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Today, I have done an OS downgrade project (Vista to XP) on a built up compact PC for my client.
Everything went smoothly… dual boot working OK, motherboard drivers OK, sound card OK, wifi O… ugh NOT WORKING!!!! Btw, the adapter is a Lite-On 802.11 b/g wireless network adapter
So I went to that compact PC manufacturer website looking for correct driver. Unfortunately, they don’t support Windows XP, so no XP driver to download. Lite On not listing any driver for wireless network adapter.
Google… Google… Google… ahhh…. could not imagine live without one.
After countless hour fiddling with drivers from several websites, I nearly gave up.
Then I realized how stoopid I am…
Ugh, restart the machine, go to Vista, see the device manager …. ta da!!! The wireless adapter is not using a Lite-On driver. It uses a Ralink driver. Ah… beautyfull!
The rest is eazy… go to the Ralink site and find the correct driver (do I even need to say that?).
http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Windows.html
EDIT : Link expired, try this one (thanks to ckan):
http://www.ralinktech.com/support.php?s=1
MORE EDIT : that link expired again. Try this one:
http://www.ralinktech.com/en/04_support/support.php?sn=500
(Big thanks to Ralink)
flowwiththeblood 
I have the same situation, Vista->XP for HP S3330
Thank you! & Thanks to google to find you!
not down loading a driver site thing I don’t have internet on that pc to scan it dam
Thanks buddy, I was also trying to get the wireless work in my media center pc after downgrading to XP, thanks to you I’ve fixed it.
Drinks to you!
hi, great !!!
your suggest was great, but i can’t all other driver for the media center like your!
please tell me the mobo chipset and audio controller model
thx
@ shoudong and Cpt Apathy
Thanks, glad that i can help you.
@ andrea bela
hi, first you have to know what are the hardwares in your machine. You can go to the manufacturer official website and looks for your machine model.
In my case, its a HP slimline series (I forget what model) so i go to HP website, search for the model number, and check the spec.
The website shows that the unit has:
– NVIDIA 8400 VGA Card. This is an easy one as NVIDIA provide the driver.
– Realtek soundcard (again, I dont remember what it is), but Realtek driver is easy to find. For newer Realtek onboard sound card, almost all uses Microsoft UAA. So dont forget to install KB888111 before installing the driver.
– Marvel Yukon Ethernet card, also an easy one.
Anything else is not too important, i guess.
thx for your help, i think to resolve all my problem
by
Hi i have a hp elite m 9362 computer and i also downgraded, to xp 64. Does somebody no the specifik driver?
@rachid
Go to this website for specifications:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01518464&lc=en&dlc=&cc=us&lang=&product=3771890
This is what comes up:
The chipset and VGA are nvidia (shold be easy), audio is realtek (should be easy too).
TV card is Hauppage
Wireless is lite on (i guess it’s a ralink also)
Need help… Changing the OS on my HP Pavillion a6660z desktop to Windows Server 2003 from Vista. HP doesn’t provide drivers for Vista… I was able to all drivers from manufacturer’s website except for Wirless G-LAN card.. based on the original post I did visit Ralink website…
How do I know which Ralink USB Wireless G-LAN driver should I install?
Will really appreciate help…!!
@ bimal
just try all, they are not too big to download.
umm… yes I’m not very nimble when it comes to this kind of thing, and maybe I missed something – but, wich driver is the right one on the ralink website??? (I’m running DOS/Me)
thx!
@gwamp
well, you have to try all drivers listed that support windows me (no support for DOS i guess)
i own a hp slimline too. with lite-on wi-fi . can i ask which spesific ralink driver did you installed?
Thank You 🙂
hey i have a slimline s3300f which one am i supposed to install?
WOW Thanks so much! You just made my downgrade easier! I thought I was going to have to hardwire an ethernet cable!
