XP Drivers for Toshiba A215 - S7428

Posted At : November 9, 2007 1:44 PM | Posted By : Dan Wilson
Related Categories: Server Configuration

Recently I removed Windows Vista and installed Windows XP on the Toshiba A215-S7428. The Windows XP installation is complete and functioning properly. Due to the driver incompatibilities, this process was much more annoying than I thought it ever could be.

To get this to work, you have to pretty much forget the Toshiba site. It is mostly unhelpful and will send you over the edge. Instead, one must dig down deep into the operating system. One must manually edit driver inf files. One must deal with trying to find a driver for "Unknown System Device".

Fortunately, some unnamed kind soul has done all the hard work for you. I have been asked by unnamed kind soul to say the following:

Disclaimer

These drivers are not for sale. Additionally, no support is offered or implied. The posting and use of this driver set is governed by the laws of Uzbekistan. All legal proceedings must be filed in person on the third Tuesday of July at 1342 Uzbek Lane, Tashkent Uzbekistan. The use of these drivers can cause one or more of the following to occur:

Your computer may stop functioning

Your computer might function incorrectly

Your computer could burst into flames

You could experience a severe drought

All the beer in your refrigerator could disappear

A puppy could die

If you would rather risk the above than deal with Vista, please download the drivers at http://drop.io/A215_S7428Drivers

Included Drivers

* Agere 56k Modem Drivers (Toshiba Softmodem)
* AMD AGP Filter
* AMD DualCore Optimizer
* AMD Processor Driver (Turion64 X2)
* Realtek 8187B Wifi (need to be installed manually!)
* ATI Radeon X1200 Drivers (need to be installed manually!)
* ATI SB600 Drivers (Southbridge)
* ATI SM Bus Drivers
* Microsoft UUA HD Audio
* Realtek HD Audio Drivers
* Realtek PCIe Ethernet drivers (2 Versions, for A215 and A210 based notebooks)
* Ricoh Cardreader Drivers (memory stick, SD xD)
* ALPS Touchpad drivers (the ones with the "scrolling function")

No Lawyers were harmed in the making of this post.

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dude u saved my life, i've searched the damn net for hours for the wireless driver and finally it works :D nice of you to post them on the net.

screw vista!

# Posted By calin | 11/12/07 8:01 PM

GREAT WORK AS I WANT TO INSTALL XP HOME ON MY SATELLITE A215-S4767 BUT WAS DREADING THE DRIVER ISSUE >> SO HUUM GUESS I WELL GO AHEAD
DO YOU THINK THE DRIVERS ARE SAME ONES I NEED ?
THANKS IN ADVANCE IF YOU KNOW ?

CONRAD

# Posted By Conrad | 11/16/07 11:49 PM

How do you edit the inf files? I am guessing this would take some finesse? I need the 8187B drivers to work under WXP x64 but even the drivers downloaded straight from Realtek yield absolutely NO results. My system keeps telling me that the driver does not support x64 OS's... Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

# Posted By Mike | 11/17/07 8:06 PM

they work for Toshiba Satellite A210-15J too. Thank you

# Posted By Caner Ozer | 11/18/07 12:30 PM

@Mike,
This is untested, but to get this working with 64 bit systems, do the following.

1) open the net8187b.inf file in notepad.
2) Scroll down a little bit until you get to this section:
;;****************************************************************************
;; IDs for X64
;;****************************************************************************
[Realtek.NTamd64]
%RTL8187B.DeviceDesc% = RTL8187B.ndi, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8187&REV_0200
%RTL8187B.DeviceDesc% = RTL8187B.ndi, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8189&REV_0200

Add this line to the end of that section:
%RTL8187B.DeviceDesc% = RTL8187B.ndi, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8197&REV_0200

The full section for x64 should look like this:

;;****************************************************************************
;; IDs for X64
;;****************************************************************************
[Realtek.NTamd64]
%RTL8187B.DeviceDesc% = RTL8187B.ndi, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8187&REV_0200
%RTL8187B.DeviceDesc% = RTL8187B.ndi, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8189&REV_0200
%RTL8187B.DeviceDesc% = RTL8187B.ndi, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8197&REV_0200

Post back if it works.

DW

# Posted By Dan Wilson | 11/18/07 11:21 PM

somehow i cannot install the drivers for xp...
im going to device manager and trying to update the drivers
but it says that it cant find it although im locating the driver folder

any idea what am i missing here?

# Posted By Barak | 11/19/07 3:34 PM

@Barak

Unfortunately, I can't see what you are doing over there. ;)

Which computer do you have? Which driver are you trying to use?

Is this a new install, or an existing install?

DW

# Posted By Dan Wilson | 11/19/07 3:42 PM

"they work for Toshiba Satellite A210-15J too. Thank you"

They doesn't work for me, I have the same Toshiba A210-15J. I've installed drivers from al subfolders, then manually WIFI (it is installed but I can't connect to my network - all network settings are fine, different laptops can connect). When I install x1200 driver I have to point the ati2mtag.sys file which I don't have. Card reader doesn't work, touchpad doesn't work. The only different after installing all those drivers is that now I have sound.
I don't know if I am doing something wrong :/ I thought that I know how to install drivers. What I did was:
1. Install WinXP Pro SP2
2. Install all drivers from subfolders of this package
3. Manually install Wifi (done - not working) and Radeon x1200 (need ati2mtag.sys?)

I'd like to say "screw vista!" but I think that I will have to work on this new "brilliant" OS... unless sbd can help me with this?

I'm done for today, I've been fighting with those drivers for 3 hours now and did nothing :[

# Posted By Piwko | 11/19/07 7:14 PM

i managed to fix the problem...
i didnt notice the drivers were for the A215 - S7428
my computer is Toshiba Satellite A215 - S7444
i digged the entire internet for the damn xp drivers and got some good results
i have found the wifi, lan, display, audio, processor drivers
and i still have some non-critical drivers missing

- Base system
- SM Bus
- Modem HD Audio

does anyone know what are these drivers for and where can i get them?

thanks!

# Posted By Barak | 11/20/07 7:57 PM

hey, Barak, can you send me the driver for lan plz?
since the ethernet of my S7413 can never work...
my email is gazer_1@163.com
i really appreciate it

# Posted By foryvonne | 11/24/07 7:40 PM

the "Base System Device" (i had 3 in device manager) is the Ricoh 5-in-1 driver. i used an HP driver found here: "http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloa...;
or search "HP Pavilion dv6000t CTO Notebook PC" on hp's downloads site.
btw Piwko, on ATI's site, look for Radeon X1200 under the
"Intergrated/Motherboard" category

# Posted By Steve | 11/27/07 3:18 AM

OK. hopefully this will be useful to someone out there.
Thanks to Dan Wilson for this post. Helps ALOT. for those who can't get the Video Driver:

Go to ATI's driver download site: "http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html";
Choose "XP Pro/Home > Integrated/Motherboard > Radeon X1200"
Download Catalyst Software Suite (45MB) Run to extract.
Cancel the install, or wait til it fails.
Goto extract folder, then: "\Driver\Driver\XP_INF"
Open "CX_54435.inf" and search (Ctrl+F) for "x1200".
the line reads: "ATI Radeon X1200 Series" = ati2mtag_RS690, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_791E
Now, Open Device Manager. Right-click "? Video Adapter", click properties.
Under the DETAILS tab, Note the "Device Instance ID" up to the "&SUBSYS_etc..."
simply change the "PCI\VEN_"etc... line in "CX_54435.inf" to match what you find in Device Manager
(On mine, all i had to change was the last "E" to "F")
Be sure to save your changes to "CX_54435.inf"
now, just manually install driver from DeviceManager and direct to folder containing "CX_54435.inf"
VIOLA.

