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Install Windows XP on Dell XPS M1330
The Dell XPS M1330 is a great laptop but quite many of users like me can only use the Windows XP since certain professional software can only run on XP and have no support on Vista.
I got my M1330 received on Aug 1 and had to install the XP on it anyway. I got it almost done but still have one driver issue. I would like to share my previous jobs done to save the time for other users having the same need. Also, I would like the community can help to resolve the remaining driver issue so that everybody can enjoy the M1330 with XP! : )
Part I: Windows XP professional installation CD
Any Dell XP SP2 Pro installation CD for previous Dell models (what I used)
Advantage of using the Dell OEM XP CD is that it never ask for a CD-key and works prefectly
Surely it is up to you to buy a new Windows XP installation CD from Microsoft and enter the CD-key.
Part II: Download XP drivers for M1330
From Dell's "Support & Download" website, choose "XPS 1330" and "Windows XP" for driver download:
1. R153997.EXE: Intel Mobile Chipset driver
2. R141246.EXE: Ricoh Memory Card(1394,SD,MMC,MS,xD) driver
3. R160323.EXE: Creative Laptop Integrated Webcam driver
4. R160320.EXE: Creative Laptop Integrated Webcam applications
5. R155586.EXE: Dell Touchpad, Pointing Stick driver
6. R155246.EXE: Broadcom-59XX Ethernet driver
7. R127314.EXE: Network-Wireless 335 Bluetooth Module driver
Note that certain important XP drivers for M1330 are missing in Dell's support site.
We need to download them from different sources instead:
1. Display driver:
NVIDIA-GeForce 8400M GS
nv_gfgo_101.34-2kxp32.exe
2. Audio driver:
SigmaTel HD Audio Codec-Driver: Exactly chipset is "SigmaTel STAC 9288 HD Audio Codec"
Note that I cannot find the matched XP driver for this though there are many Sigmatel 92XX drivers.
(Seems the STAC 9288 is a very new HD audio codec chip that only Vista driver is availiable)
[Raymond Aug 11, 2007]
Thanks for DELL-Jimmy P's great help :smileyvery-happy:
The R158235.EXE is the correct Dell official XP audio driver for M1330...
3. Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini card driver (if you are using the 802.11N wireless card)
Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
V11.1.1.0_XP_DRIVERS.zip and V11.1.1.0_XP32-Application.EXE
4. Fingerprint scanner driver:
UPEK-TouchChip Fingerprint Coprocessor
2.6_package.zip
5. Serial ATA (SATA) driver
Intel SATA driver (important for XP2 to support SATA HDD)
7kim06ww.exe
6. Microsoft UAA Bus driver for High Definition Audio CODEC support
Get the "Microsoft UAA Bus Driver for High Definition Audio CODEC"
XP patchs: B835221 WXP or B888111 WXPSP2, see Miscrosoft article
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/835221 (if your XP is not SP2)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888111 (if your XP is already SP2)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/835221 (if your XP is not SP2)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888111 (if your XP is already SP2)
The kb888111xpsp2.exe can actually downloaded from:
Message Edited by Raymond Cheung on 08-10-2007 09:04 PM
Message Edited by Raymond Cheung on 08-10-2007 09:04 PM
Raymond Cheung
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August 10th, 2007 13:00
2. Onboard Devices -> Flash Cache Module: Change to "Enabled" to "Off"
3. Onboard Devices -> SATA Opteration: Change from "AHCI" to "ATA"
4. System -> Boot Sequence: Move "CD/DVD/CD-RW" item up to the top
5. Press "ESC" and choose "Save/Exit" to save and exit BIOS
Partition 2: [D:] "DATAPART1" [NTFS] 86506MB
Partition 3: [E:] "RECOVERY" [NTFS] 2048MB
Partition 4: [F:] "MEDIADIRECT" [FAT32] 2559MB
Entering XP, the system will discover a new PCI hardware, browse the driver to the "7kim06ww" folder to install the actual SATA driver.
Message Edited by Raymond Cheung on 08-10-2007 09:59 AM
Message Edited by Raymond Cheung on 08-10-2007 09:05 PM
Raymond Cheung
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August 10th, 2007 14:00
Raymond Cheung
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August 10th, 2007 14:00
Raymond Cheung
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August 10th, 2007 15:00
Because in that website, it lists only the GeForce 8400M G video cards (no S)
[Raymond] I use it now and it works perfectly on supporting 1280x800 resolution, video out and dual desktops : )
Message Edited by Raymond Cheung on 08-10-2007 11:50 AM
thunderhead1
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August 10th, 2007 15:00
I have one question...for the video drivers, you recommended:
NVIDIA-GeForce 8400M GS
http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/GRAPHICS-BOARD/NVIDIA/NVIDIA-ForceWare-GeFirce-Go-10134-WHQL.shtml
nv_gfgo_101.34-2kxp32.exe
Does this work properly with no issues with the GeForce 8400M GS?
Because in that website, it lists only the GeForce 8400M G video cards (no S)
Also, I noticed that R127314.EXE: Network-Wireless 335 Bluetooth Module driver is not present on that page...or is it?
