Windows Vista 64bit on XPS1530

1. Upgrade the Bios to A08 version from dell.com
2. Follow the instructions from forum user Les (thank you, Les)

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=157838&highlight=xps1330,+clean+install
~~~Instructions~~~

NOTE: Please follow these word for word and, should you encounter a problem, review the steps. 99% of problems experienced are a result of someone not reading this carefully and fixed only after a certain step is brought to their attention.


Place MediaDirect 3.5 in drive;
Restart/Hit F12 at initial screen/One time boot/Boot Dvd;
Follow instructions to change your partitions. This will delete everything. (Note, I got my system to accept two partitions which are the 3Gb MediaDirect partition and the main partition but sometimes you will have no choice but to go with 3;
When it says, remove MD3 disk and replace with your Vista 64bit disk;
Restart/hit F12 at initial screen/one time boot/Boot DVD;
When "press any key when ready" comes up make sure you press this right away. On mine, if you dont in the first few seconds there will be no reaction;
Follow the instructions/select complete install and select correct partition to install it on;
On completion and windows is running, reinsert MediaDirect 3.5 disc;
Run "DellKit" and press enter to complete installation of MediaDirect;​

3. Drivers and Applications

3.1. Intel mobile chipset driver R153997 (XPS1330, Vista 64bit)from Dell.com
3.2. Intel (R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN R171132 (XPS1330, Vista 64bit) from Dell.com
3.3. 8-in-1 memory Card Reader, Ricoh R5C833, R168331 (XPS1330, Vista 64bit) from Dell.com
3.4 Dell Quickset R163853 (XPS1330, vista 64bit)
3.5 Alps Touchpad/Pointing service R157047 from Dell.com, click on the following link: http://support.us.dell.com/support/...eid=R157047&formatcnt=1&libid=0&fileid=209648
3.6. Creative Labs Integrated Webcam R173082 (XPS1330, Vista 64bit)
3.7. Fingerprint reader, http://www.upek.com/support/downloads/psql_winqual/psql_upgrade.asp (updated)
3.8. Video driver, nVIDIA ForceWare X 174.93 for Windows Vista 64bit:
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=18341
3.9. The remaining drivers, just let Windows update for you, including the Marvell Yukon 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet driver and Audio Driver. Right now, we don't have any driver for the on-board SigmaTel STAC9288 Audio driver, if you try to install the audio driver from xps1330, Windows can't upgrade to SP1
3.10. After Windows updates to SP1, you can download the Sigmatel Stac92xx driver for XPS1330, 64Bit, R167846 and it will update your Audio driver smoothly.​

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Please review this link for updated drivers:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=255232
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Please review the following link to set Windows Media Player to default 64bit:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=158277

Video codec, I prefer the K-lite Codec Standard for 64bit, with this package WMP becomes a powerful tool for all your multimedia needs. http://www.codecguide.com/klcp_64bit.htm

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Microsoft Vista 64bit: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/1033/ordermedia/default.mspx

 

nice dude, i have been thinking about going to 64-bit since i got my m1530, looks really easy now. now i just have to get the dvd.

 

I am glad it all worked out for you and thanks for including this to assist others...

 

so if the 32bit drivers dont work use the M1330 ones? has dell actually gotten off their bums and actually made some 64bit drivers?

 

i don't understand why they didn't take the opportunity to ship vista as 64bit standard, and make the less common one the 32 bit version. That way, when manufacturers write new drivers, they'd be writing 64-bit ones. Especially new machines such as the xps range.

[/rant]

 

It all comes down to business and money. Dell initially had a system which was 64bit but its sales were not the best and support was the bigger problem. They need the support from outside sources. the only way to get 64bit in is to force it in with a new OS.

With the 32bit being open, hardware and software manufacturers, for the most part will take the safe road. Their is alot of support for 64 bit, believe it or not, but you have to search it out for yourself. Dell, in my opinion is a leader amongst laptop manufacturers as can be seen in their Dell support site. Although every model is not covered, they have 64bit support for some which is much more than I can say for others. The M1330 has the complete set and anyone who is looking for drivers just needs to match up their hardware with that in another system. For example, if you have the 4965wifi in your system, look at another which would have the 64bit drivers in Dell.

