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Hi all
I've just had a mammoth "session" getting Windows XP to install onto an HP DV5-1209ax. And it worked! Yeeha! So the reason for this post is to let you know that it is doable, even though MS and HP have made it very hard to do so. If anyone has need of finding out how it's done, let me know, and I'll post the whole drama. Since the 1209ax is a very specific model, what worked on this model may not work on other "specific" variants.

As a teaser, the main things that were involved to make it all happen were these:
1) Find RAID SATA driver for the M770 chipset. None avail per se, so had to use Gigabyte equivalent.
2) Slip-stream the RAID SATA driver into an XP Pro installation and make a new boot CD.
3) Find the right XP-compatible driver for the Realtek RTL8168/8111 LAN to work
4) Use Mobility Modder from to get the ATi 3650 discrete graphics to work properly
5) Use DriverAgent (I have a subscription) to find all other drivers

All up, including the conversations with HP (who were VERY helpful, for a change), it took around 3 hours. Laptop certainly is markedly faster now that it has the Vista bloat-ware off it!

I hope this is useful for someone. Contact me by either leaving your email address of sending me a message through the Daniweb system if you need specifics.

Cheers!
Peter

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A compact, practical addendum to ’s success — a focused checklist and troubleshooting sequence to make the XP install repeatable on the DV5-1209ax. This complements ’s slipstreaming pointer and addresses gaps readers in this thread (for example ) asked about: safe preparation, the driver-install order, and the fixes that tend to be required on this model.

Before starting

  • Create a full image of the existing disk and produce the vendor recovery media. Keep the OEM product key and any recovery tools handy.
  • Photograph BIOS pages (SATA mode, boot order) so defaults can be restored. If the BIOS offers a Compatibility/IDE/Legacy SATA option, switch to that for the install to avoid adding a storage driver during setup.
  • Gather drivers on a USB stick: chipset, wired LAN (so the machine can access the internet after setup), video, audio, touchpad, power/hotkey and wireless. Put them in clearly named folders.

Installation workflow (order matters)

  • Install XP with Service Pack integrated (or use a USB installer that supports adding drivers).
  • After setup finishes, install chipset first so Windows enumerates devices properly. Next add mass‑storage drivers (if needed), then graphics, then wired LAN, audio and the remaining peripherals. Installing the wired NIC early allows downloading later drivers and firmware.

Troubleshooting notes

  • If setup halts with “no mass storage drivers” or a boot-time INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE BSOD, confirm SATA mode and that the storage driver was actually injected (F6 floppy method or integrated driver file).
  • If a vendor graphics package refuses to install, obtain the device’s Hardware Id from Device Manager (PCI\VEN_XXXX&DEV_YYYY) and match it to an INF; modded INF packages that add IDs are commonly used to enable mobile GPU drivers on older OS builds.
  • Function keys, power-management and suspend/resume often require the vendor “hotkey” and ACPI drivers — install those last and test suspend/resume before returning BIOS to any higher‑performance SATA setting.

This note is intended as a concise, model-specific complement to the original post so the process is repeatable and recoverable.

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Member Avatar for canucope

Hello, i would love you to either post or mail me just how you installed XP on this model of laptop. I'm so sick of vista & dying to get Xp on my machine.

I will need a step by step account of how to do this.

Cheers Nigel

Edited by crunchie because: removed email - keep it on the site.
Member Avatar for canucope

Any chance of a rundown of what you did please?
Cheers Nigel

Member Avatar for Bob_180_Bob

Hi,
Go to this site

and read all about slipstreaming, download the programs, download the drivers you need for your laptop (As per instructions above) slipstream the lot. You will have an up-to-date OS CD that you just start, walk away and when you come back it is installed, working and up-to-date.

Member Avatar for Bing7

Any chance of a rundown of what you did please?
Cheers Nigel

Hello nigel are you there !
think the poster did post a rundown on what he did incase you missed it in his post i'll but it in mine .
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As a teaser, the main things that were involved to make it all happen were these:
1) Find RAID SATA driver for the M770 chipset. None avail per se, so had to use Gigabyte equivalent.
2) Slip-stream the RAID SATA driver into an XP Pro installation and make a new boot CD.
3) Find the right XP-compatible driver for the Realtek RTL8168/8111 LAN to work
4) Use Mobility Modder from to get the ATi 3650 discrete graphics to work properly
5) Use DriverAgent (I have a subscription) to find all other drivers

All up, including the conversations with HP (who were VERY helpful, for a change), it took around 3 hours. Laptop certainly is markedly faster now that it has the Vista bloat-ware off it!

Edited by Bing7 because: n/a
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@ canucope: sorry I didn't see your request for more info until this week: for some reason, the auto nofityier from Dani didn't notify me, and I hadn't been back to the site for ages. I hope you were able to use the info I had posted, even if it was generalised in nature. It's been so long now, I've forgotten the exact procedure, but if you have access to someone with a bit of tech 'nous, they could work out what to do from the info I provided.

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