This installed mine with no problems.
Hope this helped.

Keywords: Toshiba Satellite A215-S7428 Video Driver for Windows XP

# Posted By Steve | 11/27/07 3:41 AM

Network Driver:

i found mine here: "http://network.555word.com/36632/Realtek-RTL8111(B)-RTL8168(B)-Driver-6.64-Windows-98SE-ME-2000-XP-XP-x64.html"

or, google search for realtek driver version 6.64

# Posted By Steve | 11/27/07 4:23 AM

I tried this for xp x64 to no avail.

@Mike,
This is untested, but to get this working with 64 bit systems, do the following.

1) open the net8187b.inf file in notepad.
2) Scroll down a little bit until you get to this section:
;;****************************************************************************
;; IDs for X64
;;****************************************************************************
[Realtek.NTamd64]
%RTL8187B.DeviceDesc% = RTL8187B.ndi, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8187&REV_0200
%RTL8187B.DeviceDesc% = RTL8187B.ndi, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8189&REV_0200

Add this line to the end of that section:
%RTL8187B.DeviceDesc% = RTL8187B.ndi, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8197&REV_0200

The full section for x64 should look like this:

;;****************************************************************************
;; IDs for X64
;;****************************************************************************
[Realtek.NTamd64]
%RTL8187B.DeviceDesc% = RTL8187B.ndi, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8187&REV_0200
%RTL8187B.DeviceDesc% = RTL8187B.ndi, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8189&REV_0200
%RTL8187B.DeviceDesc% = RTL8187B.ndi, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8197&REV_0200

Post back if it works.

DW
# Posted By Dan Wilson | 11/18/07 11:21 PM

X64 does accept it as an applicable driver, but there is an error near the end of installation. This is the closest to getting a driver working that I have found. Please advise of any other ideas. Thanks, Bjorn

# Posted By bjorn | 11/29/07 1:55 PM

You are the MAN, I was looking for this WIFI Driver all over Internet...
It also works for Toshiba A215-S7422

Thank you VERY MUCH :-)

# Posted By Thierry Baumann | 11/30/07 7:44 AM

Dan, Thanks for all the work you put into finding those drivers and posting them. I can't stand Vista.
I do have a problem with the ethernet drivers. II tried all of the versions for my A215-S7428 and no matter which one I try it says it's not working. ANy Ideas???

# Posted By Kristopher | 12/1/07 2:42 PM

Thanks a lot. All works except ethernet controller and Video controller. They both show the yellow question mark after several attempt at manually installing all drivers. If anyone has any ideas I would really appreciate any help.

Thanks.

# Posted By shakar | 12/2/07 3:45 AM

Hello eveyone. I have got the solution. I have Toshiba Satellite A215-s4747.
I got sick of Visa. It is really a Jock No Way I will use it wahtsoever!.

My notebook works faster and more reliable with Windows XP. After I spent over a month trying all OS that was found on earth each one got a problem with this laptop. Finally, tried to manuly install the .inf file but where is the XP driver for Ati Radeon X1200.

(I am not reposible for any damages happen to software or hardware. Follow these instruction on your own Risk)

1- Simply, Download the driver of Windows XP integrated/Motherboard from ATI official site:
Link: http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html
I recommend this file which I do not remember when and where I got it:
http://www.indemanddesign.com/drivers/A215-s4747.zip" target="_blank">http://www.indemanddesign.com/drivers/A215-s4747.z...

2- Unzip the file then setup that file:
(7-11-igp_xp32_dd_ccc_wdm_sb_gart_enu_54435.exe)

Please do not continue after inflating all files.
Go to c:/ati folder the path of the XP driver (.inf)
file: C:\ATI\SUPPORT\7-11_xp32_dd_ccc_wdm_enu_54435\Driver\Driver\XP_INF

3- Go to your device manager reinstall/update your Dispaly driver.
In your case the driver name should be VISA or general name for dispaly driver.

2- follow screens below:
Install from specific loaction > Dont search > Select have a Disk > Browse > locate the file in that path:
C:\ATI\SUPPORT\7-11_xp32_dd_ccc_wdm_enu_54435\Driver\Driver\XP_INF

No changes happend ... :) please restart.

If you can not see the print screens please go to:
http://www.indemanddesign.com/drivers/

# Posted By sesa | 12/2/07 11:54 AM

dude! you're an angel sent from above!
the stupid dealer for toshiba here doesn't even know what model the laptop is!
thanks for your help!
cheerios!

# Posted By Mazz | 12/2/07 1:22 PM

Everything is working! Thanks everybody. The screen has no brightness control. I must have got rid of the "soft Keys" when I loaded xp.
I downloaded the toshiba utility and installed it "util_tvap_26519A" from the toshiba site, but I think that it is only for Vista. Any
ideas on how to control Brightness and contrast?

# Posted By shakar | 12/2/07 11:11 PM

I am having the same problem as the guy above, There are no brightness controls.

I also have another problem with installing catylyst. I got the x1200 to function properly but every time I try to install the catylyst it tells me that I do not have hardwarew compatible with catylyst. Any ideas?

I would like to add that this is an outstanding guide that has helped me a great deal, thank you very much.

# Posted By Phillip | 12/2/07 11:56 PM

Too much hassle.

I decided after reading this post and some other horror stories of that pile of dung called Vista to buy a different computer.

I'll bite the $90 or so bucks on the restocking but get away from Vista. I still like Toshiba, but not giving support for XP really blows.

I ended up going with Dell inspiron 1520. Similar Specs, I thought it was pricey compared to the Toshiba but it has XP. After looking around I found this http://www.cheapstingybargains.com/cheapster/dell/... and I figured if I was going to get a 200 discount for an extra camera why not?
So I included the built in camera to my specs and that bumped the price to over $899. That meant I could use the coupon plus the $50 instant savings. My final price came to $667. LESS than the Toshiba and with a camera included!

One thing that broke any illusion of keeping the Toshiba and Vista was that I couldn't connect through Remote Desktop to my PC at work. I thought the server had a problem but when I use my desktop with XP I have no issues connecting.

Bye bye Toshiba and Vista, it wasn't good while it lasted.

# Posted By Fernando Lopez | 12/3/07 12:25 AM

Hey Phillip:
I had the same problem. It is solved. I followed the instruction above left by steve. It will work on A215 s7422. I had to un-install
the old driver first before trying to install the driver manually. I tried it a few times and voila! it was done. Remeber that you need
to follow and change the .inf file as the instruction states. good luck.

# Posted By shakar | 12/3/07 2:33 AM

I got everything working on my A215-S7428 except the Soft Keys. Does anyone have a solution for this under Windows XP 32???

# Posted By Kristopher | 12/6/07 3:03 PM

my computer is Toshiba Satellite A215 - S7444
i am looking for xp drivers to Atheros Wireless LAN (802.11 a/g/n, b/g) i used 8 Atheros AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter(ar5416) but it doest work, could someone send good driver on g_had@wp.pl

# Posted By pawelisa | 12/7/07 12:53 PM

Thank you! This was quite helpful as our office standard is XP not Vista (I share your sentiment, Screw Vista)

# Posted By Jake | 12/7/07 1:52 PM

I am looking for the drivers for the a215 s7425 and so far it has been a rough search. i got about half of them. I was hoping i could get some help here since there seems to be some very resourceful people visiting this post. I for one am appalled that the companies expect you to drop an old system so readily for a new one. I work with web development and have several things in production using Visual studios 03 and that is not acceptable on Vista i would have to buy an upgrade to 05 to use it with this pc. anyhow if there is anyone who has found all the drivers or even most of the drivers i would greatly appreciate your help.

