Installing Windows XP Pro on Studio 15

Thanks for being so prompt. I tried both ways :
- first, the HP trick : even after installing the driver, no wireless device appears in the device manager (or anywhere else), i.e. I can't install manually the driver using the *.inf file.
- second, the remove/install again gigabit driver : no change
Do you know any other way?

 

try this,
download the sp39243.exe from hp support,extract it,
then ask new hardware, when WXP ask for driver and bcmwl6.sys
browse to swsetup/sp39243 and rename bcmwl5.sys to bcmwl6.sys
then the wireless card is now working ...

my wireless card (dell 1397) on 1535 was not working until that...

 

Hey guys, sorry if this has already been posted, but I couldn't find it.

When I tried to install XP on my Studio it gave me the blue screen of death before setup could begin. I've read that this is because XP doesn't have the drivers needed to recognize the SATA drive, and the simple solution is to put the drivers on a floppy disk and press F6 during the beginning of setup to load these drivers. Well, Studio doesn't have a floppy drive, so another solution is to integrate the drivers onto a copy of the XP CD, which I could do if I could find the drivers.....so my question is does anyone know where I can find the drivers for my hard drive controller (I've got the Samsung hm320ji ATA for reference).

Sorry if I missed anything obvious...I'd really appreciate the help.

 

The link given by m3d0r is openning but iam failed to understand the language.

can any body give me the link(english) to download all the windows xp drivers for my Dell Studio 1535 note book ?

Thanks for your anticipation

 

Hello. I believe that we all have asked for him help to m3d0r because it is the only one of this forum that has confirmed to that can install the Windows XP in the notebook Dell Studio, and believe also that we all are grateful for his help on having obtained the drivers. Nevertheless, I wanted to ask you, m3d0r, if you can share with us the procedure to obtain this change, without spreading too much not to become oppressed but defining adequately every point. For example, with my notebook XPS M1330 I had to format and particionar my notebook with Dell Media Direct's disc, later, install the Windows XP with SP3 and drivers SATA, and finally, already in Windows, finish the installation of the media Direct. In this case, the notebook have a partition called "Recovery" (which I believe it can be of utility if we do not obtain Vista's migration to XP), which not if we must delete it or not. Because of it I ask you, friend m3d0r, if you can illuminate us a bit more with regard to the procedure to obtain Vista's migration to XP.

 

Hi All,

Thanks m3d0r for all of your help.

Earlier in this post it was mentioned to go into the BIOS and change the HD controller to ATA for XP. Which is better? Change it to ATA and run XP that way or leave it as SATA and install the SATA drivers for XP? I didn't think it would recognise the XP install disk in SATA.

Also, m3d0r, does it matter what order the drivers are installed in? Would you be kind enough to give us a quick outline?

Some thing like:

1. total backup/drive image

2. low level format

3. install XP

4. install driver a

5. install driver b.

etc. or should I just install them in the order you listed them on the post for rapidshare?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Regards,
PepperHead

 

I have not found it mentioned on this post anywhere, but are all these drivers compatible with XP x64 bit OS?

Getting ready to do the install, just curuious

Thanks,
PepperHead

 

Thanks to everyone contributing to this thread, it's really useful

Can you tell me how to do that in the BIOS - I can only see an option to change the SATA mode. I can't see an option to make it ATA (so that I won't need a SCSI driver).

 

Before you put XP on one of these you need to go into the bios and turn off the flash caching and then change the harddrive from AHCP to ATA mode otherwise it'll just bluescreen.
Both of these changes are made in the onboard devices section.
This is really important if you're using Windows Deployment or another multi-rollout system.
Had this issue forst on the XPS when I tried to bulk deploy to them.

 

I also diabled Falsh Cache Module, and chose ATA under SATA Operation. After that installing and running XP were working fine. I also installed several drivers for xp. they were okay too. Then I follow the steps to run VistaBootPro. Everything seems alright until I reboot. After rebooting, I could not access XP and Vista. In XP, it ask for NTLDR, but I copied through Command prompt. Does anyone have any suggestions. Thanks a lot.

