Hi, I just got a Gateway M1615 notebook a few months ago. it came with Windows Vista. To say the least, Vista is less than impressive. Can I revert it back to XP? if so, will I be able to get drivers for it all? I'm not entirely sure about all of this. So I guess, do I need XP drivers for the chipset?? Specifications Operating System • Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Processor AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-56 1.8GHz | 512KB x 2 L2 Cache | Hypertransport™ technology @ up to 1600MHz Display 15.4" Widescreen Ultrabright™ WXGA TFT (1280x800) Chipset ATI RS690T Memory 2048MB DDR2 Memory, Dual Channel (2 x 1024MB), 667MHz 2 DDR2 Slots (Total) - 0 DDR2 Slots (Available) Video ATI Radeon® Xpress 1270M with up to 256MB of HyperMemory™ Audio High-Definition Audio - 2 Channel Built in Speakers Hard Drive 250GB 5400RPM SATA7 Optical Drive 8x Multi-Format Dual Layer DVD+/-RW with DVD-RAM Write max: 8x DVD+/-R, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD+RW, 2x DVD-R DL, 2.4x DVD+R DL, 5x DVD-RAM, 24x CD-R and 16x CD-RW disks Read max: 8x DVD-R/RW/ROM, 4x DVD+/-R DL, 5x DVD-RAM, 24x CD-R/RW/ROM disks Digital Media Reader 5-in-1 Memory Card Reader Secure Digital™ (SD), Multi Media Card™ (MMC), Memory Stick™ (MS), Memory Stick™ Pro, XD Communications 56k ITU v.92 ready Fax/Modem (RJ-11 port) 10/100 Mbps Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 port) 802.11g Wireless LAN, Bluetooth® 2.0 + EDR Interfaces 3 - USB 2.0 ports 1 - VGA connector 1 - RJ-45 ethernet port 1 - RJ-11 modem port 1 - Headphone / audio out 1 - Microphone 1 - Kensington lock slot 1 - AC adapter connector 1 - HDMI port Pointing Device Synaptics Touchpad with Vertical Scroll Expansion Slot Expresscard™ Type 54 Battery Type 6-Cell 2200 mAh Lithium Ion Case Design Next-generation industrial design with embedded decorative pattern and brushed metal accents Dimensions (System) 1.1" - 1.5" (H) x 14.00" (W) x 10.00" (D)8 Weight 6.29 lbs.9 Warranty One year parts and labor limited warrant
all you need is a cd/dcd drive, hard drive, and a OS installer. you need like XP sp2 or something on a cd, and run the cd on the boot up. make a partition and install it.
make sure you go to there website and get the xp drivers before you do anything. They should have the drivers for your laptop, windows xp is still being sold and supported so that should be no problem. Anyway welcome back to xp. http://www.pro-networks.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=74987
why would you wanna do that? Like it or not vista is here to say. I know that its not a functionable as xp and it does take some getting use too. but stick with it. sooner or latter updates for xp will not be available because lord gates will want everyone to go to vista.