# Posted By robert more | 12/10/07 7:19 PM

Can someone tell me how to install the drivers for the ethernet controller? The folder that comes in the download package does not contain a setup file. And when I try to install the driver manually, I set the folder path but it says it cannot find the files.

can anyone help?

also, I used Steve's way of installing the video controller drivers and it worked fine. The ATI download is on this page: http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx?p=...

Like others, I'm also have trouble installing ATI Catalyst. It says I need at least .NET Framework 2.0, which is simple enough. But then it also says Setup did not find a driver compatible with your current hardware or operating system.

I'll install .NET 2.0 and try again.

Can anyone help with installing the ethernet drivers?

# Posted By TJ | 12/11/07 2:52 PM

I got everything working so far..except..the ethernet controller and the SM bus controller.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

# Posted By NT | 12/12/07 2:55 AM

Hey guys, here is a good ethernet driver.
It's from Asus and it works well with the Toshiba.
I got it from one of the guys who posted here.
He knows who he is. Thanks man.

If someone on this forum can add the driver to the download pack at the top of this page, that would be good.

If not, then post your email and I'll send it that way.

# Posted By TJ | 12/14/07 2:20 AM

Has anyone been able to figure out how to get the
SOFT KEYS to work? It seems like they are the only urdle left.

Cummon guys... let's use our computer skills and figure this out.

# Posted By TJ | 12/14/07 2:23 AM

Need the Lan drivers--no wireless for the A215-S7428.
I have tried everything. I tried the one above and they will not work on my system.

# Posted By STARMAN | 12/14/07 2:36 PM

Thanks for doing the work and posting these drivers. They were not turn-key for my A215-S7425, but through a little sleuthing and with the help of some of the other comments here, I've been able to get everything working and take care of all the pesky little yellow question marks in Device Manager. Now this little $550 laptop runs almost as fast in Windows as it does in Fedora 8!

# Posted By sbarner | 12/15/07 4:57 PM

Hello, this has saved my day! I was pissed off at vista... so I installed windows XP... Forgetting that Toshiba never gave me a motherboard installing CD, I was stuck. I have a A210 laptop, and so far most of the drivers are working for me.

I haven't got wireless working, but I could get direct with a ethernet cord working. I am having trouble with the video card... I followed Steve and Sesa's post, but it's still not working! From Sesa's post, I couldn't find ATI radeon x1200 in "Select the device driver you want to install for this hardware" part. That's just so confusing now. Does that mean my computer's video card isn't x1200 or what...? I am lost. It'd be nice if anyone can help me, :3

# Posted By Seacy | 12/15/07 11:03 PM

Oh, I got my video card working now. I followed the instruction on this site...
http://forum.notebookreview.com/archive/index.php/...

The person said :
just a few notes, i converted to XP sort of, i did a dual boot :D , and it works, the ati radeon card (presumably x1200 variety) drivers DO NOT WORK from the ati site however can be made to work :D as follows, if you download version 7.9 catalyst (7-9-igp_xp32_dd_ccc_wdm_sb_gart_enu_52443 for ati x1200 xp), then download dot net framework (dotnetfx3) or higher from MS downloads, then download msxml4-KB927978-enu (also MS downloads) then download ati_mobility, ok we have our files,
install .net framework
then install msxml
then install /extract ati radeon, it will give an error eventually, just keep reading this,

ok the tricky part, run ati mobility, do as instructed, remember, you are pointing the program at the whole folder, not just the driver, this program alters the files to make them compatible, and it works, re-run the install and smile:d you got it after how many hours? ;) of screwing with it?

ok, now gimme your utility driver file links, :d , it gets worse hang on.

i set up a dual boot, so remember if you do that to point the drivers to D drive, or whatever your XP partition is. may god be with you.
if ya wanna do a dual boot with both of the op system, i can tell ya, just ask, its easy.

screwin bill g. one machine at a time:D

and i fixed my graphic card by combining this...
Still dead on the wireless internet... Any help would be great!!!

# Posted By Seacy | 12/16/07 12:34 AM

linux was easier to get running on A215-7422!!
wlan drivers worked with .inf modification (Dekchi | 11/3/07 3:16 PM)
ati driver worked with link Dan mentioned (Dan Wilson | 11/9/07 9:48 AM)
Thank you! Many beers expended... Is there some way to repay you?

# Posted By john_galt | 12/16/07 10:18 PM

@John_Galt

Just Pay it Forward.

DW

# Posted By Dan Wilson | 12/16/07 10:29 PM

Hi i have just installed all the XP drivers but im having problems with the Wireless device. It installed ok but i cant seem to change the Channel in the advanced tab setting its giving me an error saying "the value is out of range. The valid range in from 10 to 10". Therefore i can only use the channel 10 freq. on my router if i want the laptop to recieve a signal. Any suggestions?

# Posted By DK | 12/17/07 1:28 AM

actually its ok. I just changed the channel setting in the inf file. for some reason the channel setting were all set to 10.

# Posted By dk | 12/17/07 1:37 AM

Hi, Thank you for your work in finding these
drivers. All I needed from your archive though
was the WLAN drivers, and they worked well
for Toshiba Satelite L45-S7409. The other
drivers I got by using http://drivershq.com
I have everything except the three base system
devices installed. Not worried though. Works
VERY well without them. I removed Vista and Added
XP Pro with SP2, using the BEATSXP Image. AWESOME!!

# Posted By Ramone | 12/21/07 9:35 AM

Hi everyone, I have some good news for who are using Satellite A210 or A215. The drivers for XP
can be found in TOSHIBA AUS. link :

http://www.isd.toshiba.com.au/71/live.dll/topic/co...

Perfect... :)

# Posted By Leeseifer | 12/21/07 10:35 PM

You the Man, Can I smoke you up sometime?

# Posted By Word | 12/23/07 3:27 PM

Thanks Leeseifer, for the link. Unfortunately, the link is
to your last logon there for I get something to the effect that
you have been timed out and there are no other options. When I strat from their home site I cna find some XP drivers for the A210 (two
models), but none for the A215. If you have an A215 and those drivers work for you, please let us know. I still have a lot of yellow
in my Device Manager I need to get rid of and get my machine
working properly.

Tanx.

# Posted By Jim Clark | 12/23/07 5:09 PM

The easiest way to get the wireless driver is to do a windows update at update.micorsoft.com ... yes, a windows update. Let it scan your laptop. The updates that show up are software updates. Before selecting intstall, look on the left side of the screen for "hardware updates"...

You will see a download for your wlan. download, install, problem fixed.

# Posted By Clint Boucher | 12/24/07 8:10 AM

Once again...
Does anyone know how to get the (FN) function keys working?

The actual function of the F1, F2, F3,... keys work but I cannot control the brightness using the (FN) toggle key. This is the only thing I have left to workout. Thanks in advance.
I am using a A215-7422 using XP SP3 and everything is working that i found on this site as well as some drivers found on the support DVD.

# Posted By A_DoNuT | 12/24/07 12:13 PM

That's all I need as well... just the FN keys. Way to much messing around to get this to work. My prevoius laptop was a cheap everex that I got from circuit city. came with vista, switched to xp. added 1gb of ram and the thing was great. Cust service there was awesome, always talked to someone from the states, they even told me where to get the drivers and walked me through on the phone.

Just a shame that toshiba acts this way, making it so difficult to get the damn drivers.

