Drivers for Compaq V3749AU laptop for Windows XP

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Compaq Presario V3749AU is powered by AMB turion 64 bit processor. It has 2GB DDR2 RAM and it comes pre installed with Winodows Vista Home Basic. It has 160GB SATA hard disk. It also has a  14.1″ WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display. Laptop has a NVIDIA GeForce Go 7150M graphics card. Most of the Compaq Presario laptops comes with vista pre installed. And HP compaq does not support windows XP anymore. So if you have downgraded your laptop,  it is really difficult for finding drivers. We have solved the issue for you. For all drivers for compaq v3749au laptop is given in the following post.

Kindly check the link to know more about Issues regarding downgrading to or installing Windows XP in HP-Compaq systems

Neither Zyxware Technologies, nor HP-Compaq can give you a guarantee that these drivers will work perfectly in your system. How ever, you may try installing these.

You can either click or copy the given link and paste them onto a new driver to download them. 

Video: NVIDIA GeForce 7150M:

http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/GRAPHICS-BOARD/NVIDIA/NVIDIA-ForceWare-15657-Beta.shtml

Or

http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/GRAPHICS-BOARD/NVIDIA/NVIDIA-32bit-ForceWare-GeForce-Go-15655.shtml

OR

http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/163.71/163.71_forceware_winxp_32bit_english_whql.exe

NOTE: Clicking the link may give an error indicating it is invalid. Please copy the entire link starting from "http" to " html" and paste it in the address bar of the browser installed in your computer and then hit enter.

NVIDIA nForce 630M Chipset:

http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/nForce/650i/8.43_nforce_650i_winxp32_english.exe

Alps Touchpad Driver Download link for V3500 and V3600 series for vista:
 
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp36501-37000/sp36510.exe

HP Quick Launch Buttons:

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software8/COL18360/ch-47422-1/sp33258.exe

Ricoh 5-in-1 Card Reader Host Controller:

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp32501-33000/sp32825.exe

Broadcom Wireless LAN Driver:

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp31001-31500/sp31466.exe

Or

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp36501-37000/sp36684.exe

Network Drivers ( LAN):

http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/nForce/14.10/14.10_nforce_630a_winxp_english_whql.exe

Or

http://www.marvell.com/drivers/driverDisplay.do?dId=175&pId=3


Alternate network Drivers: (Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC Driver )

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp36001-36500/sp36407.exe

Or

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp32001-32500/sp32131.exe

Note: Please copy the entire link starting from "ftp" to "exe" and paste it in the address bar of the browser in your computer and press enter.

This model of Presario has an audio controller that supports the high definition audio. You need to have Microsoft Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) Bus Driver for High Definition Audio installed on the computer before installing the audio driver.

Here is the link for the Microsoft Universal Audio Architecture driver that need to be installed before installing the audio driver:

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp33501-34000/sp33566.exe

Note: Please copy the entire link starting from "ftp" to "exe" and paste it in the address bar of the browser in your computer and press enter.

Restart the Notebook after installing the UAA drivers, then install the audio and modem drivers

Audio:

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp36001-36500/sp36408.exe

This will create a swsetup folder in c drive ("C:\swsetup\sp36408")
 
Installing Audio  drivers 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 device on High Definition Audio Bus" 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 "Sound, video and game controller" from the list.
6. Click Next and then click Have Disk.
7. Click Browse C:\swsetup\sp36408 folder and the double click the folder. Select the .inf file, click open and Continue with the onscreen instructions.

Similarly install Modem Drivers:

Conexant HDAUDIO Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP drivers:

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp33501-34000/sp33890.exe

1.Right click on "Modem device on High Definition Audio Bus" and click Update driver.
2. Select "Install from a list or specific location"
3. Click Next. Then select "Don't search, I will choose the driver to install"
4. Click Next and then select "Modem" from the list.
5. Click Next and then click Have Disk.
6. Click Browse C:\swsetup\sp33890 folder and select the .inf file and click open and Continue with the onscreen instructions. 

Ethernet driver working latest update:

Here is the link for downloading Network card drivers:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/7hxbi4

1. Open Device Manager and right click "Ethernet controller" and select update driver.
2. Select "Install from a list or specific location"
3.  Click Next. Then select "Don't search, I will choose the driver to install".
4. Click Next and then select "Network Adapters" from the list.
5. Click Next and then click Have Disk.
6. Click Browse, Choose the location where you have saved the extracted folder.
7. Open the folder "Ethernet" and choose the .inf file listed.
8. Ignore any errorrs you receive and proceed with the installation.

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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