Further, you can find great support for 64bit at www.x-drivers.com as well as www.laptopvideo2go.com for Nvidia graphics. Unfortunately, I have found support for 64bit horrid with Compaq and Toshiba when i searched them out for my families laptops. I found all I needed for the U300 but it was a hunt let me tell you.

In my opinion...64bit with 4Gb ram is a totally different world with respect to performance, stability and just all around pride in what I've done. x64 lives.

 

the lattitude d630 has alot of the required 64 bit vista drivers

 

Has anyone tried to install the SB Audigy Advanced MB on a Vista 64bit yet? How is it going?

 

No Audigy does not work and...if you check out the Precision M6300, you will see ell is now selling it in the Vista 64Gb OS which is actually less than the normal expensive precision. This should be a good driver resource as well.

 

Thank you, Les. I just checked out the Creative forum and saw that it has the free SB Audigy series Vista Support Pack v2.15.0004EQ with Equalizer but it supports for the X-Fi expresscard. So I think if anyone is about to buy a new xps1530 should upgrade the X-Fi expresscard ($50) to take advantage of that package.
http://forums.creative.com/creative...=Vista&message.id=30403&query.id=41880#M30403

 

Thats great that you have made this guide. Im now considering 32 or 64 vista (mostly to gain this 0,5gb ram). I think I'll try 64 and if have some problem - I'll go back to 32.

So I understand that for m1530 only 64 audio drivers are missing?

 

To Oscar. I think you should go with Vista 64bit if you want to take advantage of 4GB RAM. Right now, we don't have the 64bit driver for Sigmatel STAC9228 but you can use the HD Audio driver through Windows update, and it works well, so you still have the sound.

 

Don't panic, people!

Unless the notebook can support OVER 4GB of RAM then I don't see the real need to go 64-bit. Hardware will still utilize ALL of the memory, it's only the o/s that sees the 3.2-3.5GB. Besides, Vista's SP1 will show "4GB" now so people can feel 'complete' (although really it's still partial).

 

Um...xpsworm...is this what you seek?

http://www.x-drivers.com/catalog/drivers/sound_cards/companies/sigmatel/models/stac9228/index.html

 

4 GB will be recognised but not used...
64 bit o.s. is necessary:

http://compreviews.about.com/cs/cpus/a/aapr64bit.htm

Thank you xpsworm for your work...
It's 2 months i'm looking for information...

 

One more question. When my XPS arrives I have to order through M$ website a dvd with 64bit ver of Vista? It will take some time...
Is there any other way to do it (download 64bit ver somehow)?
I guess using same key will be totaly legal (or for 64bit I will get other product key)?

 

I believe you have misread my post. Yes, 4GB will be recognized by the O/S (with Service Pack 1 for Vista) but not fully used (3.2~3.5GB). However, the remaining .5~.8GB will be used by hardware such as the video card. My point is 64-bit will be worthwhile on systems that can handle over 4GB and have the software applications that can fully benefit from 64-bit.

The link you provided, while a nice simple read, doesn't really offer any valid reason to go 64-bit for 4GB of RAM. According to the article 32-bit will actually see up to 4.3GB!

A quick paraphrase from my trusty computer tech text book:

"The "missing" ram is not really missing. It is used by the system and not presented to the user. There is a range of addresses at the upper end of 4GB that is reserved. "

Hope this makes sense.

 

the ram itself its not used on those addresses, the missing ram its really missing, the addresses are used to access other devices (and not the ram) it is not used by the system. when the CPU tries to access those address its not accessing the ram.
btw x64 its not the only way to get 4gb of ram
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension

 

To Les, thank you for your link. I did try that driver, It worked and I got the Sigmatel Audio Panel. But I think the High Definition Audio driver from Windows is a little bit better than that one. And I couldn't install the SB Audigy Advance MD for both of them.

