XPS 710 and Vista upgrade

Question

I have two questions.  The first is about the Vista upgrade.  Does anyone know if all the drivers have been finalized for the XPS 710?   My second question is about my OAC - the little sticker that goes on the side of a new computer.  I can't find mine, I was wondering if anyone else had this problem.  Maybe I'm looking in the wrong spots?   Thanks

JPmandy2 · Answer

I found it! Right at the back on top. Problem was the computer is so huge that I had to take it right out from under the desk to see it!

Anyone have a timeline as to when the drivers are going to be ready for the XPS 710? A month, six months??

Thanks

DELL-Donald K · Answer

COA   Multicolored sticker, notmally on the top of chassis near the back on XPS systems.   As for driver availability, when you can BUY a XPS710 with Vista, then Dell will have the drivers worked out.

Lyons00 · Answer

Hi,     I have the XPS710 and my upgrade for Vista will be here on Monday.  I hope they sent it out with all the up to date drivers.  Not sure I will install right away, might wait a bit for that.                               Jerry

Tankdog · Answer

Do you think their XPS 700 systems are on the top of their list as well?

penguinspenguin · Answer

Seeing that the 710 is their flagship system, I'd imagine they're trying to get the drivers sorted out rather quickly.

gdwrnch3 · Answer

Tankdog, Here is the list of drivers Dell has for the XPS 700: http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/devices.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&SystemID=XPS_700&os=WLH&osl=EN   I have been running Vista Ultimate on mine with raid 0 since November. jd

aptozi · Answer

I bought my XPS 710 Jan 5th 2007 installed The Vista on Friday the only problem I had was the audio controller. Dell has an upgrade driver for Vista, I downloaded that and have had no trouble with ant thing else. I would add that when I reinstalled the Sound Blaster software it gave me a popup saying this software is known to have compatibility problems with Vista. I ignored the pop up and continued with the instillation. Worked just fine. XPS 710 Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6600 (4MB L2 Cache,2.4GHz,1066 FSB) Memory 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 2 DIMMs Keyboard Dell USB Keyboard Monitor 20 inch UltraSharp™ 2007WFP Widescreen Digital Flat Panel Video Cards 256MB nVidia GeForce 7900 GS Hard Drive 250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™ Floppy Drive and Media Reader No Floppy Drive or Media Reader Included Operating System Genuine Windows® XP Media Center,CD and Dual TV tuner,Remote Mouse Dell Optical USB Mouse Modem 56K PCI Data Fax Modem Optical Drive Dual Drives: 16x DVD-ROM Drive + 16x DVD+/-RW w/ dbl layer write capable Sound Cards Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ XtremeMusic (D) Sound Card Speakers Dell AS501 10W Flat Panel Attached Spkrs for UltraSharp™ Flat Panels 2nd Hard Drive 160GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (10,000RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™

Lyons00 · Answer

Hi,   Once I'm ready to install the Vista upgrade....which I got today but won't install until the weekend, I haven't opened it up because I'm still at work.....should I unplug everything but the mouse and keyboard?  Then once I install the upgrade then plug the printer and web cam and my bluetooth back in?                                     Thanks, Jerry

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