I bought a Toshiba A135-S4527 with Windows Vista Premium installed on
it. I quickly decided to downgrade to XP Pro. It took me days of
searching to locate all the drivers since Toshiba does not provide XP
drivers for this laptop. Installing all the updates from the Windows
Update site did a lot of the drivers for me. HOWEVER, Windows Update
will misdiagnose the display adapter. It will try to install a driver
for the Intel 945GM but it must be some generic 945GM driver, because it
will not give you full functionality (e.g., multiple display outputs,
etc). Use the method I describe below to get the correct 945GM driver
for this display adapter.
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Hardware and drivers needed to run Win XP Pro on Toshiba Satellite
A135-S4527
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Run "infinst_autol.exe". This is an Intel Chipset Software Installation
Utility (now called Intel Chipset Device Software I think). It will
identify and load the proper driver files (.inf) for various things. I
did this at the end last time, but if done near the beginning, it might
take care of things like display adapter, etc. Check Intel's site for
the most updated one. Go to http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/inf/
Display adapter is Mobile Intel 945GM Express Chipset Family
Driver was named win2k_xp14182.exe. I downloaded it initially from
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/deta...1&dwnldid=9683
&agr=n&lang=eng&prdmap=2301
Mouse is Synaptics PS/2 Port Touchpad
Driver file was called XP_2K.8.3.4.zip. Can be downloaded from the
Synaptics website.
Wireless adapter is Atheros AR5006EG
Driver can be gotten from Windows Update (or maybe the Win Vista CD too)
Ethernet adapter is Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
Driver can be gotten from Windows Update (or maybe the Win Vista CD too)
Modem is Toshiba Software modem
Driver can be gotten from Win Vista CD.
During XP installation, drivers were automatically loaded for:
- multimedia card reader
- firewire port (IEEE 1394)
- DVD/CD drive
I have this for Mobile Intel 945GM Express drivers:
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Prod...ProductID=2301
Using Atheros AR5xxx 5.3.0.35 for wireless drivers:
http://www.opendrivers.com/downloado...php?rel='nofollow' href=47456
Realtek High Definition Audio 5.10.0.5436
http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/SOU...ver-R170.shtml
SmartCard 2.0.0.6
Haven't looked
Intel Chipset 8.3.0.1013
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Deta...13499&lang=eng
Realtek RTL8139/810x Fast Ethernet NIC
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/54582
I used a program called "driver genius" and it located the driver
versions needed for this laptop.
Here is the direct link to the Toshiba website from where you can download all your drivers, just filter them by Windows XP. Notice there are some drivers for Service Pack 2 and 3, take those if you updated the service pack on your laptop.
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