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clarkekv

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January 17th, 2008 23:00

Windows XP on Dell M1530

 
Thank you Raymond.
 
Below is what I had to do to install Windows XP on a  Dell M1530 with only an Windows XP SP 1 CD (The greatest form of flattery is plagiarism Raymond ;-)
 

Procedure:

Receive new laptop from Dell with OEM drivers and Windows 32 bit Vista installed on it.

Start up computer with Windows Vista turn on wireless ensure Bluetooth is functioning

One note to the installation of the Network-Wireless 335 Bluetooth Module driver, You should make sure the Bluetooth is remains ON the last time in Vista before installing the XP.  Otherwise the Bluetooth is no way to be turned on in XP and be discovered as new hardware.

Modify BIOS setting

Since XP SP2 installation CD doesn't support SATA HDD at that moment, we need to disable 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

Restart -> insert Windows XP install CD

F12 -> Change boot sequence -> boot from CD

Disk Partition as you deem appropriate

Follow Windows XP install procedure

Patch Windows to SP2

Install divers in the following order.  Copy all the downloaded driver source into the PC.  Install the driver one by one and reboot the system once and once as required.  Suggested driver installation order:  (The R~.EXE drivers are Dell nearly all are under M1330 Windows XP driver page)

R153997.EXE - Intel Mobile Chipset driver

R141246.EXE - Ricoh Memory Card

R173730   .exe - nVidia GeForce 8400M (used for 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT)

R127314.EXE - Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Module (had to search Dell for this one)

R155586.EXE - Dell Touchpad / Pointing Stick

R167854.EXE - Marvell 88E80XX 10/100 Ethernet Controller (found under the Vista 32 driver page)

R158235.EXE - Sigmatel STAC92XX C-Major HD Audio Driver

11.5.0.0_x32.exe - Intel Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN (http://www.intel.com/network/connectivity/products/wireless/wireless_n/overview.htm)

2[1].8_package.zip - Fingerprint scanner driver UPEK-TouchChip Fingerprint Coprocessor (http://www.upek.com/support/downloads/drivers/windows.asp)

Insert and install Dell WebCam Manager (CD provided with new laptop)

R165116.EXE - Creative Labs Laptop Integrated Webcam

Insert and install Roxio Creator & My DVD 9.0 DE (CD provided with new laptop)

Special handling of SATA driver

To install Intel 82801GBM SATA AHCI Controller driver, execute kim06ww.exe (http://www-900.ibm.com/cn/support/download/driver/ThinkDetail?DocId=XJCI-6N5C5P)  (Yes this page is in Chinese ;-) to unpack the driver.

Run C:\DRIVERS\WIN\IMSM\PREPARE\install.cmd.

Reboot the laptop.

Press "F2" to enter BIOS menu again, enable the "FLASH CACHE MODEL" and change "ATA" to "AHCI", remember to SAVE and exit BIOS.

Reboot the laptop again.

Entering XP, the system will discover a new PCI hardware, browse the driver in the C:\DRIVERS\WIN\IMSM\ folder to install the actual SATA driver.

Reboot the laptop again.

Restore BIOS setting

   1. Boot and press "F2" to enter BIOS setup menu

   2. Onboard Devices -> Flash Cache Module: Change to "Enabled" to "Off"

   3. Press "ESC" and choose "Save/Exit" to save and exit BIOS

Windows Updates (yada yada)

Joy!!  Ken Clarke

germ1833

9 Posts

January 18th, 2008 02:00

I am getting ready to begin this undertaking of installing XP on a brand new M1530.  I am extremely disappointed in the Vista operating system.  I find it hard to believe that Dell does not offer XP as one of the operating systems for this laptop.

I just purchased the XP Pro sp 2.  Waiting for it to come in the mail.

 

Robert

my13cents

10 Posts

January 18th, 2008 12:00

@germ1833 wrote:

I am getting ready to begin this undertaking of installing XP on a brand new M1530. I am extremely disappointed in the Vista operating system. I find it hard to believe that Dell does not offer XP as one of the operating systems for this laptop.

