need Toshiba Satellite A-80 graphics driver for 32 bit windows 7

[farhannasim]

Hi !

I have got an old laptop of toshiba A80. Now i need to install the graphic card on my laptop. I have installed 32 bit windows 7 on my laptop

 

[allend66]

Did you not have a driver cd with it? Old Toshibas should have a driver cd along with the factory restore cd(s)

Try Toshiba's website - you'll need the model + serial but they have drivers for old lappies.

 

[mitchell65]

Hi and welcome to the Forum.
Looking at specification of your laptop I do not think you will find a driver for Windows 7. Indeed if you have managed to get Win 7 installed and working on this laptop I would be surprised. The quoted minimum specs required are;
1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)

16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)

DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver

 

[farhannasim]

Did you not have a driver cd with it? Old Toshibas should have a driver cd along with the factory restore cd(s)

Try Toshiba's website - you'll need the model + serial but they have drivers for old lappies.

i have tried. Model is Satellite A-80. Toshiba dont have relevant drivers for this model for Windows 7, 32 bits

 

[mitchell65]

i have tried. Model is Satellite A-80. Toshiba dont have relevant drivers for this model for Windows 7, 32 bits

How far have you got with installing Win 7 on this machine as I doubt very much if it will ever be successful. How old is the laptop?

 

[farhannasim]

when I got the laptop, it already had windows 7 installed on it. this laptop must be more than 3 years old. Driver model may be is " Mobile Intel (R) 915GM/GMS, 910GML Express chipset family "

 

[mitchell65]

When you boot up the machine what do you see? What makes you think you need a graphics driver?

 

[farhannasim]

when i right click on the desktop and press Screen Resolution". It shows me the screen rsolution screen. In the Display Tab, it shows "1. Generic PnP monitor on Standard VGA Graphic Adopter". I have set the screen resolution to "1024*768"

 

[mitchell65]

So where is the problem? I think with just ½Gb RAM you are lucky it works at all!

 

[stormy13]

Driver model may be is " Mobile Intel (R) 915GM/GMS, 910GML Express chipset family "

Need more than just A-80 for the model number as from looking at these two reviews of the A-80 is can have either the ATI X300 of Nvidia Go 6200,

Toshiba Satellite A80 Review (pics, specs)

Toshiba Satellite A80 (Pentium M Processor 740 1.73GHz, 256MB RAM) - Review : Hardware : Notebooks - CNET Asia

I have set the screen resolution to "1024*768"

Which if you look about half way down the page on the first link is the max resolution for that laptop,

 

[mitchell65]

I've done a bit of research here and I found that this laptop originally shipped with a trial copy of Norton 2005, so I think it is a bit older than 3 years. I still think the OP is going to be very lucky to do anything meaningful with this lappy with just 512 Mb RAM. If it is set at the best resolution I still can't see why he needs a graphics driver. It don't appear to be broke, so why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[farhannasim]

the screeen resolution changes to 600 * 600 whenever i restart my laptop and when i change the resolution, in the display option it shows "Standard PnP Monitor on Standard VGA".

Do you feel that max resolution is 1024 * 800 ?

 

[mitchell65]

the screeen resolution changes to 600 * 600 whenever i restart my laptop and when i change the resolution, in the display option it shows "Standard PnP Monitor on Standard VGA".
I think you have answered this for yourself when you said:

i have tried. Model is Satellite A-80. Toshiba dont have relevant drivers for this model for Windows 7, 32 bits

Do you feel that max resolution is 1024 * 800 ?
See post #10 of this thread!

Have replied to your points above!

 

[farhannasim]

Hi. sorry for the delayed reply. I have checked both links. I think it would be A80-138 as its processor is 1.6 GHZ(centrino) and have 512 mb ram.

but my laptop only shows satellite A80

 

[mitchell65]

Quite honestly as I have said before, I'm surprised you have got this machine up and running with Windows 7. If I were you I would go with what you have. Toshiba are not going to issue drivers for Win 7 for a machine of this age, it would be economically non viable for them. Would be interested to hear what programs you have managed to use on this set up!