Very nice,

I bought the same HP… and the XP Home Media Edition really didn’t cut it.
Thanks for the tip… I was crazy looking for the drivers…

thanks a milion. i was realy desperate and your tip will hopefully help me.
only all the best..!

Why does one need to unplug the mem card reader for the install to work?

The memory card assembly needs to be disconnected because the drivers for it are not on the virgin (i.e., sans service pack) Windows XP Pro install CD.

XP nevertheless detects the hardware and then “freaks out” when it sees it. Disconnect it, and install runs normally. Then, post installation, just shut down the PC, reconnect the memory card reader(s), and XP will find the new hardware and add it appropriately.

I don’t recall at this point if the memory card drivers had to be downloaded or if XP with the latest service pack had them built-in. Either way, I do remember that it was straightforward.

Hope this helps!

Ok, well I am installing xp pro sp2 on mine. Same motherboard. It will install fine with the mem card reader plugged in. So I guess SP2 has the driver for that. But, I am trying to install the sata drivers in RAID or AHCI mode. And that is giving me a blue screen. It will install if I set the drive to IDE. I may end up having to use that. It was my understanding that better performance was to be had out of SATA II drives with the RAID drivers loaded. NQC mode could also be utilized.

Hi, I just buy a HP pc and have the same problem when I tried to go back from vista to XP, it diden’t regonize my HD I tried to unplug the front usb and memory stick and than run the xp intallation but then it say I have no HD plug and I’m even more stuck than before in the installation. Did I need to but the SATA drivers on floppy disck durring the intallation even if I unplug the usb and card? if someone can help me I will be really gracefull. I’m trying to install xp since one week in vain and I have no more idea what to do. thank’s

Yes, you MUST load your SATA drivers into windows by hitting F6 when prompted. Otherwise Windows can’t find your SATA hard drive.

The memory card/stick panel is a problem later — XP doesn’t know what to make of it during installation and can crash. Just reconnect it when you’re done (and XP can go and get the drivers for you from Windows Update).

hth.

Hi ,I find I way easy solution after many many hour of researh on the WEb, so everyone who have the Dam cursed P5LP-LE for wich I can not found the SATA driver even on intel site here the solution : when you open your fucking HP (I now hate them for what they made) press F10 to enter the boot menu, then you have a section call IN THE SECOND PAGE(ADVANCED) call SATA drive…something like that and it set to RAID simply set it to IDE save change and then install windows xp, no problem, no need of drivers, no need to unplug anything. Now I’m not a pro in PC so if anyone no a reason why I must not put or why is better to put this option on RAID or IDE,(anyway there only one type of plug on the HD) let me no, is not ,I hope this will help you as much as it help me.

Just thought I’d thank you for the tip. I’m trying to add Windows XP Professional to an HP Pavilion a6040n that uses that same ASUS P5LP-LE motherboard. It came with Vista Home Premium, but the client needs XP to run her stuff. Couldn’t find the F6 driver from Asus, but the Intel one works perfect! Thanks for the tip!

All these tips combined worked for me.

Intel drivers provided worked.
Unplugged card reader as a precaution.
SATA settings in BIOS changed from RAID to IDE (had to do this!)
off to the races….windows loaded. Thanks all!

Samuel,
Gracias funcionó perfecto solo tienes que cambiar ese parametro en el BIOS y no necesitas cargar los drivers SATA desde el disket.