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re: Toshiba Laptop Drivers? Saturday, January 3, 2009 at 8:15 am Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) Did you consider the Toshiba web page? It's always best to go to the manufacturer's web site. On Friday, January 2, 2009 at 7:55 pm, Nikkie wrote: >I am running windows 2003 on a Satellite A135-S7403.I have only 2 drivers left. >''audio device on high definition audio bus'' and ''mass storage controller''.can >you please help me, ive been searching for a few days now and really want to mess >with my new ipod but my pc wont allow it till i fix these issues.here is my evrest >report.. > >i went to intels site to install the chipset driver but i still am missing these >two drivers. > >heres the report and other thread i was asking for help at but i don't think they >can help me with this tricky laptop. > >http://forums.techguy.org/attachments/143858d1230925050/report.txt > >http://forums.techguy.org/hardware/785967-toshiba-laptop-drivers.html#post6383551 [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Toshiba Laptop Drivers? Saturday, January 3, 2009 at 9:00 am Posted by Nikkie (37 messages posted) yep, the us site only carries vista drivers and the uk has some of the models drivers for xp but toshiba seems to want to only carry vista drivers.i went from 2003 to xp but i am still experiencing the same issues.this laptop may find its way on ebay :].normally im up for the challenge and dont have too many issues finding drivers but even the ones some have provided (xp drivers) are giving me errors. On Saturday, January 3, 2009 at 8:15 am, Ricer46 wrote: >Did you consider the Toshiba web page? It's always best to go to the manufacturer's >web site. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Toshiba Laptop Drivers? Saturday, January 3, 2009 at 9:47 pm Posted by appleoddity (2369 messages posted) Yes, Toshiba is probably the worst laptop you could possibly own for trying to "upgrade" from Vista to XP, or the like. My experience is that it is extremely difficult, but not impossible to get all the drivers you need. Although Dell is not my favorite PC manufactuter, only them and Acer are the ones I have found who support their current products with XP drivers. First of all, for the High definition audio, you will need to download the Microsoft Universal Audio Architecture driver. http://search.hp.com/query.html?cc=us&lang=en&qt=universal+audio&la=en The above link is to an HP website search. I always get it from them, because Microsoft seems to make it difficult to find on their website. There are like 3 different versions available. If I remember correctly, you should use the 1.00A version. But, you may have to try the 1.00C version, or whatever else version is available. :) Once that is installed, reboot your computer, and your audio/modem drivers will both be able to be installed using windows updates (custom) search. The drivers will show up under hardware. For the mass storage controller you probably need the SATA drivers. This should be downloaded from Intel's website. The secret is to first download one of their two versions of chipset identification software. (Only one version will be able to identify your chipset) Then, once all the chipsets are identified, you can use that to get drivers direct from intel for that chipset. The chipset drivers are downloaded seperate from the SATA/RAID controller drivers. But, they should be located in the same area. I did some searching for you and found this: http://v8-240z.com/toshiba/A135-S7403/ This site is un-verified, but supposedly contains all the XP drivers for your laptop. It also has a download for the UAA. My humble suggestion is to follow my previous instructions and use the above link as a last resort. Good luck.. It is difficult, but not impossible to do what you are trying to do. I also just realized that you wanted 2003 drivers, so, the above link may not work at all for you, but my other instructions probably will as long as intel provides 2003 drivers. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Server 2003 Discussion Forum