Please, Dell, Provide XP Drivers For Zino

Try the drivers below.

http://www.x-drivers.com/catalog/drivers/sound_cards/companies/conexant/models/hd_audio/9102.html

I second JimmyKumbaya's comments. The base model Zino HDs should not be shipped with Vista. The performance of the machine I just received running Vista is abyssmal (shocking, I know). If I can't find a way to get XP to work on it, I'm returning it. Otherwise, it's a nice little machine. I just wish Dell would make the XP drivers readily available for those of us who want to put an appropriately matched OS on it.

What other drivers do I need to put XP on the Zino? 

wired ethernet/wireless

video

sound (thanks Dave for the link)

DVD Rom

.net

Thanks in advanced

elinksjpw

You'll find only the sound card is unsupported under XP (Pro, anyway). The NIC is detected as a Broadcom NetLink Gigabit, and of course the ATI Radeon HD3200 graphics card. Those are all easily found or detected automatically during XP setup, I forget which. When all is said and done, only the sound card remains unworkable.

Sadly, no help. There are LOTS of Conexant sound drivers for XP out there (many apparently for/from HP), but none so far works with the Zino. Sigh. Thanks for the effort, though,

Dell offers an XP version of Conexant audio drivers <ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed / replaced from this post by Dell> vA04 for some of their laptops.  Maybe that will one work on the Zino...  

No promises, no guarantees! And be sure to manually set a system restore point before installing these drivers, just to be safe. :emotion-5:

Ron

Dell offers an XP version of Conexant audio drivers <ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed / replaced from this post by Dell> vA04 for some of their laptops.  Maybe that will one work on the Zino...   No promises, no guarantees! And be sure to manually set a system restore point before installing these drivers, just to be safe. :emotion-5: Ron

At this point, it can't hurt: I can live without sound (I bought the Zino to be an always-on file server, and for that it's absolutely perfect), but given the choice, I'd prefer it not be mute.

Yeah: before I make any experimental changes like this, I Ghost an image of the C: drive, takes about 15 min for 100% confidence in undo-ability. Thanks for the pointer,

I flagged this thread for the moderators. Maybe they know where to get an XP driver for the Zino's audio...

Ron

JimmyKumbaya,

Thanks for participating in the Dell Community.

I've checked with one of our Technicians, and here's what he suggests:

After a bit of research I’ve discovered that the Zino (300) and Zino HD (400) are a bit different, however they both use the same Audio card, or at least it appears to be. They might try the Zino 300 Audio Driver, as it’s Strictly for XP. He posts that it’s for the “CX20561” but on the Zino HD and the Zino’s Driver profiles they both say it’s the “CS20561”. I’m not 100% sure it will work, but it’s the best solution I have for you.

The link is: http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&ServiceTag=&SystemID=INSP_DSKTP_300&os=WW1&osl=en&catid=&impid

Hope this works for you.

Regards,
Robert

Thanks, Robert!

I hope JimmyKumbaya and the others will post back and let us know if this driver solves their issue.

Ron

Wow, thanks for the action: any chance you can get Robert to continue to monitor this thread? Short answer: it works if an HDTV is connected via the HDMI port, otherwise not.

Details: The device driver installed cleanly (and color me chagrined for not having thought about the Zino; didn't occur to me XP was supported on it but not the Zino HD), but the only available output device was the "ATI HD audio rear output." I'd read somewhere that sometimes HD audio out  works only if an HDTV is connected and powered on when the PC boots, so I grabbed a smallish TV with HDMI input and tried. No success, but I was curious if the ATI HD device was interfering with the Conexant device (both of which Device Manager listed as functioning properly), so I disabled and then uninstalled (via the Device Manager) the device "ATI Function Driver for HD Audio - ATI 791A." XP redetected that device and reenabled it, but while the HDTV was connected via HDMI I was able to select between the two devices, Conexant HD Audio output" (which outputs through the headphone jack) and "ATI HD Audio rear output", which outputs to the HDTV via the HDMI connector.

With the HDTV disconnected, though, and my standard Dell flat panel configured via the VGA adapter, Control Panel shows "No Audio Device" and the Default device is grayed-out with "No Playback Devices."

I feel like Charlie in "Flowers For Algernon."

Anyway! I've marked the Audio driver portion of the Zino audio driver RSS feed, so I'll be notified of any official updates, and thanks much to both you and Robert for your help. If there's anything else I might try, I'm open to suggestions; in any case, you at least have a datapoint that says it'll work for HDTV users. Thanks again.

Glad to help.

Sounds like a little bit of progress. Not sure I understand having  2 audio devices, but I'm no expert on Zino or HDTV...

Does your flat panel have HDMI or DVi inputs? What happens if you use one of those instead of the VGA port?

Since Robert (forum liason) posted in this thread, I  presume he'll get email alerts to new posts here, so he should stay up-to-speed.

Ron

Success! The Conexant driver for the Zino works fine on the Zino HD under XP. I poked around in my system and found that the "Windows Audio" service was set to start manually (I may have done that myself, when I'd come to accept the Zino's muteness). Setting the service startup to Automatic (or starting it manually) lets me select the Conexant HD audio output, which in turn enables the front headphone jacks.

Please feel free to pass along that information. I'll turn loose of XP when I'm forced to, not a minute before; and, as I mentioned early on in the thread, the Zino HD makes just a superb low-cost XP desktop machine.

Woohoo! Now, where did I stash those speakers?

