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Hi, I have this old Toshiba laptop with Windows XP, I want to set it up just so I can install some early 2000s games (the laptop is from sometime after 2006?) and I have installed all the drivers but the sound card. I would install Vista, but I don't have any more DDR2 laptop memory, and I feel like being time-period accurate. I've gone around on Google trying to find the driver but none are working, and the Toshiba page doesn't exist anymore. Any ideas on what I can do or where I should be looking? Laptop: Toshiba Satellite Pro L20 PSL2YA-00K00J Sound Card: PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4370&SUBSYS_FF311179 I feel the subsys could be important to this as all the drivers I've found only match other subsys but same vendor and device, editing the .inf files doesn't seem to work.

Sorry, but how does this help? I can't even get setup to the Windows Setup screen. It BSODs while at the Windows logo, so I'm missing a driver of some kind, more than likely. If I run a VM, which I just have, it loads to the setup screen just fine, but then I have made no progress on the actual hardware. I'm almost certain it is a driver problem (likely with NVMe SSD or along similar lines) because I tried a W10 USB as well, and although it doesn't BSOD, it asks me for drivers. I don't know for sure that it's a driver problem, but if it is I'm then not exactly sure what I should be looking for, which is why I made the original post

I'm well aware of that - officially anyway, but it should still be able to install, just very limited driver support, and no Windows Update.

Hi all! I'm trying to install Windows 8.1 on a modern laptop from basically 2020 (Dec. 2019.) Obviously came with Windows 10, which I hate, and I currently have Ubuntu 20.04 installed, which is good although compatibility with many of my games isn't great. 8.1 is a long-shot with driver compatibility, and seeing as I have a 10th-gen Intel i'd need to do the Windows Update patch, I know my GPU has 8.1 drivers, which is important but here's my problem - when loading 8.1 setup from the original disc or from USB, the loading screen spins for a couple of times before throwing a KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED BSOD at me. I don't even get to the install menu. If there's anything I've missed let me know. Specs: Dell Inspiron 15 5593 CPU: Intel Core i7-1065G7 GPU: NVIDIA GeForce MX230 RAM: 16GB DDR4 Hardinfo didn't seem to get the BIOS version, so I'll reboot and edit the post. hardinfo_report.txt EDIT: Not used to seeing Dell BIOS versions as numbers, so 1.7.0 listed in document is correct

No, there is one Component and one Composite with shared stereo RCA audio between them, and RF In.

Hey, doing something completely not modern and trying to run an old computer on a generic CRT TV. However, I live in Australia (so it uses PAL 576i, or maybe progressive scan.) However, the default PAL option in PowerStrip does not work - my TV just sits in the ‘screen saver’ mode. I have a VGA to Component cable (piggybacking off a DVI to VGA adapter,) and my card (GeForce 7600 GT) can support the timer fiddling etc (I think.) Rundown; TV: AWA W3470AV (tried finding a manual online and couldn’t) GFX Card: nVidia GeForce 7600 GT To Connect; DVI to VGA adapter; VGA to Component Cable I get a garbled mess trying to run NTSC 480i (to be expected) but this means at least part of the setup works. EDIT: Was able to run 576i for a while (not progressive,) but yielded similar results to NTSC 480i (wobbly image, purple tint.)