Inspiron E1505 Driver issues

Question

I have a E1505 and just installed win xp sp2 on it. I see that there are a bunch of drivers that are missing and I tried to install them but no luck. I am not sure what I am misisng. I went to the support page and chose the drivers as per my system and os. How ever, it doesnt seem to work. As of now device manager shows a bunch of devices with a YELLOW Q mark   Base System device ( 3 times) Ethernet  Controller PCI device Video Controller Video Controller (VGA Compatible)   In the Network adpaters I see   1) 1394 Net Adapter 2) Dell Wireless 1390 mini card.   I cannot get on to the Internet. I installed the below drivers     http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/type.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&SystemID=INSPIRONI6400/E1505&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=2966&libid=5   Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks S

sm9 · Answer

Ricoh driver for SD card to get rid off Base system device??? Took 3 of them out

My comp has the 950 Graphcis controller. I didnt install the one on website initially as it was listed 945. How ever it was listed for xp and 1505. I gave it a shot and it took care of the video part

I misread the ethernet controller driver description and I installed broadcom utility instead of the driver initially. That took care of the Network controller piece.

PCI device needs to be fixed.

Iceguy2003 · Answer

I'm having the same problem here. I have the Inspiron e1505 and I reinstalled Windows XP w/ SP2 (the disc that came from Dell). I reinstalled Windows because it was acting up from the start. Probably some of the Dell conflicting with other software. Sad that Dell sends you a laptop that doesn't work right from the beginning and has nearly 60 processes running on the first boot up. Really sad...

Anyways, I have the x1400, and I'm going to TRY the drivers direct from ATi. Dell sent a drivers disc... but guess what? None of the drivers work. As a matter of fact, I can't even choose the e1505, only 3 other models. Now, that's even more pathetic. Over $1100 for a laptop and I'm going to have to spend hours/days searching for drivers that Dell didn't send.

I also have the exclamation marks beside the objects that you listed in the device manager, also.

Help me out, and I'll post whatever I find to help you out. Where do I get the drivers for the wireless NIC? I need to start there.

Iceguy2003 · Answer

Where exactly did you get the drivers for the three Base System Devices? There are 3 or 4 different types of drivers for removable memory slots.

EDIT: I Found them under the chipset drivers. I have all the drivers now for my e1505. You still missing anything?

Message Edited by Iceguy2003 on 11-05-2006 04:56 AM

Iceguy2003 · Answer

I'm going to go try that SD card driver (Ricoh) you mentioned, as the only thing I have left to fix are the three "Base System Devices".

As for your PCI Device problem.... Mine is fixed, but I did have the problem. I have installed drivers for the sound (two drivers, the first being Sigmatel drivers, then the Audigy Advanced HD drivers), I installed drivers for the modem ( I let Windows Update install those particular ones), I installed the Broadcom Ethernet drivers, the x1400 ATi drivers from Dell, the Chipset drivers, and I downloaded something off the same page that called itself an updater.

Not sure which one of those took care of the PCI device problem. Could have been the modem, or even the video card drivers. I know my card is PCI-e, though.

Message Edited by Iceguy2003 on 11-05-2006 04:22 AM

soulflyfgm · Answer

can u plz post the vga and bus controler drivers plz? thank you

soulflyfgm · Answer

Where can i find the 'BASE SYSTEM CONTROL' drivers and the vga drivers...can some one plz upload them here or in megaupload.com..thank u so much

helpyourself · Answer

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/devices.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&SystemID=INSPIRONI6400/E1505&os=WXPX&osl=EN

soulflyfgm · Answer

where can i find the BAE

azwebguy · Answer

Hi everyone, I replaced my windows XP-Media center for a Windows 2003 Server. I'm still missing the driver of one device, which appears with the yellow question mark in the device manager under 'Other Devices' category. According to me, I have downloaded everything I could but nothing seems to work. My soundcard is working, my usb ports are working as well, my display works correctly, not sure what I missed. It's is probably an issue of incompatibility of the operating system. Besides that problem, when I insert an XD picture card, it does not work either. It detects the picture card but immediately appears in the device manager under 'disk drives' with a question mark.   I should probably not have installed Win 2003 but as a developer I can't live with XP. I've did the same thing in the past with a toshiba and it did work! I'm just venting here, I'm frustrated.   Does anyone have an answer?

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