Windows XP, Firewire, and memory Question!

admiralj wrote:
- Where do I find the Chipset Drivers for Windows XP ,
- and all the drivers for my comp for Windows XP. My
- sound card is a SBLive! ValueDigital, but I cant
- find new driver downloads for it anywhere that add
- like Audio HQ, all that stuff. The SB CD That came
- with my computer doesnt have Windows XP Drivers. The
- Dell Resource CD doesnt have WinXP Drivers. The only
- drivers I can find for my comp for XP are the ones
- on dells support site that include the net card, the
- video card, and dell solution center.
-
Chipset drivers are included in XP, as is a driver for the SBLive (and there is also an update on the XP update site). If you want the various extra SB devices, you will have to go to the Creative Labs site ( http://www.americas.creative.com/) and download their version of the XP drivers.

- Also to, will the E-Support button on the front of
- my comp work in XP?
-
No. XP does not support the device (Metolious Vendor Defined Sensor. You can install the driver from your old version of Dell Support Center (it isn't in the XP version), which is in \Apps\DSC\Support\metdrvr, but that just gets rid of the Unsupported Device entry in Device Manager, it does not enable the button.

- Do I need to call DELL and have them send me a new
- Resource CD, and a new SoundBlaster CD? I need Audio
- HQ and all that stuff the Sound Blaster CD ads, and
- I dont wana format till im sure I have all the
- drivers. RIght now I have Windows ME!
-
There are no such things available, except for purchasers of new machines, so there is no point of calling Dell.

- Second question:
-
- My computer came with a Firewire card in it, because
- I got the studio bundle that comes with a card. It
- ses the card only works with Digital Video cameras?
- So If I wanted to get a External Firewire Hard
- Drive, I couldnt?
-
You do not need extra installed software to use the firewire card (the software is for the camera); XP contains firewire drivers and will automatically install them when it detects the card.

- Third Question:
-
- My computer is under 6 months old, it came with 256
- megs of ram, 2 128 chips and I wana buy 2 512s and
- put them in. Are the 2 256s I already have ECC ram,
- or Non ECC ram. On dells website they only sell 512
- ECC Ram. Is ECC slower than non ecc?
-
It may say on your invoice, or you could email tech support (include your Service Tag Number and they can tell you). ECC is minsculely slower, but I doubt that you can tell the difference.

Shadow

You may want to visit the Kingston.com site and use their configurator to get a second price on the RDRAM. The site has lots of data on RAM.

jwsmith
I7500 PIII/500. Win 2000 Pro, w/15"SVGA+ 8MB
512 MB RAM, 25 GB hard drive
CD/RW and 56K internal modem
Service Tag VYDX4 11/16/1999
4100 PIII/1G, Win XP home, P991 Triniton & 64MB DDR NiVidia video, 512 MB RAM, 80 GB hard drive DVD & CD/RW, 3COM 56K & Network cards
TB sound & 885 speakers
Service Tag JMV7401 10/17/2000
700 XL P4/2.2, Win XP home, 18" LCD, ATI 8500 64MB DDR video, 1024 MB PC800 RDRAM, 120 GB 7200 RPM UATA100 hard drive, DVD RAM DVD-R, 24/10/40 CD-RW, SB LIve Digital, BA 7800 speakers, 56K PCI voice modem, 10/100 Ethernet (ordered 01/18/02)

Recommend that you do a clean install instead of upgrade.

You may also want to check out the WinXP forum posts in the Software forums for WinXP specific info, including link to clean install instructions.

Hope this helps.

RikkiM