Compaq Presario V3000 Windows 8 Drivers and Upgrade

Compaq Presario V3000 originally released with Windows Vista and can be upgraded to Windows 7 without problems. If you plan to upgrade to windows 8, here I will describe in details about the hardware, drivers and certain issues after upgrading to Windows 8.

Content:
1. Installing Windows 8 and System Requirements.
2. Overheating Problems.
3. Drivers

Installing Windows 8 and System Requirements.
1. You can choose either to make a fresh installation or if you already have windows 7 installed, you can use Windows 8 upgrade.
2. System Requirements: Windows 8 require at least 1GB of RAM, and base on users experience Compaq Presario V3000 meet the minimum requirement for Windows 8.

Overheating Problem
The heat problem was common among V3000 series, the temperature increase base on the following operating system:
Windows XP < Windows 7 < Windows 8 < Windows Vista

Solution: (You can choose one of this method)
1. Clean your on board fan (you can choose to do it yourself or send it to shop which normally cost you about ~$5, at my place it cost about MYR15 ~ $3).
2. Get an external USB Fan, place it near to the top left side of your keyboard. (This trick work most of the time). This method also prevent auto shut down during Windows Installation.
3. Get a new motherboard (cost around $80-$130)

Drivers.

Do I need to Install all Drivers for Windows 8?
NO! base on my experience installing windows 8 in this model, all drivers automatically installed. 

In case your system missing certain drivers, here is the download link:
Here is the tutorial for compatibility Mode :  http://driver-download-1.blogspot.com/2014/11/compatibility-mode.html

Chipset - Nvidia
(model With AMD processor use Nvidia nForce Chipset Driver)
please Install this drivers before graphic and audio
-Latest drivers only available via Microsoft Automatic Updates.
-Or Install Windows Vista drivers in compatibility Mode for Windows Vista. (Download)

Chipset - Intel
(Model With Intel Processor)
please Install this drivers before graphic and audio 
Intel Chipset Installation Utility
Download

1. Audio
Conexant High Definition Audio
-Latest drivers only available via Microsoft Automatic Updates.
-Or Install Windows Vista drivers in compatibility Mode for Windows Vista. (Download)

2. Graphic
Nvidia Geforce Go 6150 (V3000)
-Latest drivers only available via Microsoft Automatic Updates.
-Or Install Windows Vista drivers in compatibility Mode for Windows Vista. (Download)

Nvidia Geforce Go 7200 (V3100 and above)
-Latest drivers only available via Microsoft Automatic Updates.
-Or Install Windows Vista drivers in compatibility Mode for Windows Vista. (Download)

Intel 945GM Express Chipset Family Video Driver(v3000 and above)
-Automatically Installed
-Available only from Microsoft Windows Updates (Official statement by Intel)
-You can also download from Microsoft update catalog (use internet explorer to open this link) - Download

3. Touchpad
Synaptics TouchPad Driver
(Windows 8 32-bit) : Download
(Windows 8 64-bit) : Download

4. Webcam
HP Webcam Driver
Automatic in Windows 7 and Windows 8
-Or Install Windows Vista drivers in compatibility Mode for Windows Vista. (Download)

5. Card Reader
Rich 5 in 1 Card Reader Driver
Install Windows Vista drivers in compatibility Mode for Windows Vista. (Download)

If you have any problem with the drivers do let me know.