To Oscar, you don't need to wait until you receive your system to order a copy of Windows vista 64bit, you can click on the link in my first post, make a purchase, they will send you a DVD in 3 days. If you want to wait you can dowload the sofware from their website :
https://www.findmyorder.com/servlet...=DisplayHomePage&SiteID=findmyor&Locale=en_US
Put in your purchase information, it will show the link to download the OS

 

Ok...
but if u have an istance that needs more than 2 GB (for ex. 3D modelling, rendering etc.) u cannot use 32 bit system... u are obliged to use the 64 bit o.s.
And i have to say that i used Vista Ultimate 32 bit for months and when i changed to the 64bit version i noticed that it was more stable.

Anyway, we haven't to go off topic
This thread is important for people who need information for its XPS 1530.


It's unbelieveble that Dell didn't develope 64 bit drivers for this model...

 

SOLVED: the audio driver (plz see my first post). I'm really happy now, my system works about 99% with Vista 64Bit. I hope that Dell/Creative will release the SB Audigy Advanced MB for Vista 64bit soon.

 

So in 32bit system - can graphic card use this 0,5gb which system cannot see or not?

And DVD with 64bit ver - I'm not from US so it will rise the mailing costs. I will try to mail them if I can only download it.
If not - I'll try to find some other solution (or tet 32bit and then installing 64bit I could compare both)

 

What is this?

 

Solely for curiosity's sake, how does this work? $15.99 for Ultimate 64-bit but no license? Does this mean we can use the license key originally provided with the 32-bit version that came with the laptop?

 

Yes you can use the license key that you already have to install 64bit.

 

Interesting. So, in theory, could I take a 64-bit OEM Vista disc I already have and which is installed on a desktop, install it on the laptop and just use the license key that came with the Dell?

 

Yes, you can do that.

 

And if you have the OEM Vista Ultimate disc from DELL (laptop or desktop), you can install it in any DELL system, and it will be automatically activated to Ultimate version, it never asks you to input the key.

 

SoundBlaster Audigy Advanced MB is a software application from Creative Labs. It provides additional functionality to the integrated Sigmatel hardware and drivers that comes standard on Inspiron and XPS notebooks and some Dimension desktops.
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/acc/P92812/en/index.htm

 

The OEM Vista 64-Bit disc I have isn't a Dell one. I bought it for my quad-core desktop I built a few months ago.

Although I don't find it particularily necessary to turn the laptop into a 64-bit system I may still give it a try for fun. I am worried about the loss of the Soundblaster MB software though. How adversely affected is the sound quality without it?

Thanks for the replies and putting up with my comments about 32-bit vs. 64-bit for a 4GB laptop.

 

Is there any way to order one of these DVD's from Dell?

 

Same situation... but for sure i'm going to install the 64 bit version into the laptop too...
The 64 bit o.s. is more stable and safe.


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I was thinking to change the sound card with the X-Fi Extreme audio Notebook:

http://uk.europe.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=209&subcategory=669&product=16642

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3847

What do you think?

It has 64bit drivers but i'm not so sure about it because it hasn't a X-Fi chip...
The card needs the cpu to emulate it.

 

An alternative solution for SB Audigy Advanced MB is SRS Audio Sandbox. It produces amazing surround sound, supports for headphone, laptop speaker, 5.1 speaker system,.... Check it out here: http://www.srs-store.com/store-plugins/mall/sas-plugin.asp
and link to download for 64bit version here: http://downloads.srs-store.com/SRS_Audio_Sandbox_64.exe

 

what we actually need is IDT driver, sigmatel doesn't make PC audio components anymore. IDT took it over. Gateway, Intel ECS, etc.. released brand new IDT drivers for sigmatel chips. but not dell, lazy company

 

Nice guide. I have been running Vista Business 64 for about two months now and it runs beautifully.. It's a shame Dell doesn't offer pre-installation

 

Caution: Windows Marketplace no longer allows you to download Vista after you buy the DVD. You only get the physical media. I've spent the weekend wrestling with customer service over the issue, and hopefully I'll get a refund.

