Important Notice
Use at your own risk! Information provided here are published "AS IS" without any warranty/guarantee of any kind.
ASUS U80V comes without any XP driver & utility support from ASUSTek. Only Vista 32 and 64 software can be found on the official U80V support page. XP drivers and utilities are collected here for convenience. Some utilities developed by ASUSTek are for Vista only, and are replaced by outdated XP versions.
Installation
- Windows XP with Service Pack 3 is required. Slipstreaming SP3 into XP installation for a cleaner installation.
- SATA driver should be integrated into your XP installation . If not integrated, BIOS SATA setting must be switched to compatiable mode before installation. SATA driver for U80V can be downloaded from Intel.
- Switch on the wireless switch to install WiFi and bluetooth drivers.
- Some drivers/utilities MUST be installed before others, read notices in each category for details.
- All drivers and utilities are provided by manufacturers, only links to softwares are provided here.
Chipset (Intel PM45)
| Intel® 4 Series Chipset Device Software | 9.0.0.1011 | ASUSTek | 2008/07/16 |
Display (ATI HD 4570)
| Device Driver & Catalyst Control Center | 8.610.0.0 | ASUSTek | 2009/04/09 |
Audio (Realtek)
| HD Audio Device Driver | 5.10.0.5919 | Realtek | 2009/08/18 |
| ATI HDMI Audio Device Driver | 5.10.0.5880 | Realtek | 2009/06/24 |
Network (Atheros AR8131)
| Atheros AR81Family Windows Driver | 1.0.0.23 | Atheros | 2009/07/27 |
Power Management
ATKDrv Device Driver MUST be installed before other ATK utilities.
| ATKDrv Device Driver | 1043.2.31.102 | ASUSTek | 2009/04/20 |
| ATK Hotkey Utility | 1.0.0051 | ASUSTek | 2009/07/29 |
| ATK Generic Function Utility | 1.00.0008 | ASUSTek | 2009/01/19 |
| ATKOSD2 Utility | 7.0.0005 | ASUSTek | 2009/07/29 |
| ATK Media Utility | 2.0.0005 | ASUSTek | 2009/05/05 |
Wireless (Intel WiFi Link 5100 AGN & Broadcom BT-253)
ASUS Wireless Switch Utility MUST be installed before WiFi and bluetooth drivers.
| ASUS Wireless Switch Utility (Wireless Console 3) | 3.0.10 | ASUSTek | 2009/08/14 | |
| Intel® PRO/Wireless and WiFi Link Driver | 12.4.3.9 | Intel | 2009/06/25 | |
| Intel® PROSet/Wireless WiFi Connection Utility | 12.4.3.0 | Intel | 2009/06/25 | |
| AW-BT253 Bluetooth Driver | 5.5.0.3200 | ASUSTek | 2008/04/14 |
Misc Devices
| Suyin Camera Driver | 6.5853.22.14 | ASUSTek | 2009/07/21 |
| Alcor Card Reader Driver | 1.1.17 | ASUSTek | 2009/07/07 |
| Elantech Touchpad Driver | 7.0.5.7 | ASUSTek | 2009/08/18 |
| KB Filter Driver | 1.0.0.1 | ASUSTek | 2009/02/17 |
ASUS Utilities (optional)
| Power4 Gear Hybrid Utility | NOT AVAILABLE (Vista only) | ||
| Power4 Gear Utility | 1.0.0019 | ASUSTek | 2009/03/18 |
| U80V Splendid Utility | 1.02.0027 | ASUSTek | 2009/08/17 |
| FancyStart Utility | 1.0.6 | ASUSTek | 2009/08/19 |
| Life Frame 3 Utility | NOT AVAILABLE (Vista only) | ||
| Life Frame 2 Utility | 2.0.24 | ASUSTek | 2009/05/05 |
| ExpresssGate Utility | 1.2.13.14 | ASUSTek | 2009/08/18 |