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    XP installation on 2 month old mx15 i7 core laptop

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by thegroovetrain, Jan 11, 2010.

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    I am attempting to create a dual boot system for a client which would include Windows XP Pro and Windows 7. I am not a novice when it comes to locating and applying the appropriate sata controller driver but this particular model has me stumped. I am using the F6 external floppy method and have tried roughly around 20 different drivers but to no avail..nothing but BSODs. I am using a XP Pro SP3 disc...now I know with some laptop models the SP3 can be finiky and in the past I have had to resort to using a SP2 disc to utilize the correct sata driver although I have seen no mention of this after days of googling so I'm thinking its not the SP3 disc that is the problem. I have downloaded and tried every driver included in the m15x_F6_RAID_Driver.zip file and even followed the suggestion that the Intel(R) 82801HEM/HBM SATA AHCI Controller (Mobile ICH8M-E/M) is the one I want...this was mentioned on another forum post but with the Nlite method. I have also tried every driver included in f6flpy3288.rar and f6flpy3289.rar off of intels website but again with zero luck.

    Could someone tell me what I might be doing wrong? Ive left the bios setting set to AHCI and have tried strictly the f6 method...does this method not work and is the nlite option the only way to go? Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated. :eek:
     
    thegroovetrain, Jan 11, 2010
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