Inspiron 1520 and Windows XP x64

Tried to install it and found out that Dell was lacking a lot of drivers to set it up completly. You are able to take most of the XP drivers Dell offers for the Inspiron 1520, since they do work for XP x64, too.
BUT! Be aware that the Ethernet Controler Driver from Dell is NOT compatible with Win Xp x64!

I found it on http://www.broadcom.com/support/ethernet_nic/4401.php.

Stuff left is the GCard, go visit www.laptopvideo2go.com (I recommend NOT choosing the 169.09 for XP x64, it's continuing crashing @ Crysis... if you have Prob's playing this game with this driver, tell me so that i know that it itsn't just for me. Wasn't able to try another driver btw. for page is down by now )

Other stuff left are three "Base System Device", of which I don't know what they are plus a "Modem Device on High Definition Audio Device" of which I guess it's the modem (oh my, me clever boy, hugh), since the audio driver is installed and working fine.

Well... Has anyone any ideas or one or two hints for me what to do with those 4 devices? ^^;;

 

Just curious, why are you going XP x64 over Vista x64?

 

You might try using Everest to check the hardware, but the free edition was discontinued over a year ago, so the hardware list might not be correct. XP x64 never had enough support for me to consider it worth installing, and Vista 64 has pretty much killed it.

 

because i already owned XP x64 from my old Desktop

i was thinking about Vista 64, but i don't know
does Microsoft give us Vista 64 when we only own OEM Versions of Vista 32?
never tried that

plus i wanted to run my games on XP (...Crysis for example) and most of the NewAge games are supporting 64 bit tech, so...
WinXP x64 is just fine for me =)

 

Like XP a 32bit license translates to a 64bit license (though XP required you to request a new key from MS i do believe)...

Vista 64 has far better driver support and runs the same guts as the 32bit flavor of Vista, unlike XP where the 64bit version is running Windows Server 2003 guts...

Go Vista 64 you'll be happier...

 

So you are just telling me, that the only thing I have to do to get Vista 64 is getting me a copy of it, no new key needed?
Did you already try that? (as far as I know, you only got a 32 Bit edi of Ultimate deliverd, so are you running 64 Bit, are you? ARE YOU? geez, pls tell me, you are )

 

The version of Vista 64 i'm running isn't using the key that came with my i1520 as I needed Ultimate (and Dell wasn't selling Ultimate when I purchased)...

From what I've read on this forum and elsewhere the key will work fine and you'll just have to activate over the phone. Just finding the 64bit media in your case might be trickiest.

 

*g*
trust me, it won't
I'm a college student and I am able to get a free copy of it...
so...
Well the License is limited in time (won't be able to upate when it ran out) but I guess I will be able to just take the other key

gee, thanks if that works

 

Anyone know where to get legitimate, legal media for Vista x64 that will accept the OEM key from the COA sticker on the Inspiron 1520?

 

Regarding the 3 unknown base System Devices - those are the ones for the Memory Card Reader.... Install the Ricoh memory card reader drivers for XP 64-bit (or may be even 32-bit XP not sure though) and it should be fine....

And awyeah one thing you need to know is that the OEM key given on the COA sticker is not actually a CD-KEY at all for Vista.... It is just a genuine identification for the OS on your system..... The Vista OEM DVD from DELL picks up a standard Vista OEM key (The same used for the version of Vista on all machines from that manufacturer) from sources\pid.txt and depending on the key it installs the version of Vista..... Also it looks for the required OEM certificates in sources\OEM folders and subfolders and also validates the SLIC, RSDT tables from the BIOS to check the genuineness..... This is the reason why Vista never asks for a key during its Setup and will never ask for activation.... If you dont believe me you can try entering this OEM key during a Vista Retail Setup and it wont accept the key at all.....

And as a sidenote if you understood my previous para properly you can install OEM Vista Ultimate even using a OEM Vista Basic DVD on your DELL easily

 

That's not about the media. The product key from your OEM COA sticker will always require telephone activation. Yeah: thanks, Microsoft.

The preloaded Windows installation provided by Dell doesn't use the product key that's on your sticker; it uses a different, special preactivated OEM key. Dell's Windows Vista installation DVD includes this preactivated key in the installation files and so doesn't ask you to enter a product key at all. If you restall Windows Vista from standard (noncustomised) media, you'll have to enter a product key and go through the normal activation procedure.

The "ABR" tool mentioned in this thread will extract the preactivated OEM key from your running preloaded Windows Vista installation and save it into a file. You can then reinstall Windows Vista (either 32- or 64-bit edition) from scratch and use the ABR tool to restore the preactivated key from that file. Windows Vista will then be fully activated, legally, using the same product key that came with your computer.

 

What you are telling is only partly right... See my previous post buddy - you do not need any ABR tool or anything for OEM installations IMO....