:emotion-21:

Hi all,

Well, I have been successful at making sure the Zino HD will work in both Windows XP and Windows Home Server (WHS v1). My next step will be to beta test it in a Windows Home Server V2 (code name WHS “Vail”) 64-bit environment. Thus far, this little guy is very snappy and runs these older OS's very well. This is my current setup:

Zino HD (Inspiron 400)

AMD Athlon X2 3250e (1.5Ghz)

4GB DDR2 800MHz (CL=6.6.6.18)

500GB Western Digital HDD (Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS)

Removed from the system for WHS use:

Dedicated ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330

Video card fan/heat sink

Mini PCIe wireless card

In order to run WHS (based on Win Server 2003) or Windows XP, all you need to do is the following-

1. Install the OS

2. Download and install the ATI Catalyst System Software Suite 10.6 found here:

http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx?p=xp/radeonx-xp

3. Make sure the installers process the video and chipset drivers by looking in the hardware manager. If needed, you can manually install each device driver by pointing the system to the ATI/support folder on your C: drive.

 4. For the Conexant Audio CS20561 driver, download the Dell Zino 300 (Windows XP) version here:

http://ftp.us.dell.com/audio/R230689.exe

5. ** IMPORTANT ** Once downloaded and extracted to the dell folder, navigate to C:\dell\drivers\R230689\XP32 and OPEN then MODIFY the PI945RH5.ini file with notepad.

*** REPLACE THE FOLLOWING TEXT:

==========//===============

[Manufacturer]

Conexant = Conexant, NTx86.5.1, NTx86.6.0, NTx86.6.1

;============================================================================

[ControlFlags]

ExcludeFromSelect = *

[Conexant.NTx86.5.1]

%HdAudioFunctionDriver.Hermosa5051.DeviceDesc% = HdAudModel,HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_14F1&DEV_5051&SUBSYS_1028040E

%HdAudioFunctionDriver.Hermosa5051.DeviceDesc% = HdAudModel,HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_14F1&DEV_5051&SUBSYS_1028040F

[Conexant.NTx86.6.1]

[Conexant.NTx86.6.0]

[HdAudModel]

Include=ks.inf,wdmaudio.inf

Needs=KS.Registration,WDMAUDIO.Registration

CopyFiles = HdAudModel.Copyfiles, Uninstall.CopyFiles

AddReg    = HdAudModel.AddReg, Misc.AddReg, Oem.AddReg, HdAudInit.AddReg, Uninstall.AddReg

[HdAudModel.HW]

AddReg = HdAudSecurity.AddReg

===========================================================================/

*** TO THIS NEW TEXT:

==========//===============

[Manufacturer]

Conexant = Conexant, NTx86.5.1, NTx86.6.0, NTx86.6.1

;============================================================================

[ControlFlags]

ExcludeFromSelect = *

[Conexant.NTx86.5.1]

%HdAudioFunctionDriver.Hermosa5051.DeviceDesc% = HdAudModel,HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_14F1&DEV_5051&SUBSYS_1028040E

%HdAudioFunctionDriver.Hermosa5051.DeviceDesc% = HdAudModel,HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_14F1&DEV_5051&SUBSYS_1028040F

%HdAudioFunctionDriver.Hermosa5051.DeviceDesc% = HdAudModel,HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_14F1&DEV_5051&SUBSYS_00791A00

[Conexant.NTx86.6.1]

%HdAudioFunctionDriver.Hermosa5051.DeviceDesc% = HdAudModel,HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_14F1&DEV_5051&SUBSYS_1028040E

%HdAudioFunctionDriver.Hermosa5051.DeviceDesc% = HdAudModel,HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_14F1&DEV_5051&SUBSYS_1028040F

%HdAudioFunctionDriver.Hermosa5051.DeviceDesc% = HdAudModel,HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_14F1&DEV_5051&SUBSYS_00791A00

[Conexant.NTx86.6.0]

%HdAudioFunctionDriver.Hermosa5051.DeviceDesc% = HdAudModel,HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_14F1&DEV_5051&SUBSYS_1028040E

%HdAudioFunctionDriver.Hermosa5051.DeviceDesc% = HdAudModel,HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_14F1&DEV_5051&SUBSYS_1028040F

%HdAudioFunctionDriver.Hermosa5051.DeviceDesc% = HdAudModel,HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_14F1&DEV_5051&SUBSYS_00791A00

[HdAudModel]

Include=ks.inf,wdmaudio.inf

Needs=KS.Registration,WDMAUDIO.Registration

CopyFiles = HdAudModel.Copyfiles, Uninstall.CopyFiles

AddReg    = HdAudModel.AddReg, Misc.AddReg, Oem.AddReg, HdAudInit.AddReg, Uninstall.AddReg

[HdAudModel.HW]

AddReg = HdAudSecurity.AddReg

=============================================================================

Alternatively, just download the modified .ini file here: http://www.booth.pro/zinohd/new_PI945RH5_inf.zip

This updated .ini file should allow the setup.exe to identify the sound device within Win XP and/or Win 2000/Server 2003. If the setup.exe still won’t play nice, just manually install the sound device driver from within device manager by pointing the driver update install utility to the new .ini that should be inside the  C:\dell\drivers\R230689\XP32 folder.

6. Now, it is time to install the elusive secondary audio device, which is the actually ATI HDMI audio that many confuse to be an additional part of the Conexant device, which it is not. You can get the HDMI audio installer utility here:

http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx?p=xp/hdmiaudio-xp

Again, manually point to and install the driver if the automatic utility doesn’t do its job.

7. Finally, the Broadcom Ethernet device driver needs to be installed. You can get the driver here and manually install it in device manager:

http://www.booth.pro/zinohd/broadcom_k57_xp_2k3_32.zip

Now, everything should be happy within the device manager and the system will be stable within WHS/Server 2003 and Win XP.

Have fun,

Scott