Question : system interrupt controller missing driver

after performing a clean install of an oem xp home disk i find in the device manager that i am missing a driver for the system interrupt controller. its for a sony viao pcv-rx670. tried to buy recovery disks but sony no longer carries them and tells me to buy a new op sys. so after i install it i contact them regarding this minor issue and they have the nerve to want $50 to help. none of the drivers on their website resolves the issue. the m/b is an Asus P4B266-LM which was a board manufactured for Sony so no support from Asus. tried downloading the inf chipset driver for a similar board but no change. when i google the issue one of the suggestions was to disable a bios setting i think APIC or something similar but system has a very bare bones Award bios with only very basic settings. anybody got any ideas?

Answer : system interrupt controller missing driver

Disabling/enabling APIC may give you Windows boot problems, so I'd leave it alone (if you can even find the option).

In the past, to get rid of this, I've manually installed the Intel chipset drivers for each 'unrecognized' controller device. Instructions might look something like this:

• Download the chipset driver from Intel. You have an 845 chipset: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&ProdId=816&DwnldID=18053&lang=eng 
• Unzip the zip file into a directory 
• Go to Device Manager > Right click on the missing device > Update Driver > Don't Search > Next > Have Disk > Browse > (Find the folder you unzipped those files to)
   
• Install the driver
   
• Repeat for each unidentified controller 
• Cross your fingers 
• Restart for good measure 

You may also wish to install the Intel Application accelerator. http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&ProdId=663&DwnldID=4857&lang=eng