1521 running xp ? sm bus controller

Question

I bought 2 Inspiron 1521 laptops - was told by Dell they would run XP and W2k just fine. Only prob is no drivers! I gave up on W2k (will run virtual), but found the drivers for XP after spending about 3 days looking. I have 2G ram, Radeon 1250 or 1270 video (depending upon whether you look at the shipping slip or on the computer. Got all loaded in Dell prescribed order, seems to run nicely, including wireless and camera and MediaDirect, but still have the ? SM bus controller in Device Manager (this never shows up on Vista, even before loading drivers). After much internet searching, and no help from Dell tech service, (and reloading both Vista and XP several times), I found that it could be Chipset. The only Chipset provided for this computer is the Ricoh driver for the Card Reader. So I found the chipset driver for the AMD Turion 64 on the ATI site, and installed that on one. It works nicely, but still have the ?. What's the story? Can I disable this? What am I missing? Should I just give up and buy some nice used Lenovos with XP and W2k?

Message Edited by jcmarasa on 09-28-2007 05:46 PM

mombodog · Answer

Use the Options/Edit to remove your service tag, or your post will get deleted by the Mod's.   I am looking into your issues, be back later....

mombodog · Answer

Here is the M690T smbus driver, found it under Latitude D531 drivers for XP

<ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed / replaced from this post by Dell>

Message Edited by mombodog on 09-28-2007 10:02 PM

jcmarasa · Answer

Whoohoo! Worked perfectly! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Our IT guy gave up on these computers 2 weeks ago (told me to send them back), and I've been struggling ever since. Too bad Dell made this a scavenger hunt. I guess I'll buy some mice and carry bags now. You don't suppose that Dell will come out with the Quickset app to make the F keys work, do you? I don't miss them much, as I can close the lid for sleep mode, and I have the battery indicator in the notification area, and the screen brightness works fine. I ran some searches, and all the Quicksets I found were for Vista. As I said, not a big deal. I'll just keep checking to see what shows up. Thanks again. Have a nice weekend.

mombodog · Answer

Quickset?   <ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed from this post by Dell>   'Our IT guy gave up on these computers 2 weeks ago'   He should consider another line of work.   Bookmark this page, these are the XP drivers that will work on your  1521's http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&ServiceTag=&SystemID=LAT_D531&os=WW1&osl=EN   sorry I said Latitiude D521 earlier it is the D531

mombodog · Answer

You are welcome, now go show that IT guy how smart you are!

jcmarasa · Answer

Stunning! It's all there. Thanks again.

Jim Coates · Answer

Do you think the D531 XP versions of Dell Notebook System Software and the AMD Processor driver will work for the 1521? Jim

mombodog · Answer

'Do you think the D531 XP versions of Dell Notebook System Software and the AMD Processor driver will work for the 1521?'   That is what this thread is about, yes they work for XP installed on the 1521.

Jim Coates · Answer

'That is what this thread is about...' Thanks for the confirmation anyway. Jim

GregoryWms · Answer

Hi,  I am 'downgrading' my Inspiron from Vista to XP due to dismal performance.  Can you share where you found the drivers?  I am not able to find any of them on the Dell site.   Thanks, Greg Williams gregorywms@yahoo.com

mombodog · Answer

Greg, Please post your model of Dell, so others can help you.

mombodog · Answer

svchost.exe can be used by any program, so it is cloked by windows as to what is actually using this service. It is usually a 3rd party security software that causes this. Disable any add on programs one at a time to find the culprit.   Here is the latest ATI driver for the X1250 http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx?p=xp/integrated-xp

GregoryWms · Answer

This machine is an Inspiron 1521 w/ 2GB, 160HD, ATI Radion Xpress 1270 Video card, AMD Turion 64.  Performance was abysmal.  Tried to install XP.  All worked OK, but I was not able to fine an XP driver for the video card.    Vista performance problem was caused by SVCHOST.EXE consuming 40-50 ++ percent of CPU when machine was at rest - fresh boot, no apps running.  Ran like my old 386.   Any ideas?

roccuustortu · Answer

Hallo, i m gianpietro, from italy, i m downgrading my inspiron 1521 from cista to xp and i'd like to ask you if u know how could i reistall mediacenter dell again on my pc?

peugeot607 · Answer

Hello, sorry for interruption, but i have a problem. I have dell inspiron 1521 too. I installed Xp windows and downloaded all those drivers you talked about but webcam and audio still does not work. It is writing that there is no devise on my computer what a problem it can be?

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