 

Soo...can someone write a "Installing XP Pro on Studio Laptops for Dummies" thread?

 

Hey,

thanks for beiing so kind and share all your hints. My studio 1535 is nearly working perfect now with your hints and drivers for win xp. But there is one thing that doesen`t work. I cant install the dell quickset tool, because it`s written for vista. I tried different quickset applications for xp but they did not work either (different laptop-systems).

My problem is, that the "WIFI" indicator backlight lights all the time, no matter if the switch is on or off. Probably someone can help me, to solve this problem.

Thx a lot.....

 

I tried posting this a couple of days ago, but it seems to have been lost.

Thanks m3d0r for all you help.

I got XP installed and if works great except for 2 things:

1. I got the fingerprint driver installed, but cannot find the Digital Persona software to install to use it. The one that came my system says it cannot be install to the this pc (Apparently due to the XP OS.).

2. I got the HDMI driver installed and the video works great, but there is no audio. Is there some setting I am missing?

Regards,
PepperHead

 

Someone please help me...i have the studio 1535 with the ATI Radeon™
HD 3200 video. I have tried (M3dOr example below) the mobility modder for version 8.6 but it is not working for me...Could some please guide me through the process a little bit detailed to install the catalyst V8.6. Everything else worked for me going to windows XP...Thanks Royals


I modded the Original ATI Catalyst Driverpackage for Desktop cards with the driverheaven mobility modder. But be careful: The newest version that works with the mobility modder is Catalyst 8.6. Catalyst 8.7 can't be modded with the (current) mobility modder. With this modded driver the Device is correctly recognized as HD 3450. AMD / ATI locks the installation of mobility devices by default but the mobility modder removes this lock.

 

jerome rouze : right click the troubled hardware then "update driver",

i'm posting again cause i have some trouble with ieee 1394 not really
working, everything else working good

someone knows who is the vendor of 1394 ?

 

Need Help with the Fingerprint Scanner.

I got the driver installed for it OK and the Device Mgr says it is working properly, but when I installed the Embassy Trust Suite software for XP, it tells me the TPM is Not enabled and to enable it by going into the Bios/Security/TPM Security and 'enabling' it. When I go to the Bios/Secuity, there is NO TPM Security section to go into.

What am I doing wrong or missing?

Has anyone else been able to get the FP scanner to work with XP on their studio 15? If so, what driver did you use and what software?

I really would like to get this working. This is driving me nuts.

Thanks for any help,
PepperHead

 

Hi, I'm new to this forum and I'm looking for some help with the studio xp drivers. I found most of replies here very helpful, but I still have the same problem as you, PepperHead. I've been looking for the fingerprint software and driver for days, but still haven't found anything that really works. Can anybody help me? I'm getting really desperate... Thanks

 

Hello
everyone i have a quick question does anyone know if these drivers for the Dell Wireless 1397 and 1510 from dell work on the Studio running XP?
http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R189133.exe
or
http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R186036.exe

 

http://support.us.dell.com/support/...eid=R189133&formatcnt=1&libid=0&fileid=259099

The link above will take you right to the NIC driver you need. I installed it yesterday, works perfectly.

Has anyone been able to get the IR working with XP? I can't seem to get it working, although the correct device is listed in Device Manager. Oh, and has anyone found a version of Quickset that will install?

 

Thanks pmikgdn, though I am not completely ignorant of basic tricks...
Anuway, I just found the driver for WLAN 1510 here : http://support.us.dell.com/support/...eid=R189133&formatcnt=1&libid=0&fileid=259099
Thought that might help others...

 

Here you go : http://support.us.dell.com/support/...eid=R189133&formatcnt=1&libid=0&fileid=259099

 

Thanks to the suggestions of m3d0r I managed to setup XP 32 on my Studio 1735 and it's running without any problems. I installed the fingerprint reader but haven't gotten around to actually setting it up and using it, so aside from that, I've been doing video editing and 2D/3D animation withouth a glitch

Thanks again!

