Hi I have dell studio 1737 and recently i downgraded it from vista to xp. Everything is successfully installed, but there are some driver problem, the some yellow exclamation mark in my device manager which are as follows:
1) Ricoh MMc Host Controler Device type: IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers Manufacturer: Ricoh Company This device is not working properly because Windows cannot load the drivers required for this device. (Code 31)
2) 1394 Net Adapter Device type : Network adapter Manufacturer: Microsoft This device cannot start. (Code 10)
In other devices: 1) Fingerprint Sensor Device type: other devices Manufacturer: unknown Location: Location 0(Fingerprint Sensor) The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28)
2) Unknown device Device type:other devices Manufacturer: Unknown Location: on Intel(R) ICH9M LPC Interface Controller - 2 The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28)
3) Unknown device Device type: other devices Manufacturer: Unknown Location: on Microsoft ACPI-Complaint System
Please help me out with this problem as i am looking for this problem everywhere on internet, i tried manufacturers website to get drivers but not much helpfull, I am searching for this problem for 2 weeks and its driving me nuts, any guide will be very helpfull.
Make sure that the computer is fully up-to-date with all the Windows updates. Try right clicking on each yellow error driver and update driver. This will search for them on Windows website.
Try chatting with a specialist on Dell's website. They will give you a little lecture about how they really don't like you to downgrade but after that, they will provide you with all the drivers that you need. They like to hide these on the FTP site and you need direct links.
Hope this helps and please let me know if you have any questions.