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This blog intends to provide all kinds of hard-to-find drivers, independently of the manufacturer's website. They may go out of business, I see no reason why you should go too!
Remember when you tried to install an unsupported version of Windows on a friends' laptop? You know, shiny brand new laptop with a Windows 8 logo, but your friend wants his old trusty Windows 7? (I sympathize!) The manufacturer, banding together with the software manufacturer, does not provide drivers for the prior but excellent OS. What is to be done?
Well, for starters, do not despair. Not all components inside your laptop are designed precisely for Windows 8, nor were they manufactured this morning.
It's very possible that most of them were around well even before Windows 7 was launched! All you have to do is to search each and every one of your devices on each manufacturer's site and download the appropriate drivers.
Open Device Manager (you know, that windows full of question marks!) and choose one unknown device (that is, having no driver). Right-click it, choose Properties, then the Details tab, then under Property choose Hardware ID. You will see something like this:
PCI\VEN_14E4&DEV_4318&SUBSYS_100F1043&REV_02
Yep, that's your unknown device right there! Wipe your tears and read on.
PCI is the interface that your device uses to connect to the rest of your system. VEN_14E4 is the vendor's code: in this case it's Broadcom, the maker of the main signal processing chip on the board. DEV_4318 is the code for this particular chip, Broadcom BCM 4318. Now go to Broadcom's site and search for the right driver for this board AND the operating system that you are using.
Wait! Why Broadcom? This is a wireless board manufactured by Asus! Why not go to Asus' site and look for the driver?
Sounds complicated?
That's because it is.
Now, that's when we come in.
How about downloading an archive with ALL the drivers that your laptop or motherboard requires for a particular operating system?
For free.
Got you interested?