 

The best way to do your multiboot with XP and Vista is to do a clean install. Format your hard drive into 2 or more partions. Format in NTFS (quick) Vista is very bloaty, so give it plenty of room. you can get away with 2-gb for XP. Install XP first. When you have completed, insert your vista disk whilst XP is still running. (Do not choose upgrade), choose custom install, then select the clean drive to install. When this process has completed you will have a boatloader stating an older version of windows (XP) and vista. You will not get the NTDLR error with this method. good luck . There is aaan excelletn walk thru on u tube where a guy triple boots xp, vista an ubuntu.

Good luck.
.......

I'm at the process of getting the wlan 1397 fix attempt. Apart from that XP just tops vista.

 

Hi All,
Well.....I spent most of the weekend trying to get a stable XP Pro install on my roomate Lisa's Studio 1735. I have tried all of the drivers listed on driver.zol.com and from m3d0r's list of drivers available on rapidshare.com listed earlier in this thread.

Here is what I have found:

1) There is apparently no working XP driver for the ITE consumer IR. The driver on both zol.com and the one provided by m3d0r on rapidshare are both Vista only. The driver will appear to load and XP will report that it is working properly but the IR receiver is not working. (Has anyone had any luck getting this to work under XP...have you actually tested your IR ?)

2) There is no working XP compatible Quickset for the 1735. This means no dedicated MediaCenter button or on-screen volume etc indicators.

3) Power Management was very flakey under XP. The unit would go to sleep but would wake back up within 20-30 seconds. When I initially installed the Intel chipset driver I noticed that laptop power management options were not appearing (close lid options etc) After installing a few more drivers (Card Reader, Video) the options suddenly appeared. Weird.

The system has been unstable no matter how many times I wiped the disk and performed a clean install of XP Pro (SP2 of course) and no matter what order I installed drivers (typically chipset, video, audio...etc)

Does ANYONE have a bona fide fully functional Studio 1735 running XP Pro (all major system functions tested, power management consistenly working etc) If so...please tell me what drivers you used and in what order you installed them.

I tried re-installing Vista last night and of course the ITE CIR and Quickset are both working properly.
I still don't want to give up on an XP install.

Thanks in Advance
Mark

 

hey m3dor, will these drivers work for studio 17?

 

They all worked for me except the IR and wireless lan n card.

Use this driver for the 1510 wireless:

http://support.us.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R189133&formatcnt=1&libid=0&fileid=259099

 

having studio 1753 and can't install the bluetooth...
in device manger have 2 devices known as data interface what are they how can i install them

 

Don't use the Dell provided driver. Let XP (SP2 only) search and find it's own driver. The Microsoft driver works much better and has greater compatabilty.

Once the Microsoft Bluetoth driver is loaded, edit c:\windows\inf\bth.inf
Look up the device ID of your Bluetooth interface in device manager and add it to the "device section" of bth.inf
This will make your Bluetooth interface a "trusted" interface by Microsoft and will allow greater functionality.

 

windows can't find any drivers for the bluetooth

 

@ markr01000

Just wanted to let you know: I posted what I have so far about installing xp-32 on my studio 1735 in the "OFFICIAL: Studio 17 Owner's Thread" (message #216), in case you can find some useful information there. (I didn't ordered the bluetooth device, so can't help you there).

 

Thanks Greorio,
I'll take a look at that thread again.

Do you have all your peripherals and system software functioning under XP pro ? I'm guessing except IR and Quickset are working ?

I may have figured out the power management problem last night. It seems XP was unbeknownst to me providing a Microsoft driver for the webcam, and when the Creative webcam management software got loaded it seemed to cause problems with the Windows driver. Reinstalling the Creative driver seemed to fix that.

Thanks,
Mark

 

what about the finger-reader... is there any program for it???

 

Wow that was a smooth install. great stuff easy with all the drivers and everything is so far working fine!

 

Everything is working even the IR?

 

Has anyone here with Studio 15 used their SERVICE TAG on dell support site? What is your Product Model stated in Dell Support Site?? Mine is INSPIRON 1525, but I have Studio 15.