Enough ranting, I think the FN keys are found in the bios. I tried to get the bios from satalite pro A210-EZ2202X but it wouldn't let me,. said my current driver was more up to date.

# Posted By Clint Boucher | 12/25/07 4:35 AM

# Posted By Clint Boucher | 12/25/07 4:36 AM

Hey, I just wanted to say thank you to everyone in here who helped make this possible. Like others, the Fn key doesn't work for me either, but I don't think it's that big of a deal.

One thing I noticed is that the touchpad driver doesn't have the scrolling ability on the side. If anyone wants this, you can get it at the synaptics website: http://www.synaptics.com/support/drive.cfm

Thanks again everyone.

# Posted By Cow | 12/25/07 11:05 AM

Thankyou very much.
I have Satellite A215-S7462
I want to change to XP
What is de diference?
What I need to do?
Thankyou

# Posted By Luis Carvajal | 12/25/07 3:48 PM

Hi all,
After much...much...much aggravation I managed to get everything working except for the hot keys. If you hate Vista as much as I did, you'll suffer through every word of this page to get XP installed. Lacking an XP key, I even bit my pride and bought one rather than try to hack it. Please be persistent...it can be done! The link posted by Leeisfer for Toshiba AUS -

http://www.isd.toshiba.com.au/71/live.dll/topic/co......

will also work for an S7422 model. All you need to do is refresh the session & select (in my case) Support, Drivers, Utilities, etc. & the model. There is no S7422, but those for the A210-PSAFGA worked properly.

Patience, good luck and as others have said here...screw Vista!

# Posted By H8Vista | 12/31/07 6:19 PM

Forgot to mention...the speed on my S7422 running XP Pro is just superb compared to dog-a** slow with Vista. With XP Pro it runs as reliably and quickly as it properly should.

# Posted By H8Vista | 12/31/07 6:23 PM

Oh man I can't tell you how pleased you've made me! Just recently bought a Toshiba Equium from PC World with exactly the same issue - can't stand Vista.
Spent an absoulute age downloading every XP driver I could find for the Relatek 8187B WLAN card. None of them worked - except yours!

Genius!

# Posted By Paul | 1/1/08 7:15 AM

Hello everyone. I wanted to post a quick success story and question.
Using the various advise listed here I was able to downgrade my
Toshiba A215-7433 from Vista to XP. :) For that I would like to say
thanks to everyone.

Like others here, I'm trying to work out getting the issue of getting
the Fn and media keys working corectly.

If anyone has any information on how to fix this issue it would be
appreciated

# Posted By Steve | 1/1/08 11:18 PM

@Seacy

Hey, there! You say you got a dual boot going on your Toshiba with Vista/XP? Do you have any tips on how you did it before I go and break my machine :) ?

(Mine: A215-S7425)

# Posted By Carov | 1/2/08 12:22 AM

99.9% Toshiba Satellite A215-S7472 downgrade and/or restore for Windows XP Professional
On boot I still get Found New Hardware and cannot locate driver, device is listed a UNKNOWN in Found New Hardware, BUT Device Manager does NOT show any missing/unknown devices.

I did a restore of my old dead system, not a reinstall of XP. Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery include Recover Anyware that allows restore to dissimilar hardware (only costs slightly more than Ghost and is much more robust).

Drivers

http://www.driverheaven.net/modtool/index.php for Modder program to modify ATI display driver

7-12_xp32_dd_ccc_wdm_enu_55811.exe ATI_mobility_radeon_HD_2400 ATI driver package to use (from ATI site) Be wary of display driver updates from any source as such updates may make your system unstable/unusable—make backup before install.

Bluetooth Monitor: util_bt_monitor_25884A.exe???

http://tinyurl.com/2mc8nq for Toshiba drivers (only use those that include XP) and the bios upgrade.

http://tinyurl.com/3chr5t for StandardDualChannel_PCI_IDE_Controller

http://tinyurl.com/33a94x for REALTEK_HighDefinitionAudioDriver1.84

# Posted By Vernon | 1/3/08 5:27 PM

Ok, I've have the WLAN INF file for a while now, but I don't know what to do with it!
I try to update my driver > no not this time > etc > Select Hardware type?
I've tried a few different ones that I thought were it but none worked.
Anyways, WLAN Driver Installation help is appreciated.
Thanks.

# Posted By Devin | 1/4/08 10:08 AM

Updated for WLAN. Prior post repeated here so only have to look one place.

99.9% Toshiba Satellite A215-S7472 downgrade and/or restore for Windows XP Professional
On boot I still get Found New Hardware and cannot locate driver, device is listed a UNKNOWN in Found New Hardware, BUT Device Manager does NOT show any missing/unknown devices.

I did a restore of my old dead system, not a reinstall of XP. Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery include Recover Anyware that allows restore to dissimilar hardware (only costs slightly more than Ghost and is much more robust).

Drivers

http://www.driverheaven.net/modtool/index.php for Modder program to modify ATI display driver

7-12_xp32_dd_ccc_wdm_enu_55811.exe ATI_mobility_radeon_HD_2400 ATI driver package to use (from ATI site) Be wary of display driver updates from any source as such updates may make your system unstable/unusable—make backup before install.

http://tinyurl.com/2buwss for Atheros AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter Driver 6.0.2.75

Bluetooth Monitor: util_bt_monitor_25884A.exe???

http://tinyurl.com/2mc8nq for Toshiba drivers (only use those that include XP) and the bios upgrade.

http://tinyurl.com/3chr5t for StandardDualChannel_PCI_IDE_Controller

http://tinyurl.com/33a94x for REALTEK_HighDefinitionAudioDriver1.84

# Posted By Vernon | 1/4/08 11:37 PM

Hey man

thank you so much. You just saved my life. VISTA SUCKS

# Posted By Avgoustis | 1/5/08 4:20 PM

hey, will those work for s7433 ? anyboudy knows ?

# Posted By gamp | 1/7/08 5:30 PM

All this is fine but how do you get past the EULA agreement on the oem disk for the install? I cannot get xp to find the eula.txt file. This is after making a slipstream disk. Really pathetic. Man. THis completely sucks.

# Posted By TC | 1/7/08 5:51 PM

BTY it is a Toshiba laptop installed with Vista which my cam systems will not work on so I have to downgrade. But I am not having any luck getting the xp installed. Bought the new XPc version from newegg.com. Could not find the drivers for the Sata so did slipstream, now it cannot find the eula.txt file. Other than that everything is ok though.

# Posted By TC | 1/7/08 5:54 PM

Hi all, All the XP drivers of A215 have set in Toshiba AUS website...link : http://www.toshiba.com.au . My Satellite A215 is working perfectly with its and dun need to install manualy. Dun have any yellow icon in my computer. The only think you need that you go to support page in AUS toshiba and choose the Satellite A215 (I remember there are 2 link one for Vista and one for XP). Have fun all... sorry about my English

# Posted By Leeseifer | 1/8/08 6:45 AM

http://www.isd.toshiba.com.au/71/live.dll/topic/co... .. This link is better. Chosing Support on the left panel...Hope it help you..

# Posted By Leeseifer | 1/8/08 6:50 AM

When you Chose Satellite driver for A210..just choose this model Satellite A210-(PSAFGA)..In here, you will find all driver for A21x ... Driver ATI 1200x and wifi Realtek and so on..You just download and click...

# Posted By Leeseifer | 1/8/08 6:53 AM

NOTE: some Toshiba (e.g., A215-S7472) use ATI_mobility_radeon_HD_2400, not 1200. Otherwise the .au site looks good; I've not
tested the drivers--I'm downloading now.