Message Edited by thunderhead1 on 08-10-2007 11:30 AM
Raymond Cheung
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August 10th, 2007 15:00
HDAUDIO\FUNC_01& VEN_8384& DEV_7616&SUBSYS_10280209&REV_1002
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/xpsm1330/en/om/RW4910P.pdf
Audio type: 5.1 channel High Definition Audio
Audio controller: Sigmatel STAC9228
Stereo conversion:24-bit (analog-to-digital and digital-toanalog)
Interfaces: Internal:Intel High Definition Audio
I have tried almost all intenet availiable SigmaTel 92XX HDA dirvers for XP, checking the *.inf and *.ini file and there is no matched to the VEN_8384&DEV_7616 ID (seems represents vendor ID and device ID) so far.
Seems the one used in the M1330 is a newer hardware which only the Vista HDA driver was written so far for that particular hardware. As you can see from Vista control panel that it supports SigmaTel HDMI HD audio:
Driver Provider: SigmaTel
Driver Date: 10/5/2007
Driver Version: 6.10.0.5515
http://www.x-drivers.com/component/option,com_remository/func,select/id,7674/
SigmaTel STAC9220/9221/9223/9228 HD Audio Vista Driver v.6.10.5290
SigmaTel STAC9228 STAC HD Audio Driver v.6.10.5362.0
Only Vista driver is found for the 9228 audio chip, no XP driver for 9228 is found so far
For those SigmaTel 92XX HDA dirvers for XP, so far the lastest I found is:
http://www.station-drivers.com/page/sigmatel.htm (Version 6.10.5511 26/5/2007)
The driver's ID still not matched to DEV_7616 (It is DEV_7682 instead) and therefore it didn't work on M1330.
We here wants the community can push DELL and SigmaTel to publish the updated XP driver for this a bit newer SigmaTel HDA ODEC for M1330. Or some technical guys (may be those in SigmaTel) can release us the working XP driver for this.
thunderhead1
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August 10th, 2007 16:00
"Thank you for choosing Dell. I would like to informed you that the system XPS 1330 is develop for Windows Vista only. At this moment we do not have the drivers for Windows XP yet. We are not sure that the US develop team will issue any drivers for WinXP."
So don't expect any developments in the near future.
thunderhead1
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August 10th, 2007 16:00
Anyway, I am thinking of an alternative plan (although it is not ideal for me, but I have no choice with the amount of problems Windows XP has right now, especially the fact that there's no audio).
I am thinking of retaining my Windows Vista Home Premium installation and leaving it untouched, and installing Windows XP Professional provided by my university on a new partition.
What do you say to this? Can you guide me on how to do this such that I can successfully dual boot the two OSes? If I install XP on a separate partition and then install all the XP related drivers, will it clash with the Windows Vista drivers?
Thanks for your help again.
One other thing: Are the drivers that you have listed all that I need for Windows XP? Or is there something else I need to download?
Raymond Cheung
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August 10th, 2007 17:00
Raymond Cheung
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August 10th, 2007 17:00
thunderhead1
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August 10th, 2007 20:00
And I have another question:
In this step that you mentioned -
Step 1: Modify M14330 BIOS setting
Since XP SP2 installation CD doesn't support SATA HDD at that moment, we need to disable M1330's SATA and set back to ATA mode for entire XP installation:
1. Boot and press "F2" to enter BIOS setup menu
2. Onboard Devices -> Flash Cache Module: Change to "Enabled" to "Off"
3. Onboard Devices -> SATA Opteration: Change from "AHCI" to "ATA"
4. System -> Boot Sequence: Move "CD/DVD/CD-RW" item up to the top
5. Press "ESC" and choose "Save/Exit" to save and exit BIOS
Once the windows XP installation process is completed, assuming I still have windows vista preserved on another partition (i.e. dual boot), can I change these options back again?
Lastly -
You mentioned in one of the previous posts that these are the summary problems:
1. No correct XP driver for SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC STAC 9288 of M1330
2. No XP version of Dell Quckset can be successfully installed on M1330
3. No XP version of Dell Security-Broadcom-Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2 can be installed
Also, in the next post, you said -
Now I have all XP drivers installed onto M1330 ok except the "SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODE" which has a yellow exclamation icon.
Does that mean you have solved no. 2 and 3? (I want to know, because even I have a fingerprint reader and I really want dell quickset!)
Message Edited by thunderhead1 on 08-10-2007 04:46 PM
Message Edited by thunderhead1 on 08-10-2007 04:54 PM
DELL-Jimmy P
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August 10th, 2007 21:00
Try this one: http://ftp.us.dell.com/audio/R158235.EXE
thunderhead1
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August 10th, 2007 22:00
I cannot test it out in any case because I am yet to receive my order.
Raymond, can you try this driver and let us know of the results?
Also, do you have any suggestions for these problems:
No XP version of Dell Quckset can be successfully installed on M1330
No XP version of Dell Security-Broadcom-Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2 can be installed on M1330
Message Edited by thunderhead1 on 08-10-2007 06:29 PM
DELL-Jimmy P
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August 10th, 2007 22:00
Raymond Cheung
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August 11th, 2007 00:00
Message Edited by Raymond Cheung on 08-10-2007 08:40 PM