How to find Windows XP drivers for a laptop with Sandy Bridge? (+answer)?

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Iron

The collected information is presented here, because there is simply no collection of links on the network for solving the problem, and what is there does not fully work. Why WinXP on a laptop is another question. For example, for better speed. Linux would also work, but it is also not officially supported by the manufacturer (only Win 7 and 8 ; the funny thing is that the technical support service also claims this).
photo Acer Aspire One 756 The problem turned out to be that for the Acer Aspire One 756 subnote (model June 2012, engl ) the manufacturer does not officially support either WinXP or Linux. At the same time, in contrast to the model with Pentium processor, in which there may still be a chance to find drivers collected in one place, in the model with Intel Celeron 877the chipset is different and the video is different (built into the processor). The list of XP drivers for this model explicitly states that they are FOR WinXP, but in fact the chipset, video and everything related to the chipset (ACPI, SATA, and for some reason WiFi) are not installed from the very beginning ( perhaps the Pentium supports these drivers).
In the review, probably the only writing enthusiast of Acer products, there are mentions that various Linux were installed, but XP was not installed - review . Therefore, the problem was bypassed. (The manufacturer also relieved himself of this work, for obvious reasons.)
The main composition of the hardware in the laptop :
* Intel Celeron877 processor, 2M Cache, 1.40 GHz .
* Chipset -HM70 .
* Video Intel HD Graphics . As for the chipset, I found the answer myself: if you download the Intel drivers Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility 9.3.0.1021 (dated November 1, 2012), then there will be support for the desired chipset for XP. For video - similarly, Intel® HD Graphics, 3000, 4000 .
Bottom line - briefly, where to download from for Windows XP:
   1) all relatively old peripheral drivers,
except for a few basic ones, are taken from the driverstools.com page ;
   2) HM70 chipset for Celeron 877 -
Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility 9.3.0... (1026 also appeared);
   3) video Intel HD Graphics -v.14.51.6 (32 / 64 bit) + Display Audio Driver: 6.14.0.3097.
   4) USB 3.0, AHCI.
(Similar other links will work. Obviously, a similar approach will work on other laptops.)
At the end of all installations, DriverMax showed only 2 uninstalled drivers:
1) Intel® Management Engine Interface by Intel,
2) Qualcomm Atheros AR5BWB222 Wireless Network Adapter,
and offered to download (it allows you to download 2 drivers a day for free). A wireless network immediately appeared, and this ended the saga of installing drivers for an unsupported OS.
Add. info on forums:
* here(the second large collection of useful articles on laptops from this company) there are some links, but they are to loaders (exe files), which is wrong and unsafe.
* The third rather useful forum on Acer products.

Answer 1

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