ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 Series in HP Compaq nc6000 without AMD Athlon

My ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 Series graphic card had run optimally with an Intel Pentium IV CPU and nVidia graphic driver with neither a Ge/NForce processor nor graphic card.

After an ATI Controller installation via the HP Compaq nc6000 driver download page for WinXPProf (look up the link of my latest posts) white frames around several start up symbols and basically long buffering of YouTube videos hindered me from enjoying HP Compaq nc6000 videos as before. De-installation of the ATI Controller and re-installation of a common ATI Radeo driver has not yet brought back the video quality of the former nVidia driver, but the common one is compatible with all device components as well - opposited the nVidia driver was corrupted after deinstallation of the ATI Controller of any series.

This ATI driver, catalyst and controller download did not show white frames on my screen, but videos were played only with - partly very long lasting - interruptions and buffering. In contrast, that VGA Driver ATI.zip file on Cnet.com hadn't been recognized by WinXPProf.

Audio Driver Incompability

Conexant audio driver had had destroyed every audio and video driver installation ( the ATI video controller as well) - system recovery was impossible, but reformatting the whole hard disk was successful. My HP Compaq nc6000 is running better than before.

Personal Events and Failures

My latest laptop, HP Compaq nc6000 is awaiting a new system installation, due to overclocking. Agere Systems AC'97 Modem driver (980kb) reported an installation failure, then I downloaded Conexant CX20468-31 AC97 Audio Driver EQ (316kb and 960kb, both released at March 31, 2005) and installed these three drivers/updates. Meanwhile, ADI Soundmax Audio Driver was activated automatically, but all installations were successful finally. After a system restart, defragmentation and registry cleaning everything seemed perfect.

But while MS Windows Scan Disk was executing, the screen suddenly splashed and three penetrating sirens were yelling - therefore I forced the system shut down by the switch off button. The boot process is to be as follows: ROM BIOS executes the logo, splash screen, MSWindows logo, but now the Welcome to Windows log in screen is no longer displayed. Neither safe mode nor network access mode can start up now, although HP's troubleshooting pages suggest that the hard disk is not destroyed yet.

Acer Aspire One z5g AOD150 Disassembly

Now I have removed the last screw. One battery, CPU and CMOS had caused strong traces of oxidization on the rear of the keyboard. For two and half a year I had used it ca. 18 hours daily.

Self-Repair HP Compaq nc6000 Notebook PC

How to locate parts of your laptop is shown here. How to remove/replace/repair parts these videos display.

HP Compaq nc6000 Updates Download Links

Hewlett-Packard's free download pages enable 53 updating programs:

	BIOS,
»	Driver,
»	Driver - Audio,
»	Driver - Graphics,
»	Driver - Graphics - Intel,
»	Driver - Keyboard, Mouse and Input Devices,
»	Driver - Modem,
»	Driver - Network,
»	Driver - Printer,
»	Driver - Storage,
»	Firmware,
»	Operating System,
»	Operating System - Enhancements and QFEs,
»	Software - Network,
»	Software - Security,
»	Software - Solutions,
	Software - System Management,

I gratefully explore all these free goods looking forward to use my over-aged device. WinXP does not only change its outlook, it seems new to me.

Personal Updates

As my Aspire One zg5 AOD150 does no longer start up successfully, I urgently needed a substitute, and I discovered a big deal at Amazon.de for 150€. Proud owner of a real HP Business Notebook, Compaq nc6000, 1.4GH Intel Pentium M, Intel Centrino inside,  30GB hard disk, French keyboard, Win XP/Pro, I discovered on HP's Sites the warranty of s/n, p/n and model identity late: Expired since 2000-01-23, but I am going to explore my refurbished laptop happily inspite of its age.  MS Updates took 15GB of hard disk, HP updates will take 10GB in all.