Hi rimzy, Usually people first installs and then worries about what doesn't works out of the box :p, because this way you can execute some tests or find required information to configure things. A linux distro is not like windows, the kernel is built with a lot of driver modules so hopefully you will get support for every piece of hardware compatible with some driver module. After installing you should add a third party repository like livna to get packages with nvidia drivers for your card, mp3, and that sort of not open things. The wireless and ethernet devices will be automatically detected and supported (hopefully), but i should not make any guess about the softmodem as they can be very troublesome. Good luck and regards. <div>2008/3/31, rimzy <<a href="mailto:rimzyak@gmail.com">rimzyak@gmail.com</a>>:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <table style="border-top: medium none;" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td><div>Hi I have a laptop (compaq Presario v3425au),vista preloaded , with the following configurations. Processor- AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TK-53 (1.7 GHz, 512KB L2 Cache) Chipset NVIDIA® C51M and MCP51 Graphics NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 Display 14.1-inch WXGA High-Definition** BrightView Widescreen Display Standard Memory Two user-accessible SODIMM Slots, up to 4GB DDR2 max system memory (Dual Channel Memory Support***) Hard Drive With hard drive up to 160GB Optical Drive 24X DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive, LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD±RW with Double Layer Support and SuperMulti 8X DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support Networking/Wireless High speed 56K modem, Integrated 10/100 LAN, broadcom WLAN with Bluetooth option External Card Expansion ExpressCard slot/54 slot (supports both 34 and 54 form factors) Media Card Integrated 5-in-1 digital memory reader slot (xD, SD, MMC, Memory Stick and Memory Stick PRO) Optional Accessory HP xb3000 notebook expansion base, HP Notebook QuickDock, HP 12-cell and 6-cell battery I/O Ports VGA, USB 2.0 (3), IEEE 1394, Consumer IR, RJ-11, RJ-45, headphone, microphone jack, Omni-directional microphones (2). and the drivers installed in vista are:- Conexant HDAUDIO Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP Driver Conexant High-Definition Audio Driver NVIDIA nForce Chipset Driver NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 Graphics Driver HP Quick Launch Buttons Synaptics Touchpad Software Support for HP Integrated Module with Bluetooth Wireless Technology (Microsoft Windows Vista) Broadcom Wireless LAN Driver for Microsoft Windows Vista Support Software for HP Integrated Module with Bluetooth Wireless Technology (Microsoft Windows Vista) Ricoh 5-in-1 Card Reader Host Controller and Driver WinFlash for HP Notebook System BIOS (for Notebooks with AMD Processors) - Microsoft Windows/Vista-Based HP Quick Launch Buttons Critical Security Update Please help me out in installing fedora 8. Will fedora 8 install all the drivers for all the devices in my laptop ? if not please tell me what all drivers / plugins should i download extra ? I am asking you in advance so that i want to make sure that i can install fedora without any problem thanks & regards Rimzy</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><div> </div> </td> <td align="right"> <a href="http://fedoraforum.org/forum/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=988294" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><img title="Reply With Quote" alt="Reply With Quote" border="0"></a></td> </tr> </tbody></table> _______________________________________________ Fedora-laptop-list mailing list <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:Fedora-laptop-list@redhat.com">Fedora-laptop-list@redhat.com</a> <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-laptop-list" target="_blank">http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-laptop-list</a> </blockquote></div>