The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Windows 7 on M1330

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by lordnikon, Sep 24, 2009.

  1. lordnikon

    lordnikon Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    17
    Messages:
    399
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Has anyone installed Windows 7 Pro/Ultimate on their XPS M1330? Does all the drivers work etc..Is there a thread on this?

    Mine originally came with Vista Basic but I changed to XP Pro SP3. Now contemplating of getting Windows 7.
     
    lordnikon, Sep 24, 2009
    #1
  2. pheophan

    pheophan Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    23
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I just installed Windows 7 Ultimate RTM on my m1330. All seem work except express card remote and there is one Base System Driver which is not installed.
     
    pheophan, Sep 24, 2009
    #2
  3. pheophan

    pheophan Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    23
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Unknown system device was RICOH media driver.
    Windows Action Center recogized the problem and offered driver download from Dell website.
    Remote control is not working still.
     
    pheophan, Sep 24, 2009
    #3
  4. sesshomaru

    sesshomaru Suspended Disbelief!

    Reputations:
    316
    Messages:
    1,918
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    56
    Installed almost all the beta builds and the post RC builds.. And on RTM currently.. Nearly every device worked ootb, without a separate driver required. And for those that didn't, windows downloaded the drivers by itself. Remote control works.
     
    sesshomaru, Sep 24, 2009
    #4
  5. SwiftShinobi

    SwiftShinobi Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    21
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Everything works for me as well. I'm currently running the W7 RTM. Windows detected a few drivers on its own. I downloaded the Vista 64-bit drivers for those that W7 did not detect.
     
    SwiftShinobi, Sep 24, 2009
    #5
  6. ChaiYeow

    ChaiYeow Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    3
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    haha.. thought of upgrading mine to window 7 as well.. waiting for more information before jumping into it. :D
     
    ChaiYeow, Sep 24, 2009
    #6
  7. BlackRussian

    BlackRussian Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    239
    Messages:
    1,206
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    What are you waiting on it works plus there are many like myself been using Win7 on our M1330 XPS and yes using RTM version..
    You can use the quickset setup, audio drivers and media card drivers from Studio XPS which has very new drives for Win7 came out this week
     
    BlackRussian, Sep 25, 2009
    #7
  8. xileS

    xileS Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    82
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    xileS, Sep 25, 2009
    #8
  9. BlackRussian

    BlackRussian Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    239
    Messages:
    1,206
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    OK last time install Win7 with online connection will install every thing to grt your M1330 working.You then only need to install Dell quickset.
    Now you can as stated above use Studio XPS 1645 or what ever its call the new one use its audio drivers and media card drivers (SDM, MMC etc) and use its quickset all of which came out I think it was on the 25 Sept 2009. Please read post carefully. Best way to install drives is go into device manager select item to updated and once your downloaded and unzipped your NEW drives you select updated drivers this way you will not get any errors (some get errors running the install exe)
    One other thing intel has a new chipset driver
    My video drivers are from laptovideo2go Win7 64bit version by the way.. ;)
     
    BlackRussian, Sep 26, 2009
    #9
  10. xileS

    xileS Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    82
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    xileS, Sep 26, 2009
    #10
  11. shavenrat

    shavenrat Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    54
    Messages:
    117
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    7 works great for me!! I just love it!!!
     
    shavenrat, Sep 26, 2009
    #11
  12. xileS

    xileS Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    82
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    I've used this driver for a week, but I got too many crashes in Internet Explorer if I was using flash. Don't know why, but I'm back to the old Windows Vista x64 bit drivers :(.
     
    xileS, Oct 7, 2009
    #12
  13. honguy

    honguy Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    249
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Is there a step by step guide to install Windows 7 on XPS1330
     
    honguy, Oct 7, 2009
    #13
  14. paper_wastage

    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

    Reputations:
    486
    Messages:
    2,596
    Likes Received:
    24
    Trophy Points:
    56
    use firefox or opera or chrome

    1) insert DVD
    2) install as per a normal OS
    3) windows update for the rest of the drivers
    3b) maybe you need to get an audio drivers
    3c) if you want dell crap (quickset, recommended power levels), get it from support.dell.com, Vista stuff works in W7
    4) install your applications
    5) done
     
    paper_wastage, Oct 7, 2009
    #14
  15. honguy

    honguy Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    249
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Thanks paper wastage ! I have XPS 1330 with vista 32 bit and I have ordered Windows 7 Home premium upgrade version from newegg for $49.99. Now I want to Install 64 bit is it possible If yes How?
     
    honguy, Oct 7, 2009
    #15
  16. paper_wastage

    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

    Reputations:
    486
    Messages:
    2,596
    Likes Received:
    24
    Trophy Points:
    56
    the upgrade version should have 64 and 32 bit versions(might be on same DVD, or separate DVDs)... choose the right version to install... that's it...
     
    paper_wastage, Oct 7, 2009
    #16
  17. glalo042

    glalo042 Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    62
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Yea everything worked straight out of the box. Only needed to install the graphics driver from the nVidia site and touch pad and fingerprint utility
     
    glalo042, Nov 2, 2009
    #17