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.