Inspiron 1520, Dual Boot, 64bit Vista, XP

So, heck Ive been following these threads since the order of my 1520 July 3rd. I changed the order from t7100 to the t7300 cpu on the 10th. Lappy was set for delivery the 15th and Ill have it tomorrow (18th). Here's the plan. After reading every thread possible based on the inspiron 1520 on this website, Ive learned some things. First things first, as Im familiar with partitioning, Im goign to cut out all of dells partitions and clean instal my Vista Home Premium with the dell reinstallation disk. Then Im going to dual boot with Vista Ultimate 64bit edition (retail). Im going to experiment a little bit here and see how things run on the 64bit OS on my second partition (If they run at all) Following krysterma (sp?) posts, Ive slipstreamed the drivers into my xp pro OS and after Im done fudging around with the 64bit OS partition, Im going to wipe it clean and attempt to install my slipstreamed xp pro onto the second partition. If anyone has any questions at all, about the 64 bit OS functioning or using krysterma's drivers, slipstreaming etc, feel free to post and Ill get back to you tomorrow after I get the lappy.

 

1520 is crap when it comes to using the headphone jack. if you are planning to use headphones, understand there will be uncomfortable noises when plugged in... whether you mute or not.

just letting you know ahead of time.

 

Not really planning on it. But are you saying they're all defective? Ill tell ya what, my stickers better be put on straight too!

 

I guess it would be nice to listen to some tunes while Im doing some programming in the library. I hope theyre not all defective Maybe I dont want to get my lappy tomorrow.

 

I think the issue is cheap earbuds, not the jack itself.

 

Well Im off to pass-the-fook-out. I work 7am-2pm tomorrow, hopefully dhl doesnt come before then. I plan on keeping in good contact with them all day tomorrow at work.

 

What are your specs?

 

1 222-9008 Inspiron 1520, Intel Core 2 Duo T7300, 2.0GHz, 800Mhz, 4M Cache
1 313-5395 Jet Black Color with Matte Finish
1 311-7215 2GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm
1 320-5461 15.4 inch Wide Screen WXGA+ LCD TrueLife for Inspiron 1520
1 320-5639 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
1 341-4767 80G 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
1 420-6556 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, English
1 310-9093 DELL RESOURCE DVD,BACK-UP INSP 1520
1 420-5769 Internet Search and Portal
1 420-5924 Icon Consolidation Application
1 420-6436 Vista, PC-Restore, Dim/Insp
1 420-6995 DELL SUPPORT 3.4,DIM/INSP
1 463-2282 Dell Owners Manual installed on your system,click on icon after system set-up to access
1 420-7024 Media Direct 3.3
1 420-7244 Dell Support Center 1.0
1 430-0493 Integrated 10/100 Network Cardand Modem, for Inspiron
1 412-0917 Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0, for Inspiron
1 313-5196 24X COMBO CD-RW/DVD
1 420-6464 Roxio Creator Basic
1 313-4783 Integrated High Definition Audio 2.0
1 430-2337 Intel 4965AGN Wireless-N Mini Card
1 320-5692 NO WEBCAM OPTION
1 412-0940 Security 30-day trial
1 312-0525 56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Prim
1 312-0528 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Additional Battery, for Inspiron 1520
1 461-3063 No ISP Requested
1 412-1397 No Productivity Software requested
1 950-3337 1 Year Limited Warranty
1 950-9057 No Warranty, Year 2 and 3
1 987-5437 Dell Hardware Warranty Plus Return To Depot, Initial Year
1 983-3090 Type 12- Mail-InService, 24x7 TechnicalSupport, Initial Year
1 960-2780 Warranty Support,Initial Year
1 986-9327 Inspiron, No Dell On Call
1 466-7698 Thank you for choosing Dell
1 430-2348 Dell Wirless 355 Bluetooth Mod
1 466-3921 No Preinstalled Software
1 420-7091 DataSafe Online Dim/Ins/XPS
1 420-7092 DataSafe Online Dim/Ins/XPS 1YR-FREE
1 987-4817 Insp Datasafe 3GB,1YR(Incl in price),DHS
1 320-5841 Jet Black color w/o Camera
1 310-9348 Intel Centrino Core Duo Processor
1 310-8628 You have chosen a Windows Vista Premium System

Hopefully Vista Premium allows me to remotely access my server, as xp pro does versus xp home. With all these different vistas, Im not sure which one has the networking capabilities.

 

Yeah, so I get home, about noon and Im thinking the lappy would be here, nope grrrrrr Im waiting....where are you DHL

 

how much does your comp weigh?

 

shipping weight on the dhl tracking site is 18lbs, havent got a chance to weigh it yet as dhl still isnt here, but it should go around 5.4 w//out batt and 6.4 with 6cell, 7.2 with 9 cell

 

Hey buddy, I'm planning on getting a similar build but I want to know how much you paid along what coupon codes and discounts you used.

Thanks in advance.

 

o and btw, when watching the dell website, my laptop was never in a "testing" or "boxing" stage. it just went from "in production" to shipped. Perhaps they gave me one already built that someone cancelled.

 

I used the $300 off coupon on the 3rd and got the free 3-5 day shipping also. As I have seen prices on here, I dont think it's policy not to post prices; so my prices after NY tax and such was $1,340.

 

still waiting...dhl blows

 

just got her in, i feel like Im 13 again and getting my N64

 

so im wiping the partitions out now and reformatting. so far no chirping, runs quiet even if i stick my head right next to the cpu exhaust fan. Not a scratch at all and yes, my stickers are straight! Also, the grainyness is the pixels! The screen is so clear, that yes, the pixel structure is able to be seen! Which means yes its a great screen, and yes it does appear grainy, hence the downfall of having such a great screen!

 

In order to reformat your drive on partition 1 of the system, you need to run a proggy called killdisk. Somehow, the samsung drive has a hidden partition on it, invisible to windows. When I attempted to format, vista kept saying it was on partition 2 although no other partitions were visible. Hope someone finds this info useful as noone has posted in awhile.

 

Thanks for the updates, I will tag this for future reference.

 

I think I'm going to have this kind of reaction when mine arrives:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1UaJWzw79GI

 

haa! i just about did. when i heard my doorbell, i was like thank god!

 

heeeeeey i just did a 3dmark06 and got 3249. Heeeeck yeah... dunno how to attach the image i did a print screen tho

 

1. take a screenshot by pressing prtsc
2.open up a program like paint /photoshop
3.paste it/ save.
4. go to imageshack.us and upload
5. put the link as an image on the forum