M1330 Bluetooth driver corrupts Audio driver in XP SP2

I've had this problem before trying to install xp onto the m1330, but i just bought a new hdd to try it again.

i'm using all the drivers that dell used to provide for the m1330 in xp 32bit. What happened to those drivers? I saved copies of them, but dell removed them? wtf?

I've tried these Bluetooth drivers:

http://support.us.dell.com/support/...eid=R127314&formatcnt=1&libid=0&fileid=169465

http://support.us.dell.com/support/...eid=R161378&formatcnt=1&libid=0&fileid=216131

as well as:

http://drivers.anycom.com/bluetooth/usb-200-250/anycom-bluetooth-usb200-250-windows-v5-1-0-4200.exe



and these drivers for the Sigmatel audio:

http://support.us.dell.com/support/...eid=R171789&formatcnt=1&libid=0&fileid=235761

(the one dell listed as the xp audio driver for the m1330)

and also this one:

http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/SO.../Sigmatel-STAC-HD-Audio-Driver-61053370.shtml

although this one doesn't work at all. :-(


the problem i have, with all the combinations of these drivers is that after i install the audio, everything works fine. then i install the bluetooth stack, and after a restart or 2, the bluetooth audio driver disables the sigmatel audio driver, and i get the yellow ! in windows device manager.


i'm not the only one who's had this problem:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=208580


for all those who got xp to work on the m1330, like all these people from this thread:

http://www.dellcommunity.com/suppor...hread.id=253132&view=by_date_ascending&page=1
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=153941&highlight=m1330+xp

how did u get the bluetooth driver to work with the audio driver??



please help. i've been struggling with this problem for months. it's the only reason why i'm using vista.

 

help anyone?

 

anyone know anything bout this?

 

I'm using Vista and I also had trouble with the audio after reinstalling certain BT drivers. StacSVC would constantly crash, though all it does is monitor when you plug something in to the left-most jack and offer you options as to what the device should be treated as (speakers, mic, etc.)

If you have Vista, you don't need the BT drivers - I can sync my WM PDA and use my BT KB/Mouse and BT Mouse with no issues without any BT driver.

 

yea, i'm using vista on the other hdd, and i don't need a bluetooth driver.

but i'm trying to use xp. i have vista ultimate, but i still like xp better

 

anyone have xp on this laptop?

 

anyone have xp on this laptop?

 

anyone have xp on this laptop?

 

anyone have xp on this laptop?