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    I did a clean install of Vista X64 Ultimate on my 9400 with only 1 driver needed

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by chukwe, Dec 20, 2007.

  1. chukwe

    chukwe Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi All,

    After reading all the threads of things going wrong & 20 steps instruction of installing vista x64, I decided to install it.

    I downloaded vista x64 from MSDN Sub and burned it to DVD.

    After installation, I expected a blank screen or something going wrong, but to my surprise, all the drivers were working except the network driver which I then installed.

    That's it!!

    Why're people having issues with drivers (video card, audio etc)?
     
    chukwe, Dec 20, 2007
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  2. Philio

    Philio Notebook Guru

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    If you have drivers for all your hardware it's fairly painless! Only issue I had was to remove half the RAM to avoid BSoD, then install a patch and replace it.
    IMO it is not as stable as Vista x86 and the only real point in using it is to enable addressing of all your RAM if you have 3Gb+.
     
    Philio, Dec 20, 2007
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