I just purchased the XP Pro sp 2. Waiting for it to come in the mail.

Robert





I have not recieved my notebook yet and have never used Vista. May I ask why you are disappointed with Vista ?

Regards
C

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Notebook System - XPS M1530,
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7500 (2.2GHz/800MhzFSB, 4M L2 Cache),
15.4 inch Wide Screen WSXGA+ TrueLife for XPS M1530, 200G ,
256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
3GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm,
7200RPM SATA Hard Drive Free Fall Sensor
Vista Home Premium

Skuggi

37 Posts

January 18th, 2008 14:00

Vista's actually really great for computing, but unless you have a monster like my xps 720, then it's going to kill your machine gaming wise.
 
I just ordered a 1530, it'll be here next friday, I got the lower res screen to improve performance, hopefully, that will work with vista, if not, XP will be going on it. 
 
Thanks for posting all the driver links here, it will save me a lot of time if I go with XP.

germ1833

9 Posts

January 18th, 2008 14:00

First off, it is visually it is unappealing. I wish there was more customization that allows to revert to XP or older. I know you can set the Theme to classic view, but that only changes about 50% of the items. But that is not important.

I do hate the way Vista has to ask permission for everything I do. I am not sure if there is a way to turn that off, I have not checked yet; but it is extremely annoying.

I am a java developer which requires me to have many different applications and I am finding out that some of the applications do not work on Vista. I have also heard that there are driver issues.

Ultimately, I have not witnessed a serious issue with Vista yet, but of course I also have not tried installing my development applications. I guess I am more upset that I did not have the option from Dell to decide which OS I wanted. This is my fourth Dell computer and one of the main reasons I have purchased Dells in the past, is because of the level of customization that you can do on the computer.

I am just not ready to move to Vista just yet and I hate being forced to accept only one OS. I do not want to get half way through installing all of my applications to find out that one of them will not in Vista. So I am just going to go with what I know works.

I have heard too much negativity about Vista and nothing good about it.

Robert

cr1530

77 Posts

January 19th, 2008 00:00

I've been using computers since '84.  The 1530 is the first one I haven't built since my 1st IBM XT.  I have a couple running XP Pro and (with the 1530) two running Vista.  Until recently, I ran IT in a business with several thousand networked computers.
 
I like Vista.  You've now heard something good about it :~).  So far stability is great and I haven't had applications problems. Caveat: not a 1st person shooter player.
 
I would think developers would want to work in Vista at least part of the time...depending on who you're developing for, you're missing out on big market otherwise.
 
I have been around long enough to remember the DOS gamers who didn't like Windows and prefered QEMM and custom game loads...this too shall pass...Vista is going to be here for a while...

my13cents

10 Posts

January 19th, 2008 13:00

Good to hear a couple positives on Vista!

I plan on loading Adobe Creative Suite Web Premium and Visual Studio to do web development primarily, so I'm expecting Vista to be pretty decent for me.

Not being a gamer, I don't see myself going back to XP as an option although I like XP Pro.

I plan on working through any Vista issues and I'm sure there will be some ... it's software, made by a human.

Cheers!

C

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Notebook System - XPS M1530,
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7500 (2.2GHz/800MhzFSB, 4M L2 Cache),
15.4 inch Wide Screen WSXGA+ TrueLife for XPS M1530, 200G ,
256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
3GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm,
7200RPM SATA Hard Drive Free Fall Sensor
Vista Home Premium
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cr1530

77 Posts

January 19th, 2008 17:00

the future of 64 bit (if you want device support) is, for sure, Vista.  Getting close...
 

germ1833

9 Posts

January 25th, 2008 02:00

I just finished my install of XP(downgrading from Vista) using the instructions from Ken Clarke.  It was a flawless install.  Thanks for the perfect instructions.
 
