Welcome to the forums Jeff :smileyhappy:

I don't know for sure, but I don't think programs such as QuickSet require drivers - like hardware does?

In which case - even though it's meant for Vista, I'd assume you'd get away with downloading/installing the program version(s) offered on the M1530 downloads page?

It won't do any harm to try anyway?

But golly... you do like to make life difficult for yourself.

Dell don't offer any XP drivers at all, and you've gone for the 64bit version :smileysurprised:

You're in luck for 64bit drivers though!

There's a complete list of 64bit XP drivers for the XPS M1530 available on the Notebook Review forums ;)

Thanks for the quick reply... Not sure why I am going with 64 bit... seemed like a good idea, but I think I will go back to XP SP2... there are too many "tricks" you have to do to make the software and hardware to work... Like iTunes... it took an act of G-d to install that one... and if you run IE 64, you cannot use the flash player... ugh!

So my next question... do you know where i can d/l XP (32 bit) drivers for my M1530...

Thanks a bunch!

Jeff

Hi every body this is my first forum in this website

well driver for M1530  FOR XP 64 BIT YOU CAN GET FROM

support.dell.com  that easy

Here is the link

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&ServiceTag=&SystemID=XPS_M1530&os=WLH&osl=en&catid=&impid=

But when you instal the Driver for Xp 32 bit

Here is the link

 OK, so now for the Windows XP walkthrough...

Step 1... You need a version of Windows XP SP2 with built-in SATA drivers... I personally used LastXP (feel free to go find this on a torrent site somewhere, you have the option to install one of your own valid XP keys as part of its setup). (The other way is to put SATA drivers on a USB stick and hit F6 during initial Windows setup...). If this all seems like too much work for you, then you can avoid the whole SATA issue by going into your BIOS, and changing the hard drive mode from SATA to IDE mode.

Step 2... Start the computer with the Windows XP disk in the drive, and hit F12 to load the boot menu.... Pick CD/DVD drive...

Step 3... Windows setup will now boot (blue screens, etc). Here you will have the option to format your harddrive...

Dell likes to partition their drive into 4 partitions... 2 of them hidden partitions... (Boot partition, Recovery partition, OS partition, Mediadirect partition) I deleted them all and started from scratch (I burned the recovery partition to a DVD beforehand anyways, just in case). One of the partitions is for MediaDirect, but this is such a useless program, I would much rather have those 4 GB it eats up...

I'd recommend partitioning the harddrive into 2 partitions, one for the OS, and one for everything else... I chose 40 GB for C: and 160 GB for D: (NTFS of course)

Ok, now windows installs...

Step 4... DRIVERS! DRIVERS! DRIVERS!


FIRST, I'd recommend installing the Intel Mobile Chipset drivers from the Dell website:


SECOND, I'd recommend installing the latest nVidia drivers v169.09 from here:
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=16154
Don't forget to download and copy over the modded file nv4_disp.inf BEFORE running the driver installation!

THIRD, you should go download and install the following from the Dell Support website for the m1330 and Windows XP:

Ricoh Memory Card Drivers:

Broadcom 59XX 10100 Ethernet Controller Driver:
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R155246&SystemID=XPS_M1330&servicetag=&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=13802&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=1&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=5&fileid=207055

Broadcom 59XX 10100 Ethernet Controller Utility:
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R151336&SystemID=XPS_M1330&servicetag=&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=13802&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=1&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=5&fileid=201425

Creative Labs Laptop Integrated Webcam: (only if you have it of course)
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R173082&SystemID=XPS_M1330&servicetag=&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=15135&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=3&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=17&fileid=235336

Dell Touchpad - Pointing Stick:
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R155586&SystemID=XPS_M1330&servicetag=&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=14029&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=1&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=17&fileid=207655

SIGMATEL STAC 92XX C-Major HD Audio:
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R171789&SystemID=XPS_M1330&servicetag=&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=8907&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=1&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=3&fileid=235761

Dell Wireless 1505 Draft 802.11n WLAN Mini-Card:
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R174291&SystemID=XPS_M1330&servicetag=&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=9805&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=1&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=5&fileid=236819

UPEK Fingerprint Reader: (only if you have it of course)
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R156915&SystemID=XPS_M1330&servicetag=&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=11497&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=1&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=50&fileid=209514

FOURTH, it gets a little tricky now, because Dell hasn't updated their m1330 drivers site very well...

Here are links to working drivers for the following parts:

Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Module (Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR): (only if you have it of course)
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R161378&SystemID=INS_PNT_PM_1520&servicetag=&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=12084&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=1&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=5&fileid=216131

Dell Quickset Drivers v3.4:
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R165094&SystemID=VOS_N_1000&servicetag=&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=2861&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=2&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=25&fileid=222116

FIFTH, download and install the latest Directx runtimes:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2DA43D38-DB71-4C1B-BC6A-9B6652CD92A3&displaylang=en

VOILA! That's it...you now have a perfectly running XPS m1330 in Windows XP! Of course, this is for my configuration. If you have a different wireless card for example, obviously I'd recommend installing the appropriate driver instead...


This machine flies in Windows XP by they way... I will have to start doing some benchmarking, but a quick test of the harddrive shows my burst speed at over 90 MB/s and an average throughput of over 53 MB /sec!

And in case you were wondering, there are no flagged items in Device Manager...

Take care, and enjoy your new FASTER toy

snowbro

Thanks... the 64 bit link now only shows 32bit for vista... ugh...

Your 32bit info was very helpful... THANK YOU!

May I suggest you 'search' the forums for whatever it is you're looking for first - i.e. 'XPS M1530 drivers', or whatever.

There are a number of threads in which various driver links are offered for the M1330, M1530, M1730... including drivers for both XP and Vista.

You'll find a complete Windows XP drivers pack here ;)