srry guys. its just how i post, if I have more than one pc in the sig, then i will post the specs, if not then thats the pc with the problem unless i state otherwise, because right now i only got one pc in the house that I use. i dont use the desktop anymore because thats my friends pc to use when he is here, and i always use my laptop.
well i got all of the drivers. the audio chipset is a SigmaTel High Definition Audio Device 92XX
and the network is a rtl8181 for wireless and rtl8139 for wired.
i checked up to maybe 100+ different audio drivers and the first one that worked only came out of the speakers on the laptop and when i hooked it up to the headphone jack there was no sound, so i found another driver that worked, but the audio was distorted until I restarted.
wireless had the same problem, checked about 20 drivers and finally found one that worked.
onboard yet again, same problem, checked about 50+ different drivers, and the same version about 20 times, then it finally worked.
is there a tool I can download that will tell me what devices are in the pc so I can get the right drivers?
also, that was my question. I finally found a program that worked, it told me the model numbers of the components, so i could go find the drivers, since gateway doesn't have xp drivers for this laptop, only vista.