Presario V3225AU is another model of laptop from the HP-Compaq's product line of notebooks. It is equipped with an AMD Turion processor (MK-36) at a clock speed of 2.0 GHz. Other specifications include NVIDIA C51M Chipset (512KB L2 Cache, Upto 1600MHz FSB), 512 MB DDR2 RAM, 80 GB SATA Hard Disk, 8X DVD +R/+RW Writer, 14.1" WideScreen, Windows Vista Home Basic, WirelessLAN and Express Card. The company does not provide driver CD along with the laptop. They have given drivers for Windows Vista on their website. Here, we have given the list of available drivers of Compaq Presario V3225AU laptops for Windows XP.

All the recent models of laptops from HP-Compaq are designed to work with Windows Vista. As these drivers are not tested for Windows XP, neither  Zyxware nor HP-Compaq does not give any guarantee that these drivers will work properly with XP.

You can either click or copy and paste the given links to the address bar of a new browser, to download the driver files.

Display Driver:
ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/softpaq/sp33501-34000/sp33760.exe

Broadcom Wireless LAN Driver:
ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/softpaq/sp33001-33500/sp33008.exe

Ricoh 5-in-1 Card Reader Host Controller and Driver:
ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/softpaq/sp33001-33500/sp33020.exe

NIC Driver or Ethernet Driver:
http://download1.nvidia.com/Windows/nForce/standalone/6.86/6.86_nforce_w...

or

Wireless Driver:
http://66.96.84.4/support/dvr_exe/mbd_dvr/NV61xx-Chipset_8.25_2kxp_WHQL.zip

Driver installation instructions:
1) Click Start button
2) Go to Run option and type in the text box as "devmgmt.msc" and press Enter key.
3) Under the Other Devices, right click on the "Network controller" and select the "Update driver" option.
And specify the location as "Automatically"

Chipset Driver:
http://download1.nvidia.com/Windows/nForce/standalone/6.86/6.86_nforce_w...
Installation Instructions:
1. Download the above URLs and save on the Desktop of your notebook.
2. Execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions.
3. Restart the notebook when the installation is complete.

Microsoft Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) Bus Driver for High Definition Audio
ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/softpaq/sp32501-33000/sp32646.exe

Audio driver :
ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/softpaq/sp33501-34000/sp33543.exe

Installing this driver may result in an error. But continue with the following steps to get the audio driver installed correctly.
1. Click on Start and select Run. Now type devmgmt.msc and press enter.
2. Right click on "Audio Driver" and click Update driver.
3. Select "Install from a list or specific location".
4. Click Next. Then select "Don't search, I will choose the driver to install".
5. Click Next and then select "Audio" from the list.
6. Click Next and then click Have Disk.
7. Click Browse C:\swsetup\sp33543 folder and select the .inf (wis30b2a) file and click open and Continue with the onscreen instructions.

Conexant HDAUDIO Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP Driver :
ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/softpaq/sp33001-33500/sp33340.exe

Quick Launch Buttons :
ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/softpaq/sp33001-33500/sp33035.exe

Synaptics Touchpad Drivers :
ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/softpaq/sp32501-33000/sp32647.exe

Installation Instructions :

1. Download the spXXXXX.EXE file to a directory on your hard drive.
2. Execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions.
3. Restart the notebook when the installation is complete.

Download these files and save them for back up for future use. Incase you have any queries, feel free to contact us with your queries and suggestions.

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