How about this link?

http://support.us.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R192617&formatcnt=1&libid=0&typeid=-1&dateid=-1&formatid=-1&fileid=264800

The driver is R192617

Best wishes,

Mike Wilkinson

I have the exact same computer, and have all working with Win 7  64 bit except the mouse pad scrolling. I can find the driver you are using? Can you help me more? The link does not seem to work.

Thanks

Rod

ok, thanks again. The mouse pad driver R192617 did the trick. All is working great with my  Vostro 1400 running windows 7 64 bit. 

I created a folder with all drivers mentioned in this message thread. I then included a readme file I created with notepad. I put all drivers and the readme in the folder and then named the folder " Vostro drivers for win 7" . Then if I have to ever do a clean install of Win 7 i will have all the drivers ready to go again.  This is important since the Vostro 1400 is not supported by Dell to run 64 bit.

I'm glad that R192617 worked, and it worked for me, too.

I have archived the drivers much the way that you did, for the same reason.

I have noticed that the video performance is marginal. When I close or minimize a window it looks a little "jerky". How about you?

I'm glad that R192617 worked, and it worked for me, too.

I have archived the drivers much the way that you did, for the same reason.

I have noticed that the video performance is marginal. When I close or minimize a window it looks a little "jerky". I did not notice this when I was using the Windows 7 32-bit Release Candidate (build 7100). How about you?

Did you have any problems installing the audio driver? I get an error when I run it: "ExitError:Error=Device Object not present, restart the system and run setup again." Any ideas what the problem could be?

Thanks!

In my case there was no trouble installing the driver that I referenced above.

However, I have now switched back to Windows 7 32-bit.

1)  Video performance on my machine was marginal with the Aero effects in Windows 7 64-bi. It is just fine in Windows 7 32-bit.

2)  I was worried about finding the right drivers some time in the future, since Dell does not support 64-bit on the Vostro 1400. I found that all of the Vista 32-bit drivers that Dell has for the Vostro 1400 worked perfectly for Windows 7 32-bit. That made me feel more confident about being able to find and install drivers some time in the future, if needed.

3)  Not one of the software titles I have is 64-bit, so there was no advantage to using Windows 7 64-bit.

Best wishes,

Mike Wilkinson

awesome post! very helpful, I've got the same computer, OS, and problems. another problem i am having is when i close the lid of my vostro 1400 and open it again, the screen will go black and the comp will not respond to any touches of the mouse, keyboard or even power button. The only way I have found fixing it is doing a hard shut down by pressing and holding the power button down. any ideas?

Mike,

I also had a smooth install and ran into the same issues with drivers. I had not worked out the touch pad. Thanks for that one. It worked for me.

The only thing for me is the card reader. It does not work at all. There is and unidentified "base system device" in device manager which I assume is it but I have not been able to find a driver for it.

Jim Hood

Hi

I am also using a Dell Vostro 1400 with Win7 (64bit) and also having the same problem with the "Base System Device" driver. My card reader and the bluetooth are not working without the driver. Could not find any driver for it anywhere.

Any body have any solution?

THANKX!