of all, to repeat for the eyes of Carly and her minions, as if any HP employee with any decision-making authority ever reads this newsgroup...
The non-availability of software drivers for HP computer systems on the HP web
site is unmatched in the industry. This is downright despicable. Dell,
Gateway, IBM all have extensive inventories of software drivers available for
downloading. I recently got myself an old IBM Thinkpad 390E notebook to use for the rare occasions when I need a computer outside the office. Of course IBM has
all the drivers for it, available for downloading. For XP, 2000, ME, 98, 98. Now
I do not know whether that paragon of product quality, eMachines, has lotsa
drivers available on its web site. I sort of doubt it, which places HP down low alongside eMachines in terms of usefulness of their web sites... Ben Myers On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 14:06:18 GMT, "GregF"
<posterboy_2003@*n0spam*hotmail.com> wrote:Hello All,Would anyone know where I can find the drivers for this motherboard?
Thesemotherboards are found in the HP Pavilion 522n but they do not providedrivers for this from their website for this unit they simply want you touse their recovery disk (which wasn't shipped with this unit) to restorethe OS. Techsupport claims that the recovery can be done from a separatepartion on the motherboard but i blew that away when i ghosted it with mywindows xp pro image ;) It so happens that their recovery disk containswindows xp home and I want to use windows XP professional. I alsochecked out Intel's website for driver because this motherboard uses anintel 845GL chipset. Any feedback would be benefical.TIA,Greg

[Ben Myers]

Don't you wish we could forward this thread to Carly and her minions, and that
someone would actually read it and do something about it? It's amazes me how
large corporations always develop blind spots. HP doesn't get it that their
desktop computer hardware is little different (well, actually sometimes worse)
than anyone elses, that there is little room in the industry today for
differentiation of hardware, and consequently the only possible price
differentiators are price and service. HP does not compete well on either, so
they are beaten up badly by Dell. Gosh, if someone at HP would only read this
message, they'd get a million bucks of advice for free. But, instead, the
personal computer part of their business will continue to decline, HP execs and
market analysts will wring their hands wondering why.

Living here in Massachusetts, I have seen the demise of several one-time
computer industry players (Wang, Data General, Honeywell, DEC), all of whom
suffered from similar blind spots... Ben Myers

On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 03:08:43 GMT, "Greg F" <gregory_flanagan@msn.com> wrote:
Thanks Ben. I did post a few weeks ago when i was under the assumption thatthe board inside the HP was an Intel Board. when i cracked the box open andlooked install i discovered it was an ASUS board. This is why I re-posted.Thanks for you feedback. I did download the Intel 845 chipset drivers andinstalled them. I agree with you that HP not offering drivers for theirsystems is "downright despicable".thanks,Greg<ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in messagenews:3fb16a2f.626928@news.charter.net... Greg, Your inquiry is similar to one made several weeks ago. The Asus board hasa variation of the Intel 845 chipset, so you can get the drivers from eitherthe Intel web site or possibly from the Asus web site, either one bydownloading ALL the drivers for an 845 board. The drivers include graphics, IDEcontroller and USB. As far as audio goes, I do not know which audio chip the systemhas. If you identify the audio chip, you can get drivers from the chipmanufacturer's web site. Not only have personal computers become commodity items, so have chipsets.Long gone are the days when a name-brand manufacturer would collaborate withthe chip manufacturer to cobble up something a little different. ANYTHING at all different drives up the cost of chips and software drivers. Margins arejust too thin for manufacturers to absorb the cost of slightly differenthardware. Last of all, to repeat for the eyes of Carly and her minions, as if any HP employee with any decision-making authority ever reads this newsgroup...The non-availability of software drivers for HP computer systems on the HP website is unmatched in the industry. This is downright despicable. Dell,Gateway, IBM all have extensive inventories of software drivers available fordownloading. I recently got myself an old IBM Thinkpad 390E notebook to use for the rare occasions when I need a computer outside the office. Of course IBM hasall the drivers for it, available for downloading. For XP, 2000, ME, 98, 98. NowI do not know whether that paragon of product quality, eMachines, has lotsadrivers available on its web site. I sort of doubt it, which places HP down low alongside eMachines in terms of usefulness of their web sites... Ben Myers On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 14:06:18 GMT, "GregF"<posterboy_2003@*n0spam*hotmail.com> wrote:Hello All,Would anyone know where I can find the drivers for this motherboard?Thesemotherboards are found in the HP Pavilion 522n but they do not providedrivers for this from their website for this unit they simply want you touse their recovery disk (which wasn't shipped with this unit) to restorethe OS. Techsupport claims that the recovery can be done from a separatepartion on the motherboard but i blew that away when i ghosted it with mywindows xp pro image ;) It so happens that their recovery disk containswindows xp home and I want to use windows XP professional. I alsochecked out Intel's website for driver because this motherboard uses anintel 845GL chipset. Any feedback would be benefical.TIA,Greg