# Posted By Vernon | 1/8/08 4:03 PM

Good news. using the link provided by Leeseifer i downloaded the Hotkey Utility and now the Fn keys work! Or at least the + - brightness controls, lock computer, sleep and possibly others, those are just the ones I use the most.

So good luck all. And thanks again Leeseifer!

# Posted By A_DoNuT | 1/10/08 12:04 AM

Many of the drivers do NOT work on A215-S7472. Some of the utilities seem to work. OK to try on your system, but proceed one driver/program at at time, making appropriate "checkpoints" so you do not have to go back too far if a failure occurs.

# Posted By Vernon | 1/10/08 7:01 AM

That is from the .au site.

# Posted By Vernon | 1/10/08 7:01 AM

think u Leeseifer every thing that i need most is working now on my satellite A215-S7462

# Posted By DAVID | 1/10/08 11:15 AM

hey does any one know how to downgrade
a Toshiba A200 Satellite laptop to Windows xp if so could u plz email me at stylesmathew@hotmail.com

# Posted By Mathew | 1/13/08 5:07 AM

Dan Wilson, you are the MAN. Leeseifer, you too. You both rock.

One final thing that doesn't work. I am installing WinXP pro and SP2. All drivers now work except one - the USB Controller. I can use USB, but it doesn't recognize that its 2.0. I only get the 1.1 USB speeds (12MB/sec?). I'm sure I could connect to windows update and fix this issue, but as many reading this page of your blog might agree, this is not necessarily recommended. Anybody know where a USB 2.0 Controller driver might be found for the A215-7428?

Thanks!

# Posted By One Happy Guy | 1/13/08 8:05 PM

You can get the LAN wireless drivers from windows update. I was able to at least..

The only problem I have now is everytime I take a windows update my laptop either crashes and needs to be restored, or won't take the update.......

# Posted By Rocky | 1/13/08 11:08 PM

If you had the same problem of a USB controller driver not working like I did, heres how to fix it:

Its really too simple, so spare yourself any more frustration from surfing for drivers. The driver is already part of Windows XP, you just need to update it.

Device Manager > Other Devices (the yellow circles are here) > USB Controller or PCI to USB Controller

Double click, open drivers tab and click update driver. Dont connect to the net or windows update - after selecting NO, just click update driver automatically, and it finds needed drivers like usbehci.sys. Its really that simple.

Well, my Christmas present finally works like I wanted it to - SANS VISTA!!
Now I can start this University term off the right way.

And CONGRATULATIONS to everybody who has read this page and re-graded to WinXP. You are far more intelligent and initiative taking than the rest of the lazy world. People that don't give up and seek truly better living will make this world a better place. Kudos.

# Posted By One Happy Guy | 1/14/08 3:47 AM

Excellent! This saved me SO much painful searching for drivers. I successfully used this on a Satellite A215-2508. Thanks again =)

# Posted By Pyro1588 | 1/14/08 7:06 PM

I have an A215-S7416 can someone tell me how to use xp

# Posted By Justin | 1/16/08 3:12 PM

Thanks for providing the URL to download the drivers from Toshiba Australia website. I have downloaded the XP drivers for my Toshiba A215-7425 model and reloaded XP on my laptop with these drivers. They work fine without any problems including the Fn keys.

They really saved my time.

WINDOWS VISTA SUCKS BIG TIME!!!. Never use VISTA.

# Posted By Kalyan Reddy | 1/22/08 11:33 AM

I have a A215-S5818 and This page / site has really helped me get started but when i couldnt or didnt know what the thing was that i needed to download drivers for this site helped with that... Yea i have a Atheros wi fi but witch one.... follow the directions
http://4u3u.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!D49B37B43E9E7...

# Posted By Dave | 1/23/08 1:57 AM

Hola a todos,

para los 3 dispositivos que quedan por instalar, que corresponden al lector de tarjetas Ricoh, puenen usar este controlador proporcionado por HP. Yo lo he probado en un Toshiba A210 y funciona de lujo.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloa...

Saludos

# Posted By cireja | 1/24/08 2:25 PM

For anyone who can't read spanish, cireja says:

"The 3 remaining installation problems, revolve around the Ricoh Card Reader. You can install the driver for this off the HP site. I tested it on my Toshiba A210 and it worked just fine."

# Posted By Dan Wilson | 1/24/08 2:30 PM

The zip file with all the drivers were a great find, but does anything know about the fingerprint reader drivers for XP? My computer model is actually a Satellite A215-S7462

# Posted By Dustin Gulley | 1/24/08 5:58 PM

Exceptional help. Thank you. It all worked well except the Realtek ethernet. I finally had to download the PCIE Install 5686 for the RTL8136 for my system A215-S7422.

Thank you again. Vista truly sux.

# Posted By Rahner James | 1/24/08 11:05 PM

So I've doing the same thing everyone else here is doing on an a215-s7428. I've got all the drivers installed and XP is working for the most part. My issues are three, as far as I can tell.
First I have one unknown device under other devices in device manager. I've installed every driver in the download from this page and its still there.
I also have an unknown device under System devices in the device manager. I can't figure out what either of these are.
But the biggest problem I have is that most USB devices do not work. I have several memory sticks, some work, some don't, but all are
recognized by windows. The ones that don't work, it asks me to install software for the new hardware found. Some mice it will recognize but it doesn't work at all.
Any ideas on whats going on with the USB port/controller?
Thanks!

# Posted By tpp | 1/25/08 11:00 PM

Does those drivers will work with S5808?

# Posted By janusz | 1/26/08 11:04 AM

Hi,

I can not find the drivers on the .au site. The A215 is not in the list and the A210 says there are no drivers available. Is there somewhere else thee can be downloaded? Thanks!

# Posted By Albert | 1/28/08 11:08 AM

What Wi Fi drivers have you guys tested and worked on your laptop? state the model of laptop and name of driver and where you got it. thanks

# Posted By ayee | 1/28/08 5:59 PM

Fingerprint Utility

http://www.upek.com/support/customersupport/psql.a...

and

http://tinyurl.com/2dwur3

# Posted By Vernon | 1/30/08 12:45 PM

Wi - Fi

see my 1/4/08 post above.

# Posted By Vernon | 1/30/08 12:47 PM

how did you configure the ati x1200 drivers

# Posted By harlan_da | 2/6/08 3:28 PM

I guess it would help for you to know that I too am have ditched Vista for XP on my satellite A215-S7428. Now with your wonderful help think that all the other drivers are working properly except the video drivers for ATI X1200. how do I get them to work properly. Thanks so much I am in your debt.

# Posted By harlan_da | 2/6/08 3:51 PM

Thank you all very much.I am happy to announce that my 215-S5808 it is Vista free.
Everything works perfectly.I had some problems with my Touch pad under Vista.
In XP works fine>Thanks again.

# Posted By janusz | 2/10/08 8:35 AM

Video Drivers (See my post above)

http://www.driverheaven.net/modtool/index.php for Modder program to modify ATI display driver

7-12_xp32_dd_ccc_wdm_enu_55811.exe ATI_mobility_radeon_HD_2400 ATI driver package to use (from ATI site) Be wary of display driver updates from any source as such updates may make your system unstable/unusable—make backup before install.

# Posted By Vernon | 2/13/08 6:01 AM

Some days ago i downloaded the drivers and it was really a relief after all that trouble. But today when i tried to download them once again i got the "500 - invalid url" message ...

can you reupload them somewhere else ?

# Posted By psy | 2/19/08 1:45 PM

Which drivers are you asking about?

