Need WIN 9X drivers for HP Pavilion XT983

[brushmaster1]

I bought a used HP Pavilion XT983 with a corrupt installation of WIN XP Home. I reformatted and installed Windows 98SE, but I have no drivers for video, modem, or ethernet. I looked on HP's web site, but could find NO information on this computer.

I would appreciate it if anyone could post a link to a place to download drivers.

I need:
Modem drivers
On board sound and video drivers
On board ethernet drivers
Drivers for HP Internet keyboard

The modem is the one that came with the computer. If worst comes to worst, I have other modems I can install.

 

[Byteman]

Hi, I see what you mean- did a pretty thorough search at HP site and could not get any info to come up for product specs....usually, this info is easily available, the site itself might have a problem...think I would email them or contact however you wish through Customer Support and find out what is wrong.
I was able to get about 87 separate documents relating to windows and HP and your model number does show, so I am pretty sure you are reading it correctly. Will look around some more. There was some Internet trouble reported today,which may be the problem. I could not get to drivers for your model but other models work.
No Restore CDs came with the computer? You may be able to get some....some companies will send you copies if they can get them....for win98se and below, it is getting harder to find them.

The email and contact hp links from this page do work- try it. Might be awhile till you hear back.
http://www.hp.com/cgi-bin/cposuppor...lion62773&pname=hp pavilion xt983 desktop PC (US/CAN)&pname_desc=HP%20Pavilion%20xt983%20desktop%20PC%20(US/CAN)&opname=hp%20pavilion%20xt983%20desktop%20PC%20(US/CAN)&lname=hp%20pavilion%20xt983%20desktop%20PC%20(US/CAN)&prodhomesURL=http://h20015.www2.hp.com/en/product.jhtml?lc=en%26pagetype=hppavilion62773&ctflag=&iqry=&ctry=us&lang=en

The HP Instant support module can be installed on any computer- you can then find support info. It comes pre-installed with winXP Home Edition. Your best bet might be to get the hp computer online and use this link:
http://instantsupport.hp.com/euserv/jsp/hpinstantsupport.jsp

I am looking for a modem driver now- stay tuned.

 

[plschwartz]

You might try here
http://www.driverguide.com/ enter name: drivers
password:all

 

[brushmaster1]

Thanks, guys!

Byteman...
I've already installed a different modem in the HP machine, but I still need all the other drivers.

As soon as I get that machine on line, I'll check out driverguide.com, as it appears they need to gather info directly from the computer.

 

[brushmaster1]

An update:

I used SiSoft Sandra and Aida32 to find out what chipsets are used for sound and video. I tracked down a video driver...sound is next!

I anticipate problems finding drivers for HP's (proprietary) internet keyboard, but everything else should be available.

Thanks to Byteman and plschwarz for their interest and suggestions.