[GregF]

On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 04:37:58 +0000, Ben Myers wrote:
Don't you wish we could forward this thread to Carly and her minions, and that someone would actually read it and do something about it? It's amazes me how large corporations always develop blind spots. HP doesn't get it that their desktop computer hardware is little different (well, actually sometimes worse) than anyone elses, that there is little room in the industry today for differentiation of hardware, and consequently the only possible price differentiators are price and service. HP does not compete well on either, so they are beaten up badly by Dell. Gosh, if someone at HP would only read this message, they'd get a million bucks of advice for free. But, instead, the personal computer part of their business will continue to decline, HP execs and market analysts will wring their hands wondering why. Living here in Massachusetts, I have seen the demise of several one-time computer industry players (Wang, Data General, Honeywell, DEC), all of whom suffered from similar blind spots... Ben Myers On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 03:08:43 GMT, "Greg F" <gregory_flanagan@msn.com> wrote:Thanks Ben. I did post a few weeks ago when i was under the assumption thatthe board inside the HP was an Intel Board. when i cracked the box open andlooked install i discovered it was an ASUS board. This is why I re-posted.Thanks for you feedback. I did download the Intel 845 chipset drivers andinstalled them. I agree with you that HP not offering drivers for theirsystems is "downright despicable".thanks,Greg<ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in messagenews:3fb16a2f.626928@news.charter.net... Greg, Your inquiry is similar to one made several weeks ago. The Asus board hasa variation of the Intel 845 chipset, so you can get the drivers from eitherthe Intel web site or possibly from the Asus web site, either one bydownloading ALL the drivers for an 845 board. The drivers include graphics, IDEcontroller and USB. As far as audio goes, I do not know which audio chip the systemhas. If you identify the audio chip, you can get drivers from the chipmanufacturer's web site. Not only have personal computers become commodity items, so have chipsets.Long gone are the days when a name-brand manufacturer would collaborate withthe chip manufacturer to cobble up something a little different. ANYTHING at all different drives up the cost of chips and software drivers. Margins arejust too thin for manufacturers to absorb the cost of slightly differenthardware. Last of all, to repeat for the eyes of Carly and her minions, as if any HP employee with any decision-making authority ever reads this newsgroup...The non-availability of software drivers for HP computer systems on the HP website is unmatched in the industry. This is downright despicable. Dell,Gateway, IBM all have extensive inventories of software drivers available fordownloading. I recently got myself an old IBM Thinkpad 390E notebook to use for the rare occasions when I need a computer outside the office. Of course IBM hasall the drivers for it, available for downloading. For XP, 2000, ME, 98, 98. NowI do not know whether that paragon of product quality, eMachines, has lotsadrivers available on its web site. I sort of doubt it, which places HP down low alongside eMachines in terms of usefulness of their web sites... Ben Myers On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 14:06:18 GMT, "GregF"<posterboy_2003@*n0spam*hotmail.com> wrote: >Hello All, >Would anyone know where I can find the drivers for this motherboard?These >motherboards are found in the HP Pavilion 522n but they do not provide >drivers for this from their website for this unit they simply want you to >use their recovery disk (which wasn't shipped with this unit) to restore >the OS. Techsupport claims that the recovery can be done from a separate >partion on the motherboard but i blew that away when i ghosted it with my >windows xp pro image ;) It so happens that their recovery disk contains >windows xp home and I want to use windows XP professional. I also >checked out Intel's website for driver because this motherboard uses an >intel 845GL chipset. Any feedback would be benefical. > >TIA, >Greg
I agree totally. The computer I was trying to fix was a friends.
Personnally I buy cloans. There are many choices for computer hardware in
where i live in the toronto area in canada. I am new to this NG so I am
not too sure who Carly is but I am guessing she is on HP's side. They
should clean up there support website. They offer surverys on their
website and I fill them out honestly.

Greg

[Elector]

"GregF" <posterboy_2003@*n0spam*hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2003.11.18.04.39.01.20471@*n0spam*hotmail.com...
<snip> I agree totally. The computer I was trying to fix was a friends. Personnally I buy cloans. There are many choices for computer
hardware in where i live in the toronto area in canada. I am new to this NG so I
am not too sure who Carly is but I am guessing she is on HP's side.
They should clean up there support website. They offer surverys on their website and I fill them out honestly. Greg

She is the CEO of the "New HP" she is a nice looking lady and has
brains as well. Nice combination.
But at the HP web site if your having any difficulties you can write
Carly a letter and its directed to another person to assist in your
problem. I had used it to tell her that tech support is terrible and
that are totally useless.

The system then sent me a supervisor reply from HP technical support
via email and was all smoozy and when you fill out the information and
respond back to this droid the mail bounces back as undeliverable. In
fact no email that I have received from tech support was able to be
returned via the simple reply-to in any email program. They expect you
to use that on-line form submission which as I stated is totally
useless.

Elector