Install Windows XP on Dell XPS M1330

One problem so far: Whenever I close the lid, the LCD doesn't turn off. Under power options, the close lid action is set to "do nothing" which usually allows the LCD to turn off, least on my other XP laptop but it doesn't work on the m1330. Does anyone have the same problem or know of a fix?

Thanks. I got the SATA drivers to work. Now I only have to get the Microsoft UAA Bus Driver for High Definition Audio CODEC to work. To my surprise, the SigmaTel drivers work without installing the patch. But I'm still wondering if that patch will improve sound quality.

Got MediaDirect to work :)

Message Edited by link07 on 10-01-2007 09:05 AM

Hello Raymond: Thanks for your help but I am still unable to install the bluetooth, I attempted turning it on via the QuickSet which has been installed successfully although when I visit the Advance Settings of the WiFi Catcher the Bluetooth option is grayed out I am assuming cause the driver is not installed. That's my dilemma since I cannot install the driver I cannot do much else, if you have any other suggestions please let me know I am eager to get the bluetooth working and all will be complete for my M1330 with XP Pro. Thanks

rikardkrvaric: Did you follow Raymond's instruction on the suggested driver installation order? I first installed Intel Mobile Chipset then Ricoh memory card driver. I think the PCI problem you have has something to do with the SATA driver installation. (Take a look at this link: http://www-900.ibm.com/cn/support/download/driver/ThinkDetail?DocId=XJCI-6N5C5P) and read 7kim06ww.txt The section which is relevant to us is "don't have a diskette driver and install Intel Matrix Storage Manager Driver". install it and extract to C:\DRIVERS\WIN|IMSM. Then in bios, switch back to AHCI and enabled flash cache model. Complete the installation following the txt file instructions. Reboot After you done the above, then install the Nvidia Geforce drivers.

This forum is a gem. After endless research on new systems, I settled on the M1330 and couldn't be happier... except that my org will only allow me to run XP Pro. I have a couple of options for getting XP Pro installed, and with them come a couple of quick questions... 1. Option 1 - install a 100GB 7200rpm ATA drive that I have, keeping my 200GB SATA drive with Vista Ultimate for later when my office approves Vista. It already has a clean XP Pro install. Will that work as long as I follow directions to disable SATA as described above, and then install all the new drivers? Any recommendations on setting partitions and getting MediaDirect working under this scenario? 2. Option 2 - follow the directions above, imaging my Vista install and installing XP Pro. Questions -- does anyone know of a reliable freeware imaging program? Or has anyone used the imaging tool in BootIT NG? Also, the XP Pro CD I have is the original XP Pro (no service packs). I also have a SP2 install CD. Neither of these are from Dell. Should I be OK installing these in order: XP Pro CD, XP Pro SP2 CD, then running all the XP Pro updates after I get my system up & running (and connected to the Internet, of course)? Thanks for your help!

Hi, I just bought this laptop and am thoroughly disgusted by Vista, I want to 'upgrade' back to XP but every time i try to install it, I get past all the 'loading such and such driver' stage on the original installation screen, then right after it loads FAT32/NTFS drivers, it says 'starting windows' and then gives me the blue screen of death. I have tried the BIOS edits to enable ATA and disable that flash thing, doesn't matter, it just wont install. I'd really appreciate any help you guys can give me. We all have the exact same system, so if some of you can get XP to install, I must be doing something wrong. Thanks edit: the error says pci.sys if that helps.

Message Edited by Ou8thisSN on 10-12-2007 05:49 PM

You have to disable AHCI and flash cache in bios before you install Win XP. Did you format the hard drive in NTFS?

I disabled both of those before trying to install, no dice. afaik this drive is formated to NTFS from the factory. am i supposed to push f6 to install a third party driver or something? i shouldnt have to, right? there are 3 partitions: 47 mb C: 108.74gb NTFS (primary partition) 3.00gb media direct partition

Message Edited by Ou8thisSN on 10-13-2007 11:25 AM

Okay, so I was finally able to install Windows XP, using the Media Center version that came with another computer. obviously that has sata support or something. so far so good, thanks in part to this thread and telling me where to get drivers. also, i'm hoping some of you will read this and chime in: when I hook up my laptop's headphone out to an outboard amplifier, I get horrible hiss/squeal/screeching sounds coming out of my loudspeakers. Its unbearably loud, and I dont understand why its happening. It only happens when the laptop is powered via the a/c cable. All that awful sound is gone if I use only battery power. Is anyone else's laptop doing this? I'm wondering if this is a hardware problem or a design problem, and hoping its the former, not the latter. I would love to use this laptop as in media center mode, seeing as it comes with that nifty remote, but this sound problem is quite annoying and unbarable, and makes media center useless.

Message Edited by Ou8thisSN on 10-13-2007 04:37 PM

"Ou8thisSN The noise your hearing is called feedback, the speakers are not being turned off when you insert the headphone jack and noise is looping through the mike from the speakers. If you haven't yet, install the proper audio driver, if you have then there should be a setting in the audio properties in control panel to turn the speakers off when using headphones." DELL-Jimmy P : if that were true, then why would that horrible screeching/harsh noise all of a sudden stop AS SOON AS I unplug the AC adapter and the laptop runs just on battery. Is it possible that there is a ground loop issue somewhere in the chain between the laptop and the power supply unit? also, if anyone here has any idea where this speaker disabling option is, i'm all ears.