# Posted By Vernon | 2/21/08 4:06 AM

thanks a lot for the drivers. i have installed all the drives except one

the ethernet controller one. I don't need it at the time but i would still like to now how to install it. I tried going to device manager and tried to manually install it but it said that there was an error during installing
some code 10

could you please help me

thanks

# Posted By Sid | 2/24/08 3:59 PM

I using windows xp x64, but i can't find driver modem toshiba for it. plz, help me look for. tks.

# Posted By Hanux | 2/24/08 7:57 PM

I've been running xp for some time now with no issues. Recently upon restart of my laptop, it doesn't recognize the wlan. If I restart once or twice it works like there was never an issue. Not sure what may be causing this as I've made no hardware/software changes to the laptop. Anyone else having this issue and what do you do about it.

# Posted By Clint Boucher | 2/26/08 3:52 AM

One more thing, when shutting down it seems to take forever. It goes to that blue screen that says "windows is shutting down" for 2-3 minutes. Didn't have this issue on vista and not sure what would be causing it.

# Posted By Clint Boucher | 2/27/08 6:31 AM

Did it!! My Toshiba Satellite A205-S5804 finely completely free of Vista!!
I installed XP using nLite method. Radeon X1200 were not compatible with my system, so after a day of frustrations I went to "Driver Detective" and for $29 membership it combed the system and automatically got drivers for missing:
-Ethernet
-Video control (it needed Intel (R) Graphic Media Accelerator (Mobile Intel 965 EXPRESS Chipset family), it came in a Zip file: GFX_XP32_14.31.1.4864_PV_Intel

# Posted By prescriber | 2/28/08 11:25 PM

thanks for the drivers and the laugh. Saved my LIFE.

# Posted By crystal | 3/4/08 10:35 AM

Satellite A-215-5818 cannot find Atheros WiFi driver that will work with XP. Seems that this PCI card runs A-B-G & Draft N. Since it has Draft N I do not believe there is a Win XP driver, only Vista. Can someone help me out? VISTA IS WIN ME II!

# Posted By Marco | 3/5/08 1:29 PM

manage to dual-boot on my satellite a210-fs1. spent 3 days only for doing this though..
i missed sesa's post on 12/2/07, so i spent quite some time installing my display adapater, but i did it the same way even though i still have error: can't find this file: ativvp.* or something like that, but my xp is running ok without those files anyway.
for the ethernet, I chose Relatek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC (3r option on the list), the other two option leave my xp hang.
good luck installing xp guys! and don't forget to backup all your drivers. ;)

# Posted By oscar | 3/6/08 7:09 AM

I can't seem to get any of the Hotkey drivers to work from the .AU site for my s7422. It says something on the lines of "Toshiba common module not found..." Anyone have any idea what the problem is for me? Thanks

# Posted By John | 3/9/08 11:18 PM

I have a Satellite A215-S7472 with Vista. I want to switch it to XP, dont have the drivers and have no clue what to do, any help?

# Posted By kodoo | 3/18/08 1:39 AM

I have the A215-S4747. I've got everything installed properly for XP,
but like lots of folks I'm having difficulty finding the proper
hotkey Fn and media keys working corectly. I went to .au site as well,
and the only hotkey Fn function driver to work will only support
"suspend" and "sleep" keys (F3 & F4). What is need is to control +/- brightness level,
as well as toggle into VGA/RBG projector output mode for external presentation
on project.

Is there another way (graphics driver) to adjust brightness without
using the hotkey Fn missing driver?

# Posted By Miki | 3/21/08 12:53 PM

OK I've sloved my A215-S4747 Brightness/Contast issue. In short,
load the ATI graphics driver as explained above. Ensure you have
your desired resolution settings; this will validate that your
driver is running properly. As suggested by others above, I
went and downloaded ATI's Catylst application. You can download
just this application alone (http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html)

For me it was the "Radeon Xpress 1200" under the Integrated/Motherboard
WinXP Pro/Home selection. You don't have to download all the drivers
and Catalyst. For me it was as easy as going to the
"Individual driver download packages and Avivo" area and selecting
"Catalyst Control Center" (23.5MB - ver 8.3).

Note: I found that I had to download from microsoft a .net 3.0
framework before Catalyst would run properly. Dont worry, downloading
.NET 3.0 (just google: "download microsoft .NET 3.0") and it will
take you the the microsoft download site to download this base support.

Once I got back to Catalyst install, and a reboot, I was able to
gain more control of the LCD and screen than I needed :-). Now not onlhy
do I have XP back and all controls, but able to adjust my brightness
level. Catalyst will also allow me to switch to RGB connector output mode
for overhead presentations.

OK, so I would rather use the hotkey Fn, but this work-around will
do just fine. Goodluck folks.

-Miki

# Posted By Miki | 3/23/08 9:55 PM

pls can someone help me get drivers for SATELLITE A135-S4527? PLEASE I AM DEAD

# Posted By Andy | 3/25/08 6:22 PM

I am having trouble with the manual installs. It will point to the folder, but not to the direct file, I am such a newbie that is is confusing me, someone be cool and shoot me an email with some more simple instructions?

robertrun@fastmail.us

# Posted By Zed | 3/26/08 1:38 PM

ok, i've been trying all of the things that i can understand on this page and i just can't get the damn computer to do anything. it always says that it cannot find a driver, even though i select the exact folder that it is in. also the video thing isn't working. instead of the raidon it has this "standard vga graphics adapter" thing that only has 16mb of video memory. the computer doesn't seem to recognize it at all. in fact, it doesn't recognize anthing at all.
if it makes any difference i'm using a 64bit version of XP. please somebody help me, i need to get this thing working for school and i can't get it to do anything for the life of me.
i'm assuming that there is something that you guys are doing that i'm not, but i should know it so you dont explain it or something. i've done everything i can. help.

my email is smckinnley@gmail.com

# Posted By mckinnley | 4/2/08 1:56 AM

Obviously people are still having issues with this stuff. I just finished the third rebuild on my Satellite a215-s5818 and I can tell you it is a majorly frustrating process.

GOOD NEWS - I think everything you need for this particular model can be found in this thread: <a href="http://www.driverheaven.net/laptop-notebook-genera... Heaven</a>. I just added a bunch of content myself, and my Satellite is working 100%, FINALLY!!!

I called Toshiba today, and they were not helpful, as you can imagine. But I got past the "outsourced" customer service rep, and spoke to a supervisor, who spoke English, and seemed to be listening to my concerns. He told me 2 things of interest:

1) Toshiba has no plans to continue to support XP.
2) He was AMAZED that someone could do what we've all done (piece together all the necessary drivers to properly downgrade to XP). WE are the smart ones.

Call Toshiba and complain! 1.800.457.7777 in the US. Maybe if enough people call, they'll listen.

Good luck!

# Posted By Chris K | 4/2/08 3:52 PM

ok so all i do is just go to all of the drivers that aren't working, say update driver and then find the directory for that download (after unziping)? i was trying to do this yesterday but it wouldn't work, it would just tell me that there was no driver found, even though i would bring it to the folder that i had downloaded earlier that told me that it had the driver in it. i was really confused on why it wouldn't work at all because it seemed like i was doing everything right. can anybody just tell me exactly what i need to do? if i can't get this to work then i'll just get driver detective but i'de like to find a free way of doing it first.

# Posted By mckinnley | 4/3/08 3:37 AM

hello? is anybody there? i need to know how to install a driver, and since you all seem to know how to do that i thought that i would be able to get a fast response. when i open the folders i just get two to four files that (when clicked on) tell me that windows doesn't know how to open it. and when i tell it to update the driver and to re-install it, it tells me that there is nothing there. so yeah, i don't know how to install these new drivers. i'de like to get a response ASAP because i need this laptop for school.

