XP drivers for Dell XPS m1330
I bought a Dell XPS m1330 laptop. It came with Vista home premium but I have always thought XP was the best MS OS around. It did not take me long to realize I had to install XP on my laptop but at the same time I wanted to retain the Vista that it came with. So I setup a dual boot. To know more about setting up Vista & XP dual boot, please go through this post – Install XP on your Vista PC for a step-by-step approach.
The next big challenge was to install the drivers that ran on XP. This was tough as Dell did not support any other OS for m1330 than Vista. Here is a list of the individual drivers and their download locations.
Note: Pleas verify the compatibility before you download the drivers.
I recommend installing drivers in the following order:
- R153997 MOBILE CHIPSET.
- GRAPHICS -
If you’ve not bought your m1330 with Nvidia graphics, the correct drivers for Intel graphics card can be downloaded using the Intel® Driver Update Utility. This driver happens to be GRAPHICS INTEL® GM965WIN2K_XP1437.
OR
If you have the NVIDIA graphics card, obtain the drivers from here – NVIDIA GRAPHICS Driver.
- R141246 MOMORY CARD READER.
- R155246 ETHERNET CONTROLLER.
- R151336 BROADCOM NETWRK UTILITIES.
- R174291 WIRELESS MINI CARD.
- I found two drivers for the integrated webcam, R173082 WEBCAM (recommended) OR R160323 WEBCAM.
- R155586 TOUCHPAD.
- The audio driver did not install that easy! Extract both the following drivers (say, to C:\DellDrivers) and then from Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> device manager, locate the PCI device with an yellow flag beside. Open its properties and update drivers. Select the folder where you extracted the audio drivers to. This should do the trick. Let XP decide the best drivers. R171789 SIGMATEL AUDIO and R153908 AUDIO.
- R127314 BLUETOOTH (recommended) OR R161378 BLUETOOTH.
- R156915 FINGER PRINT RDR.
- R165094 DELL QUICKSET.
Installing all of the above listed drivers should give you a grand start to using XP on your Dell XPS m1330. I have personally experienced a huge improvement in performance and a hassle-free computing.
Please feel free to post a comment if you need any assistance in this regard.
Hi Bharath,
I got (almost) all the packages you suggested (I used updated intel wireless driver taken directly from Intel website) and my laptop works perfectly, thanks a million!
I’ll soon be upgrading to win7 (dual boot), but luckily for all of us this is covered by Dell team
All the best,
Radek
1. My laptop Toshiba Equium U300-151 came with Windows Vista Home Premium, it starts in Safe Mode for some error. I have not been able to diagnose what the problem is. I tried repairing through Chkdsk /F but it does not get better.
2. Tried installing Windows 2000 & XP Professional SP3, I get “Setup did not find any Hard Disk Drive installed in your computer, set up can not continue. To quit set up press F3”.
3. Followed your guide to install XP on http://bharathreddyt.in/2009/01/28/windows-xp-drivers-for-dell-xps-m1330/ but was not successful as the nLITE does not get to the create Image but goes to FINISH after adding Multi-folders (which contain SATA and IATA Driver, Chipset & HDD Protection). I created these folders on an empty partition (D: drive) as all the drivers downloaded from Toshiba web site are in zip form and only creates setup files therefore can not see any .ini files As the size on disk to create image increases by 16.8 Mb.
4. Also for your more information, this laptop comes with Phoenix BIOS Ver.4 installed and it does not have the option to change the HDD from SATA to any other compatible mode. I have downloaded all the drivers (Zipped form) for windows XP required for this laptop and also the BIOS update issued in Jan 2009.
5. Please suggest how can I? I look forward to your help to enable me install Windows XP Pro on it.
Pradeep,
I have an exclusive post on setting up dual boot with a new XP installation here. This post gives suggestions for xp drivers for a dell PC similar to mine. However, It seems like you went through my post on installing XP on a vista PC already.
1. You could try using the system restore or recovery mechanism for the vista installation. Or better still, backup important data and reinstall.
2. XP setup wont be able to see the SATA HDD unless you include the corresponding drivers. I’m not really sure if you could include executable SATA drivers instead of ini based ones.
3. My suggestion is to check out for such drivers on the HDD manufacturer’s website. Another option is to contact Toshiba’s technical support.
All the best.
Just got my sound and bluetooth to work! Thanks a bunch mister!!!
Hi Everyone ,
I have downgraded my xps 1330 from vista to xp but unfortunately i have a problem with my USB ports they dont seem to work at all.