 

I've got the opposite problem; I've downloaded the software version but can't get it into a bootable format... I'd really, really like the physical media copy to boot from.

Can you suggest any helpful hints? I'm going to begin my own wrestling match with them on Monday.

 

latest Ricoh SD card reader driver from February 2008 at toshiba

works perfectly with 1530
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/...gfhkefcgfkceghdgngdgnn.0&ct=DL&all_docs=false

 

i just got my new xps m1530 and im using vista x64, i have a question
what software can i use to read temps?

 

Okay, I've read this whole thread. Are you suggesting that users shouldn't upgrade from 32-bit to 64-bit on the m1530? If you already have 4gb of RAM on the 32-bit system, then you shouldn't upgrade?

 

I use CoreTemp.

 

Great post - thanks so much for putting this together xpsworm!!

As for the debate between 32-bit Vista, 64-bit Vista and Windows XP, is there a thread somewhere that goes into depth about the tradeoffs? I don't want to re-hash this discussion here if it's already been covered somewhere else.

I just got my new XPS 1530 yesterday, and am trying to decide what to do for the OS. I think - at the least - I will re-format with a clean copy of Vista (32-bit) to remove all the Dell bloatware. Then do I install the 64 bit version or just the 32 bit? Do make another partition with XP on it, in case I get sick of Vista? (most reviews I've read say XP runs better than Vista) So many choices...

 

OK, I did the Google search, and here are some useful articles that I found:

Last updated 1/07:
http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/1426/vista_64_bit_or_32_bit_version_x64_vs_x86

Last updated 2/07:
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_ff_x64.asp

Last updated 10/07:
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_1yr_x64.asp

Performance comparison, written 4/2/08:
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,2280808,00.asp

 

Tom's Hardware came out with a good article that is on the side of more memory = better battery usage.

Good argument again for x64 version.


http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ram-scaling-notebook,1920.html

 

We now have all the 64bit drivers for xps m1530 and a lot of softwares are being developed supporting for the x64 version, even Adobe Photoshop, ("Adobe plans to get 64-bit versions of Photoshop software released to customers as soon as possible. Photoshop for Microsoft® Windows® will run 64-bit-native with the next version release"). If your laptop built with new Intel chipset and have 4GB RAM on board, go for vista 64bit, you won't regret anything.

 

Just ordered a 1530 today.

Anything weird about these systems that would preclude me from just wiping the hard drive and installing whatever? I'm planning on loading a bootleg copy of 64-bit Vista Ultimate as well as partition the drive for Gentoo linux.

 

Problem is, this site (Windows Vista Alternate Media request) only works for if you bought the retail version of Vista, not the OEM version. So unless you bought your XPS 1530 with Vista Ultimate (which includes both 32 and 64 bit Vista), you're going to have to pay for a copy of x64 Vista. Which is silly, because technically your product key (license) is good for either version, I think.

Has anyone had any luck in getting x64 Vista from Dell, even though all their OEM versions are x86 Vista? My XPS 1530 only came with 32-bit Vista Home Premium, and I don't see any way to upgrade/switch to 64-bit Vista Home Premium without paying ~$200.

(Bittorrent is always an option, but I'd prefer to go the "legit" route, if at all possible.)

 

thanks will be changing to x64 tonight

 

I want to thank you guys for the thread. I had a seamless upgrade to Vista Ultimate X64 due in no small part to the advice on this thread.

 

So if you buy the Ultimate edition, you get 32b installed but the disc for 64b comes with it? I'm confused.

I am planning on getting the SSD and Blue-Ray so want to make sure there are drivers easily available.
-G