# Posted By mckinnley | 4/3/08 2:59 PM

not to sound rude or annoying or anything but my question has been up here for more than a da and i still haven't gotten a response. i really need this to get working for school and it seems to me that if there are so many people on this forum who have not had this problem, a lot of people should be able to give me an answer...and yet i haven't gotten anything yet. please, i really need this to work guys can you help me out?

# Posted By mckinnley | 4/3/08 5:18 PM

I own Toshiba A215-S4697 .. I hate Vista so I went ahead went ahead and installed XP .. But I'm facing drivers problem like many others. All drivers working for me but just 2 not working.. display Driver and Ethernet Driver(wired one) ..

Can anyone please help me with the Ethernet adapter driver for Toshiba A215-S4697 ?
I'll be ever grateful ... Thanks.

- Erika

# Posted By Erika | 4/3/08 5:40 PM

ok so i got a couple of responses and people told me what to do. the problem is that everybody has told me the exact thing that i've been doing the whole time. are these meant to run on the 64-bit version i have or do i have to get completely different drivers for it? everybody else seems to be doing just fine with these but mine refuses to acknowledge the fact that the driver is there. it just ignores it. it keeps telling me that it's not compatible.
this seems to happen to me all the time when it comes to computers, everybody else can do it but when i do the exact same thing with the exact same machine it justdoesn't work. call it bad luck i guess... so can anybody help me?

# Posted By mckinnley | 4/3/08 6:47 PM

ok, i'm getting pretty sick of this whole thing. if somebody can help me get the internet (either wireless or wired) so that i can just buy the driver detective program. i don't care about spending $35, i just need it to work. this thing does require internet access right? if not then i could do it, but i don't know how it could work without it. if it can work without internet access from that computer then i'll download it now.

oh yeah, sorry for double posting, i wish there was an edit button or something

# Posted By mckinnley | 4/3/08 7:26 PM

ok so since nobody has the drivers for the 64 bit version i just gave up and installed the 32 bit version, oh well, i might do that later. i've installed all of the drivers just fine, well, all but one. i still can't get the video card working, whenever i direct it to the driver it says it doesn't recognize it. any help?

# Posted By mckinnley | 4/4/08 1:39 PM

I cannot thank you enough! Vista ruined a perfectly good laptop for me but thanks to you I've been able to get sound and go wireless! I really cannot thank you enough!! The joy on my face when it said 'no netwrosk detected' and the sound of windows restarting was a sight to behold! :)

I will be compiling a RAR file with information on how to get a Toshiba Equium A210-17i fully up to date with Windows XP that I will upload here and elswhere to help everywhere screw bill gates and Vista! Many thanks!

# Posted By Dan | 4/4/08 6:21 PM

ALL of you are lifesavers!! I purchased a Toshiba Satellite A215 with Vista last week but my work software
only works with XP. I was pulling my hair out
until I found this site. Now I've got XP on dual
boot and all of the drivers!!! Thanks to all!

# Posted By Jill | 4/5/08 10:19 AM

i'm like mckinnley, i need drivers for the 64 bit OS but these ones don't work. all i need is a driver for the LAN because i'll just get the driver detective program. i don't know how to look for drivers or anything so if anyone can point me in the direction of an internet driver for this computer (that works on the 64 bit windows) please post back. thanks in advance,
oh yeah, i don't have an email so please just post back on this site if you know where to find it.

# Posted By need some help | 4/6/08 11:49 AM

Thankyou so much for this, you are an absolute life saver. I've been through quite a few different drivers but the one in the above package works perfectly with my Advent 9115.

# Posted By Jamie | 4/18/08 9:15 PM

I GOT this to my Toshiba A215-7437

http://www.isd.toshiba.com.au/

Downgrade from Vista to XP for my REaltek LAN Driver, it works with A210 Notebooks.

# Posted By dave | 4/24/08 10:53 AM

I don't see the 215 drivers on the Toshiba AU website... Are they gone? I see the A210, A200, etc. I am clicking on support on the left.

# Posted By eric | 4/26/08 11:57 AM

unfortunately The Toshiba A-215 S6804 has not yet been supported by the Toshiba website and just like vista,will take some time before they get it right.My speech recog. program is deaf,dumb , and blind. My webcam built into the screen refuses to interact with programs and might as well not be there thanks to somebody's ,"camera assistant software".I may be a complete dumb@55 for saying this, but even though vista Is somewhat useless and incompatable with 1995 doom game and it has compatability issues with some xp programs,I kinda like its features and really can't wait til bill gates stops investigating the insides of his intestines and gets it right at least in the updates.They will have to complete some massive changes to win you people over to it.I can't truly say that I beleive in vista, but I am very hopeful that this giant corporation can make the necessary changes to its staff to fix its major screw-up that is vista.I'm really hoping that this website or someone out there can find the fix for it, because if I have to wait till 2010 for the next microsoft OS release, This darned computer stuff ,even my current one, is going to keep getting stupid expensive.Please e-mail me if you can figure out the camera assistant software issue of vista that I am having.thanks.

# Posted By James Heisler | 4/27/08 5:53 PM

The Toshiba SM Bus driver for most LapTops is Here:
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_d...

# Posted By Gordo | 5/8/08 5:48 PM

I have it all working on a A215-S4767 except my wireless..

I had t install an an external usb wireless stick. I would love to use the internal one..

Clues please?

# Posted By Robert Run | 5/8/08 6:35 PM

Hi bro`s my solution jeje ^_^ (From Puebla, MEx)

ok see i`ve one Toshiba A215-7425 but i`ve just look in the google for an atheros driver for XP and it opened the OPEN DRIVERS site, there i found the latest driver for my Wireless Card & works without problems.
I hope it helps you.

Of course you have to install it on the "Device Manager", see ya

# Posted By Gustav | 5/10/08 12:03 AM

Dude if i could hug you i would thank you so much!

# Posted By Darkslasher | 5/10/08 10:42 PM

CAN YOU TELL ME DO THIS DRIVERS WORK FOR TOSHIBA SATELITE L40-17T?
i SHOULD DOWNLOAD THEM FROM http://drop.io/A215_S7428Drivers
Included Drivers. THIS WEBSITE?

# Posted By bojana | 5/14/08 10:07 AM

This driver (at least the audio part)works
on my Toshiba P205-S36307.

I dumped Vista and set the machine up to dual
boot Linux and XP. Sound stopped working in
XP until I found this driver.

Thank you Dan.

# Posted By Don Birdsall | 5/16/08 8:08 PM

Flipping screens, moving screen... blah. When do they come up with a screen-only with a virtual keyboard. Just the screen...http://www.birmarket.com

# Posted By Jeb Simons | 5/18/08 12:43 PM

is it okay and i re upload somewhere and make like a mirror? email me at superrevlis@gmail.com

# Posted By g man | 5/22/08 9:02 AM

Amazing job with acquiring all of these drivers. You have officially saved my life :)

Thanks

# Posted By Nick | 5/26/08 9:34 PM

Can any one tell me if I can use windows xp pro on a toshiba A215-7414. I see other models in this but not mine. I really can not stand vista. Please Help

# Posted By Jerry | 5/27/08 10:57 PM

man...
my a215-s7422 is working really fine now, no question mark or
whatsoever..
(it just fn button for bright +- thats don`t work) but i
still can live without it

btw..thanks dude
two thums for u :-)

# Posted By dwi | 5/28/08 12:26 PM

hi i need the driver for the fn my cpu i can
put the chain down

# Posted By Agustin | 5/28/08 3:08 PM

FULL Working !!!

