driver install problems

[SpecV]

i just got a laptop from my brother and am trying to get it to work again, its a 2005 Gateway notebook model # MX6455.

I tried to install the sound/video drivers but i cannot get them to install properly! I went to the gateway website, but everytime i download the drivers off that site and try to install them, they never work! i still dont have sound, and the scrolling on the internet is very slow and 'wave like'. like the page doesnt scroll nice, it scrolls in waves.

anyone know where i can get the proper drivers to get my sound and video card working properly?

any help is appreciated. i have already tried google and didnt get any success...

i guess a start would be to tell you guys what i have in the laptop...

as far as i know there is an ATI graphics card, and the driver that i try to install for sound is called: Conexant Universal Device Install/Uninstall Application.

[IcemanND]

Sounds like you need some chipset drivers and the High Definition Audio patch, but that is a guess.

[razormoon]

SpecV,

Try following the instructions here.

They are for cmedia audio, but you can bypass the driver install.exe at the very least.

Give it a try! Otherwise you can also look for an *.inf file in your driver package, right-click and install.

I found that most of my driver problems have stemmed from the driver install programs and not the drivers themselves.

Hope this helps and good luck.