Gateway 400SD4 to use updated drivers in Windows 7?

[vlupe]

Hello everyone,

I have just installed Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit on my old Gateway 400SD4, but there are problems with updating the drivers for it? Is there anything that I can do? I tried to download specific drivers, and I tried to install them under Windows XP SP 3 and 2 Compatibility Modes, but it still says that they are "not valid as a win-32 application." Is there anything that I can do to update the drivers? I have no sound, my video driver won't update so that I can move away from the Standard VGA Driver, and I have other drivers which have only become base and standard. I am not sure what to do.

Thank you very much, everyone. I would be entirely grateful for your input.

God bless,

Vince Lupe

 

[pebbly]

hi vince and welcome to the forums , here is a link to the drivers Gateway Support Drivers & Downloads as you can see they are all for XP , you say you tried to run them in compat mode but did you run them as administrator ?

 

[vlupe]

Yeah, I tried to run them in compat mode and as administrator, but with no headway... what do you think might be the problem?

 

[vlupe]

EDIT: I am able to run one so far in compat with administrator mode, but I haven't tried the others yet. What should I do when it comes to using Device Manager to update those drivers?

 

[pebbly]

in device manager do you have any triangles with exclamation marks against any devices? ,if so right click on them and click on "update driver" see if that helps

 

[vlupe]

I tried that It just says that it cannot find updated drivers

 

[vlupe]

EDIT: I just got my video chipset drivers updated (haven't re-started the ocmputer yet, though)...

 

[pebbly]

EDIT: I just got my video chipset drivers updated (haven't re-started the ocmputer yet, though)...

good for you, keep on doing what it is you're doing, you will get there in the end , some devices you will not find any drivers for im afraid, it is a very old laptop

 

[vlupe]

Regardless, I could not tell you how much I appreciate your help So far, things are working well. I think I can manage with the base updates that are posted on the Gateway site. I'll let you know if I could use your advice again Thank you, very much

 

[pebbly]

Regardless, I could not tell you how much I appreciate your help So far, things are working well. I think I can manage with the base updates that are posted on the Gateway site. I'll let you know if I could use your advice again Thank you, very much

you're very welcome , hope all goes well for you