I would be glad if anyone could shed any light on the drivers for it.
guys, I downgraded my m1330 from vista OS to XP.. and its working real fine,. but, the only problem is my DVDrom cannot read DVD in any kind. I installed R166212 DVDrom driver/updater. but it is the same, once I loaded a dvd, she pushes it out again. Everything is working pretty fine except for this one.. can somebody help me? pls pls pls..
hello guys
i had the same problem with the “audio device on HD audio bus”
this is how i fixed it : update ur graphics drivers with
Intel_GM965-Express-Chipset-_A10_R207204 drivers
ur system is going to look bad ..as if it didnt have graphic drivers ..then upgrade ur drivers again but this time u are goinf to use the following driver package from dell
R165797
dont know how or why but it worked
good luck
Does anyone know if this will work with XP 64-bit? I don’t know about the driver compatabilities…
Please try this:
1. Uninstall all the graphics related drivers and utilities.
2. Open IE (IE recommended, it did not work for me on Firefox 3)
3. Go to the ‘Intel® Driver Update Utility’ link mentioned in the post or use :http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/detect.htm.
4. Click on the ‘Check your system for the latest driver’ button. An application launches and guides you through the download and install of the latest driver.
Please leave a comment after you try this.
Hi there…im having problems with the VGA, i downloaded from the intel site, installed it and it said incorrect hardware and it was not supported! But it was XP drivers for the GM965
First of all thanks for the advice. I have the same pc and installed xp as well but I am still having problems with my utility card. It finds the network but does, reacts when I press connect I dont get an actual connection to the internet. Any idea why this might be going wrong?
M1330user
The GM965 drive was the trick. Thanks a million. I have finally wiped Vista off my XPS M1330. I have no exlamation points in my device manager. I did it without any friggin help from Dell. It is like I have a brand new laptop. I love XP Pro. I love my laptop. Vista SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice write-up, thanks! A couple of notes from my experience… the Audio device on High Definition Audio Bus driver might be the HDMI audio driver from the graphics driver package, and if you have any trouble finding the right driver for Intel graphics with the Intel update utility, just search for GM965 on the site and it should return a graphics accelerator driver in the results, which worked for me, and installed the HDMI audio device.
I have dell xps m1330 and i already downgrade it with windows xp and i found all drivers except VGA and WLAN wireless lan card driver. There is any body to help me
(my dell xps have no NVIDIA graphic card)
bharathreddyt
Thanks for the reply. I have sound also but it is driving me crazy that the yellow exlamation point is there. I just wanted a clean start. I still don’t understand why it’s there and why a driver can’t fix it. Any other ideas? Thanks for your time.
I just got done downgrading from Vista to XP Pro on my XPS 1330. I don’t know why they call it downgrading. Vista is horrible. I followed all instructions but I still am getting a yellow exlamation point in my device manager for the “Audio device on High Definition Audio Bus”. I have tried everything. Different drivers. Uninstalled them and re-installed twenty times. I really could use some help. Any ideas? Thanks a million.
If I’m not wrong, you’re talking about the wireless network card. Try uninstalling the driver and reinstall. Hope that helps. Are you using a home wifi internet by the way?
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Hi. I’ve the same problem on my comp too. But the audio works just good enough so I ignored the issue. However, you could try the R171789 SIGMATEL AUDIO I mentioned in the post. This wont solve the ‘Audio device on High Definition Audio Bus’ but it sure gets the sound working.
Tim,
I have done a bit of search, the missing device is an USB audio devise and not the on-board audio controller. It seems that this is resolved when you upgrade xp to SP3. OR you could download a fix from Microsofthere
try downloading it from here-thehotfixshare.net
Shakeeb,
For VGA, I would recommend to use the driver installation utility on the intel site. The link to the application is available on my post — Intel® Driver Update Utility and the download location for the Wireless module is also present on the post — R174291 WIRELESS MINI CARD.. Should you have any problems regarding the above, feel free to leave a comment here. I shall try to help.
Hi,
Thanks for your comment. I too thought it could be the HDMI audio but I left it at that because I don’t yet have any equipment that is HDMI ready. I shall however try what you suggested.
Thanks again.
Hi,
You could try what ‘M1330user’ has suggested in a comment on this post. According to him, it could be the HDMI Audio driver that could be missing. You could search for GM965 on the Intel site for a driver. Please let us know if it worked for you. I would be some time before I can do it myself.
Hi Johnny,
well, I never used the 64-bit xp, but there are a few guys in my office who use it. I’ll see if I can get some info for you.