FYI, if you have the Slimline 3421, the mobo is an nforce 520. Thanks again for all your guys help! The biggest help for the LAN drivers and other built-in features is to install a USB NIC or a usb wireless adapter and go to nvidia and run it’s auto-mobo driver download. Works like a charm.
Hey any1 know how to fix a problem of mine? When I try to reinstall install Windows Vista, I click “Install Now” but I get an error message saying that I do not have enough disk space for the temporary files. I have over 120 GB free and it only requires 392 MB at the minimum. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
For the HP Pavilion s3380d Slimline PC it is this driver from the Ralink website:
USB (RT257x/RT2671/RT520x) / 11/11/2008 / Vista:RT2571W/RT2671:3.1.5.0 /98/ME/2K/XP:RT257x/RT2671:1.3.2.0 / Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000, XP 32/64 and Vista 32/64
For those who are looking for Windows XP drivers for the HP Pavilion s3380d Slimline PC, I have a post about downgrading from Windows Vista to Windows XP for the HP Pavilion s3380d Slimline PC.
Hope it could be of help.
Just purchased a atheros wireless 802.11g network adapter,I have vista home,
want to move my computer without useing cable Desktop computer
I am new to computer,66 years old not real computer savvy,can’t get this gadget
to work,would someone be nice enough to point me in the right direction.
Thanksa KEN
I’m not to sure about this, but I think Vista should have recognized the wireless card.
Does the wireless network icon appear on the task bar?
thanks for your information
i use it for s3210 hp slimline
I have a slimline 7600. I am debating on if it is even worth it to upgrade from xp to vista. Also I am having issues with my currend video card. I need an upgrade but cant find it. Can you offer some advice before I beat the crap out of my pc.
Trust me, if you put Vista without adding the RAM then you’ll be throwing your PC to the window (no pun intended) within the first week after the upgrade.
Minimal 2GB of RAM is what you need to make vista run smoothly.
You better wait for Windows 7, as it has alot improvement over Vista.
As for video card, I checked slimline 7600 and looks like it doesn’t have PCI Express (or even AGP) slot. If its true then nothing much you can do about your VGA.
Thanks a lot dude!
Wow, impressive. I’ve researched the problem myself for sometime now for Windows 7. It’s the exact same thing I’m encountering here.
Thanks a ton for the info,
Buddy McClelland
McClelland PC and Internet Services
Owner
Hey, I bumped into this, but the link “http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Windows.html” doesn’t work.. (prob expired?)
I went to the Ralink support page but i have no clue which one to download..
http://www.ralinktech.com/support.php?s=1
how did you figure out what driver your needed for your Slimline (i have a slimline 3650)
All i see when i look at device manager is “USB Wireless 802.11b/g Adaptor, and the Driver Provider is Ralink…..
Thank You!
Hi,
Thanks for the info on link change.
To figure out what driver needed: I have no choice other than download and try all the USB drivers one by one.
thanx
Thanks much. Gave my “new” vista computer to my parents as the main house computer, and built a “simple tasks” computer for my room with XP on it to find that the wireless from the new computer wouldn’t work in the XP one. I was quite upset, but now i have a computer with access to the world again.
Thanks again 🙂
Toshiba Satellite A505-S6992 with a LiteOn wireless on board. Laptop shipped with Win7 home premium. Wireless gave me constant troubles in Win7, probably due to incompetence/laziness of programmers, plus Windows 7 home premium is garbage compared to XP SP3. Anyway, I formatted, installed NetBSD, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, CentOS, Ubuntu, Mandriva, Open SUSE and played with them for a short time, they all work great of course because its Open Source software. Didnt fully look for wireless drivers. Not the unnecessary BS associated with Microsoft which is good OS depending on several factors, personal preferences and computer knowledge included. I’ve settled on triple boot with Ubuntu/CentOS/*BSD – all with Xen – and looking for wireless LiteOn drivers. Toshiba lists drivers in 3 categories for same model number: Intel, Atheros, and RealTek. Strangely LiteOn has no support for their own wireless drivers presently. I will continue to look and post here to help and if push comes to shove bye-bye LiteOn I will simply purchase another laptop wireless card.