 

Well, I know this is my first post, but I have been reading and researching how to covert my Dell Studio 1535 that we picked up from Best Buy from Vista to XP. I noticed no one has yet created a tutorial, so here is a link to my tutorial and link for downloading the driver package:
Dell Studio 1535 converted to XP Professional

 

Does anyone has the Integrated microphone XP driver for Studio 1735?

I was playing round today for the first time with the 32bit test/diagnostic utility CD-ROM that came with my studio 1735 and apparently, I have an integrated microhpone . During the test (booting from this CD), It works fine, but once I boot to Windows XP, I don't see it listed anywhere on the device manager, sound mixer or vide/audio devices.

Since this microphone is not listed on the specs on any of my emails I got from Dell or on the Dell.com.mx site, I hadn't even paid attention to that.

In the diagnostic utility is listed as "Intel ICH8 HD Audio with 92HD73C".
I am downloading dave@wickmanstudio's driver pack from his tutorial page to try that next. I've tried several other drivers but no luck so far, so if anybody has any suggestions for installing this device, please let me know.

 

Hey guys. they way i installed xp pro was i found a version online that had SP3 and the lastest SATA raid drivers included and i did not need to go into the BIOS and change the hard drive configuration to ATA. This made everything much easier and the drivers here worked perfectly. oh btw how do i use the IR device?

 

can you give a link on where you got the XP pro.

 

Excellent, I now have XP installed and (as far as I can tell) all my peripherals working.
Thanks for the effort you've put into providing instructions so explicit that even I can't get them wrong.

 

static1812,

Congratulations!

I have 2 questions for you:
Does your laptop have the integrated microphone array? does it work under xp?

If so, could you please tell me which driver you used?
thank you

 

Hey darnsfe if you installed successfully your XP, could you edit the first post and write a tutorial with the links to the drivers??
that'd be so kind....
thanks

 

I believe that he was talking about my post #87:

 

has anyone on XP noticed a bit of response lag on the trackpad when you put your finger on it??

 

Hey I don't know much about computers but I am interested in downgrading to XP from Vista on my Studio 15. What is the difference between SATA and ATA?

 

Brilliant thread, I bought a Studio 15 recently and thought id give Vista a go. Had enough of it within one day, looked really nice, but had software install issues, it felt sluggish, managed to get XP installed and its sooo much faster, ive never had a problem with XP before anyway, so the upgrade to Vista isnt an upgrade for me, but anyway..

Ive got everything working, apart from the software for the fingerprint system. The driver even isntalled from the original drivers cd (actually a few seem to work), but the software obviously wont install,

Has anyone managed to find an xp working digitalpersona personal V3? Its a nice feature the fingerprint system and I would love to get it working again. Or maybe theres some other software which works.

 

Thanks all for doing the legwork. Got my Studio 15 running XP and dualbooting.
My Studio 1535 seems to have an eSATA port (on the left side above the USB port). Has anyone been able to get this working in XP or Vista? Even prior to reinstalling the OS VISTA did not see this device either - no drivers and not shown in BIOS. Any clues?

 

Hi m3d0r. I also have a Dell Studio 1535 and I have to install XP on it. I managed to find almost all strictly necessary drivers, except one thing: ethernet network adapter. The one you uploaded on Rapidshare (and some other driver I found) works just fine until I enter BIOS just to browse it. After I reboot windows the connection disappears and when I want to create a new connection, the PPoE option appears inactive. I reinstalled the driver and it does not work; in order to have internet on my laptop I have to reinstall windows and NEVER enter BIOS again!...
The BIOS is A03 version and is the one that came with the notebook.
I wondered if you have an explanation for this and a reasonable solution...
Does anybody else have this problem? Help me please.

I also did not managed to find a working driver for High Definition Audio Bus...

 

I understand the anti-Vista sentiment, but it seems to run like a dream on this notebook with all the updated drivers and patches. You can change the start menu / control panel, etc back to classic versions if you don't like the new ones (I still prefer the classic control panel myself.) I haven't found an incompatible piece of software yet, although I know they are still out there...but that keeps dwindling. I even got my regular media center remote working on it by changing the IR transceiver to the generic driver.