Robert

Ymby

8 Posts

January 28th, 2008 07:00

Hi everybody. I'm plannig to downgrade from Vista to XP. I'm getting all the XP's drivers but I can't get to download the SATA driver from the Japanese web page. Could anybody tell me where exactly is the download link? Or, alternatively, any other download page? Thanks in advance.

germ1833

9 Posts

January 28th, 2008 12:00

I had the same problem. I just entered the name into google and it took me to this site:
http://rafanto.wordpress.com/2007/11/09/windows-xp-sp2-su-dell-xps-1330/

and here is the ftp site:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/7kim06ww.exe

Robert

clarkekv

2 Posts

January 29th, 2008 14:00

Neglected to mention the install of the additional driver for the Biometric fingerprint scanner (which of course won't accept one of my finger scans for enrollement (way too senstive with being too short or too fast, etc.)) but you should install anyways in case you can get some finger enrolled.
 
  After the install of
2[1].8_package.zip - Fingerprint scanner driver UPEK-TouchChip Fingerprint Coprocessor ( http://www.upek.com/support/downloads/drivers/windows.asp)
then you should install
R156915.EXE UPEK TouchStrip Reader
Sorry missed that in the original post.
 
Additionally when performing the "Disk Partitioning" I could only see about 128 GB of my 200GB 7200rpm SATA Free Fall Sensor Hard Drive and the remaining 58 GB had to be partioned to a new drive after installing Windows XP.  There is probably another post out there that addresses this just didn't have the time or the care to research further.
 
Why no joy for Windows Vista?  I'm an SAP Basis administrator for a large company.  Need to run the PC OS primarily being supported by SAP along with the PC OS of my user community.  Until Windows Vista is rolled out and accepted by the business community Windows XP it is.

Ymby

8 Posts

January 30th, 2008 16:00

Thank you, germ1833. The ftp link worked fine.

zombs

2 Posts

January 31st, 2008 19:00

Should i do the same procedure when i want my system to dual boot?
 
Vista/XP pro?

HamFX

23 Posts

January 31st, 2008 23:00

In the next week, I receive my M1530, I read many information about XP installation in M1530, here, and in another forums, but I not read nothing about install XP Pro x64 edition, and I work in FX industry, I can work in XP Pro x32, but 64 bits are crucial for me, someone has installed XP Pro x64 in a M1530 laptop? I would be very grateful for any information on this matter.

SoonerDave

20 Posts

February 1st, 2008 14:00

All:

 

Haven't seen this mentioned in this thread (hope I didn't just have a brain cramp and overlook it), but an alternative to changing the BIOS setting to disable AHCI for XP install is to "slipstream" the Intel Matrix Storage driver into an existing XP SP2 installation fileset, then roll your own CD. There is a dandy tool called nLite that makes this very simple - (http://www.nliteos.com).

Download and extract the Intel Matrix Storage driver files into some arbitrary spot, then fire up nLite. You'll be taken through a simple set of steps that will allow you to specify the location of your XP install files, and a location for your "custom rolled" setup, and then give you an option to integrate external drivers and to create a bootable ISO image. (You can also amend other elements such as registry settings, other hotfixes, and even eliminate some extra XP baggage, but that's beyond the scope of getting XP installed on your M1530). You can either burn the image directly, or save the ISO and burn it later.

 

As for Vista, I've played with it now for some time, and it just continues to unimpress. It feels lethargic and incomplete. The interface is, at times, downright annoying. I thought some performance issues would be resolved with SP1, but several sites that have previewed the most recent release candidate suggest there's still work to be done.

 

In general, I'll just say what I've said to others - I find nothing compelling about Vista. There were compelling reasons to upgrade each time in the legacy of Windows OS's, but this time, I just don't see it. A Scrolling Rolodex of Windows is interesting the first time or two, but after a while, so what? When benchmarks emerge that demonstrate XP is a faster performer - sometimes markedly so - one can't help but wonder just what the heck is the point in keeping Vista when XP is a faster, proven alternative. With apologies to Microsoft, I know where I want to go today, and its Windows XP.

 

If you like Vista, power to ya. I don't dislike it, but if I can get better performance from my hardware by going back to XP, it borders on a no-brainer.

 

I'm getting ready to repartition my 1530 into a dual-boot mode with XP, so I'm not giving upon Vista just yet...just not very excited about it.

 

Message Edited by SoonerDave on 02-01-2008 10:11 AM

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