Toshiba Satellite A215-S7422 Windows XP Drivers
on this site:

http://toshiba-satellite-a215-s7422-drivers.blogsp...

# Posted By drivers | 5/31/08 3:22 AM

This is insane. Everything I have read tells me the Vista sound driver for the A215-S7422 will also work in XP. I've managed to get EVERY OTHER DRIVER working EXCEPT the sound driver that's supposedly the easy part. The installer thinks it was successful but no sound device was installed. When I uninstall using Add/Remove programs the uninstaller says there was an error. I'm guessing it had an error trying to remove something that wasn't there, but I don't know what that something is.

Anybody have any suggestions?

# Posted By Tim | 6/5/08 3:04 AM

Everything Worked on my A215-S5824 Model. My Processor is 1.9GHZ but its ready 1.59 Anyway to fix or do i need different drivers?

# Posted By Ryan | 6/6/08 8:44 PM

this is the most helpful thing i have ever come across regarding solutions to computer problems that seem impossible to fix. thank you so so so much for saving me tons of grief and even more time! :) :)

# Posted By katie | 6/10/08 9:43 PM

Thanks a lot for the link to the Toshiba drivers; I will test them as soon as I finish downloading. As you probably know I dislike Vista (any version) with all my soul, I want performance, reliability, no dancing screens transparencies, big bother questions, and in general all the annoying NEW features unrelated to performance "What a piece of Sh..."

# Posted By Gabriel | 6/20/08 7:58 PM

I own a Satellite A215 S7416 and have successfully "upgraded" to XP from Vista using the Toshiba Austrailia link provided in the comments above by Leeseifer. Below is a mini manual to help others who have a Toshiba laptop similar to mine:

1. Click the "Support" tab on the Toshiba Austrailia site which is provided below:

http://www.isd.toshiba.com.au

2. Click the "Drivers, BIOS, Utilities, Software" link under "Download Centre"

3. At the Download Center, do the following:

a. Under "Product", select "Notebooks"
b. Under "Family", select "Satellite"
c. Under series, select "A210-(PSAFGA)"

4. Enjoy the XP drivers the site provides! :D The Ethernet, WiFi, and ATI Radeon X1200 drivers are all there, as are the card reader drivers and the Hotkeys Utilities.

# Posted By Shawn | 6/21/08 4:29 PM

Thank you .. for finding the darn chipset drivers. Your fix with the addition of a few other files from the toshiba website listed below allowed me to fix my Satellite A215-S5850 and cure it from the nightmare known as VISTA.
I had to have a system in a emergency and so bought this one and lived with vista for almost 3 weeks! Most of my software didn't work and what did work needed massive tweaking.

Now that I have XP working I can setup my Ubuntu dual boot and be happy.
For other seekers --
Use the driver pack and then go to toshiba and find these files through the askIRIS. The Model search will yield you nothing.
Here is what I loaded in order :
From the Download pack use the :
ATI SB600 Chipset, AMD Processor, ATI SMBUS, AMD AGP Filter, Realtek HD Audio, Realtek RTL8139-819x (run the install, reboot and do the have disk routine to make it work)
Get the ATI Video driver from ATI - 8-6-igp_xp32_dd_ccc_wdm_sb_gart_enu_64783.exe
Atheros xp driver - driver_wifi_atheros_26689B.exe
Ricoh card xp driver - driver_card_reader_ricoh_266668A.exe
Then everything is happy.
THANKS!!!!

# Posted By sandra | 6/26/08 11:42 AM

I have A215-S5817
How to Downgrade Vista to XP?
anybody knows the drivers for complete pack?
give me the link please...

Vista dammnnn....

# Posted By Sigit | 6/26/08 2:26 PM

I upgraded succesfully to WinXP SP2 (from Windows Beast-a) my Toshiba A215-S5824 using the drivers in the European Support website, I used all the drivers from the A210-199 Short Model PSAFGE ( http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/Tos... ) I browsed thru the available models and chose the most similar, I also downloaded the ATi Radeon X1200 driver from the ATi homepage, you MUST install the framework.net before installing the ATi driver or will appear an error from the MOM.exe, (if that happened to you, uninstall the Catalyst Control Center, install the framework.net and re-install the CCC) I found all the drivers there in a lot of languages (mine in Spanish, I'm from Colombia), my laptop is 100% working, and I'm very happy with my laptop now (Without that !@#$%*& Vista), THANK YOU GUYS you inspired me!!!!!!

# Posted By Tyrone | 7/3/08 8:01 PM

dude i have a toshiba satellite A205-S5804,
i have managed to install xp but now i cant get the ethernet driver and wireless lan drive for realtek, i have tried your 64 option but to no avail, can you please assist me?

# Posted By klinker | 7/12/08 3:34 PM

I have a Toshiba Equium A200, and the driver
for Realtek RTL8187B WLan works just fine in tjis maskine too. Just go for it..!

# Posted By Koivu | 7/12/08 7:19 PM

For the A205-S5804 try the download with Satellite, A Series, A200, PSAE, short model PSAE3E, install the drivers and let mo know about it

# Posted By Tyrone | 7/12/08 8:19 PM

Dude itried A Series, A200, PSAE, short model P
SAE3E,drivers but it did not work

# Posted By klinker | 7/13/08 4:06 AM

can anyone point me towards a page discussing drivers for the A215-S7414? Will these drivers work just as well? I have half the mind to just install and try anyway. #@$#% vista

# Posted By boojangles | 7/14/08 7:26 PM

Hi, I'm using a Toshiba A200 P532 and I desperately need to switch to XP or else my Protools won't work. Can the driver provided here work with my laptop?

Thanks in advance!

# Posted By Daniel Olaf | 7/19/08 7:03 AM

THIS ISN'T EVEN MY MODEL NUMBER AND THESE DRIVERS WORKED!... I have been looking ALL over for drivers... Thank you so much!!

# Posted By Collin | 7/21/08 11:35 PM

i need the toshiba a215 drivers if you can telll me a site to get them ad terribly appreciate

# Posted By jay | 7/29/08 7:50 AM

As you read in my comment, what I can suggest is to find the most similar laptop and use its drivers, that worked for me, go to the Europe webpage.

# Posted By Tyrone | 7/30/08 8:29 PM

does it work for A215-S4767?

# Posted By Singh | 8/9/08 5:12 PM

Hey thanks, but I think the Toshiba-Asia website has got all the drivers I need. Thanks again for the effort :)

# Posted By Daniel | 8/9/08 6:54 PM

Hi, I bought a Toshiba L40 17t, and installed Xp on it, everything is working fine, exept I can't find any drivers for my wireless. If
you can please tell me where to find drivers for my laptop that works with xp i'd be a happy guy.

# Posted By Thinus | 8/12/08 12:06 PM

When I download this zip, it says its corrupted or that
the archive is empty. What gives?

# Posted By Billy | 8/25/08 9:15 PM

thank you guys..
my new laptop a215-s7437 is up and running today. and very fast on xp,i'm happy with it!!
lan driver, 5 in 1 ricoh driver,touchpad driver, sound driver i get from this link http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/Tos...
wireless and ati driver from http://www.toshiba.com.au/
everything seem okay now, the only problem i have is driver for modem device on high defenition audio bus, this item still in yellow mark on device manager, anybody can help me with this?
thanks for everybody for share this driver..

# Posted By dnandz | 8/31/08 11:14 AM

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