Hi, would you explain more about the wireless problem?
Windows 7 is fun, but compared to XP SP3 it lacks some fundamental function, would not say it a garbage though 🙂
If its LiteOn, im pretty sure Ralink driver would do the job.
hi,
>i am starter on home wireless networking.
>i stumble on this page after running around trying to find resolution to my problem with my second PC (HP S77OOn) not able to detect my network set up on my other PC (wireless router)=modem dsl.
>when i unplug cable to this PC , wireless adapter show working very fine.
>so , thank very much for useful instructions
i have installed windows XP service pack3 on my hp pavilion slimline s3300f and i can’t get the drivers for me to install to get access to the internet. Please help me, how can i get the drivers. Please if anyone can help me this is my email address emmabahareh@yahoo.com. Thank you….
@ussher
here are the drivers you will need. punch them into google.
The one from NVIDIA (to enable your network adapter and get online) is this :
15.45_nforce_winxp32_international_whql
The one from Realtek (to get sound again) is this:
WDM_R249
and the one for your wireless is this, which you can get from hp.com after typing in your model (s3300f, the same computer i have):
sp34976
If you come across a driver for the DVD drive, let me know. That’s the only one I’m missing now. It won’t write to a DVD disk, only CD’s.
TŞKKR
This looks like the right place/people to ask. My model is the HP Pavilion Slimline s3330.sc, I’ve also downgraded from Vista to xp. Can anyone tell me whereI can find the right drivers?
Thanks! /Oskar
my wireless router at home overheated when i used p2p heavily for 24 hours for the next 25 days .
wireless routers are very necessary nowadays because we do not want so many wires running around the home ‘:”
ehternet cables are still the ones that i use for my home networking applications -,-
I use the part number 5188-7736 on an HP Pavilion Slimline s3220n Desktop PC. I don’t know what driver is needed to get the Wi-Fi adapter to work. What would you recommend?
I forgot to note, I’m using Windows Home Server, and the XP driver for the product will do.
I also forgot to note, the product key wasn’t purchased yet, and I’m going to need internet for online activation.
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If I download the wrong one, it’ll be a waste of money. You see, my flash drive requires formatting to use it with WHS, so the only way to get it to work is a disk. I only have a few left, and I only plan to use one. Please! I need to know the correct driver.
Sorry, I meant disc.
well then, i can only advice you to download all and burn them to one cd (i don’t think total size will exceed 300mb)
That’s what I was going to do anyway. I just thought of that, so I might as well try it. If I can find the right driver, the hardware validation test will pass, and that will tell me “I have the right driver”. If I didn’t see this site at all, I probably would’ve never got the adapter working. Thank you for the help. Another problem I got, is the Enhanced Multimedia Keyboard installation. I could use it with the original Vista 32-Bit OS that came with the PC, but I can’t use it with other Operating Systems. I need the driver that came with the OS to get it working. Once I got my Wi-Fi working on my server, I will look for the software that is needed to use the multimedia keys on my keyboard. One of them includes a sleep button, which will add an additional power button option (the keyboard power button), which I will generally use to either put the computer to sleep or hibernation, or just shut it down….. … well, not if I want to remotely access it, but it could save money from monthly energy statements. If you have started a thread on this website that will help me find the correct driver, please lead me to it. One more thing. The program for the Enhanced Multimedia Keyboard was a program called Osd Maestro. Where do I find the driver on the web? When you redirect me to the correct thread, I will find the answer there.
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thankkk you
sama-sama
TNX 🙂
Thank you so much, also downgrading a HP S3300F to XP for a friend and the last driver I needed was this. SUPER helpful, thank you so much and Google!!!
The driver that worked for the 3300 was
USB (RT257x/ RT2671/ RT520x)