Windows XP 64-Bit on Vostro 1500

I was thinking about getting a copy of the 64 bit version of xp. I have the regular 32-bit on my laptop right now. As i was looking on the drivers cd that came with my laptop it shows limited amount of drivers compared to what is under the 32-bit tab. Do i just use the 32-bit drivers for whatever isnt available on the 64-bit drivers list?

Also has anyone used the 64-bit version of XP yet on a vostro/Inspiron 1500/1520? and your thoughts?

 

i don't have a vostro, but i really don't think that the 32-bit drivers on your driver CD will work with win xp 64-bit ed. probably not a good idea to try. i would leave the 32-bit OS alone.

 

You only have 1gb of ram. 64bit is only useful for 4+gb. I would upgrade your ram to at least 2gb if you are going to do anything to it. Oh, and for the driver thing, you need 64bit drivers.

 

I was planning on upgrading the RAM. And as far as the drivers CD it has drivers for all OS's (Vista 32 and 64 bit, and XP 32 and 64 Bit). The only thing is there are just a few 64 bit drivers compared to the 32 bit drivers available.

My main question was that after i install the available 64-bit drivers. What do i do about the other drivers i need that arent available? If you look on the driver cd for the vostro you will see what i am talking about.

 

You can attempt to find them from other places on the web, like manufacturers websites and the like.

 

Forget it, I just installed windowx xp 64bit on my vostro 1500. The OS runs pretty fast and I only have 1GB ram, but it's impossible to find drivers for the video card and the ethernet card
If someone has found drivers at least for the ethernet card please let us know.
What's the point of having 64bit CPU when you can't run a 64bit OS.

 

ludakot,

I am surprised that you cannot find a video driver that will work. Do you have one of the nvidia cards (I think some of the 1500's had Intels)? In my experience, nvidia is very good about releasing 64 bit drivers. Did you find a wireless driver? How about a webcam? Thanks for the feedback and being a bit daring.

Update: On my vostro 1500, I have a broadcom 440X ethernet controller. After some searching, the driver for this is located at http://www.broadcom.com/support/ethernet_nic/4401.php I seems like the driver works pretty well from what others say. The video is a little disappointing because nvidia isn't support the laptop driver cards, but you can go to http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/ and find the 64 bit drivers that should work. I think they actually ripped them from Lenovo.

Let's see if we can't get all the driver's needed to get an x64 install

 

Sorry about the long post, but I saw another forum on this website ( http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=187229)
about this and was thinking that Dell shouldn't have taken it away.

So I pulled up a chat and this is how it went

01/26/2008 02:36:35PM Session Started with Agent (SMB_Jose_176510)
01/26/2008 02:36:38PM Agent (SMB_Jose_176510): "Thank you for contacting Dell's Small and Medium Business Hardware Support, my name is Tony. How can I help you?"
01/26/2008 02:41:34PM David Hansen: "Just wanted to get the x64 drivers for my Vostro 1500...they used to be on the website, but are gone now. How can I get them"
01/26/2008 02:49:05PM Agent (SMB_Jose_176510): "Right now I am not able to access the site, what driver do you need'"
01/26/2008 02:49:27PM David Hansen: "All of them"
01/26/2008 02:49:59PM David Hansen: "I would like to install windows xp x64 and so I need the 64 bit drivers"
01/26/2008 02:50:25PM Agent (SMB_Jose_176510): "Did you not get a resource CD with your system?"
01/26/2008 02:51:30PM David Hansen: "I believe so, but do not have access to it as I am in another place"
01/26/2008 02:51:57PM Agent (SMB_Jose_176510): "Ok, please give me 3 minutes"
01/26/2008 02:59:24PM Agent (SMB_Jose_176510): "you can download the NIC driver from here"
01/26/2008 02:59:29PM Agent (SMB_Jose_176510) sends page: "http://www.broadcom.com/support/ethernet_nic/4401.php"
01/26/2008 03:00:14PM David Hansen: "Great, do you have any others?"
01/26/2008 03:00:42PM Agent (SMB_Jose_176510): "Yes please give me 2 minutes"
01/26/2008 03:00:46PM Agent (SMB_Jose_176510): "For the video card"
01/26/2008 03:03:30PM Agent (SMB_Jose_176510) sends page: "http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp64_169.21_whql.html"
01/26/2008 03:06:40PM Agent (SMB_Jose_176510): "For integrated audio"
01/26/2008 03:06:45PM Agent (SMB_Jose_176510) sends page: "http://www.softwarepatch.com/utilities/intel-high-definition-hd-driver.html"
01/26/2008 03:07:41PM Agent (SMB_Jose_176510): "Sorry that is for the modem"
01/26/2008 03:14:20PM Agent (SMB_Jose_176510): "This is the most important one, you need to install it before you install anything"
01/26/2008 03:14:43PM Agent (SMB_Jose_176510): "Then this one"
01/26/2008 03:14:47PM Agent (SMB_Jose_176510) sends page: "http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R153997&SystemID=VOS_N_1500&servicetag=&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=1134&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=1&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=27&fileid=205326"
01/26/2008 03:19:00PM David Hansen: "This is great so far, thank you...Do you know when Dell will have their x64 drivers page up again?"
01/26/2008 03:20:03PM Agent (SMB_Jose_176510): "Well the thing is that there are some that are for 64 bit, some that all for 64 and 32 bit, so what they did was mix them under the windows XP section."
01/26/2008 03:22:05PM Agent (SMB_Jose_176510): "This is for modem too"
01/26/2008 03:22:08PM Agent (SMB_Jose_176510) sends page: "http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R148605&SystemID=VOS_N_1500&servicetag=&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=13468&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=1&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=20&fileid=197457"
01/26/2008 03:22:12PM David Hansen: "hmmm...that seems to be a bit confusing"
01/26/2008 03:22:50PM David Hansen: "Do I just need to search through the windows xp section to find the rest?"
01/26/2008 03:23:03PM Agent (SMB_Jose_176510): "Yes"
01/26/2008 03:23:28PM Agent (SMB_Jose_176510): "Thought some of your drives do not have their drivers listed their like your optical drive."
01/26/2008 03:23:33PM Agent (SMB_Jose_176510): "Though*"
01/26/2008 03:24:15PM David Hansen: "I can probably do that on my own...any suggestions for the ones that don't have drivers besides the manufacturer?"
01/26/2008 03:26:49PM Agent (SMB_Jose_176510): "I do not think you will have any problems with the any other driver."
01/26/2008 03:28:17PM David Hansen: "Sounds good, thank you for your help"
01/26/2008 03:28:46PM Agent (SMB_Jose_176510): "David, you will be receiving a transcript of our conversation via email. If you require assistance in the future, please visit us online at ***Dell.com/SmallBusinessChat or call 1-800-456-3355. Is there anything else I can help you with today?"
01/26/2008 03:29:23PM Agent (SMB_Jose_176510): "for you to be able to know the right name for your drive, you can access system information"
01/26/2008 03:30:18PM Agent (SMB_Jose_176510): "just click on start, run and type msinfo32 in the dialog box and press OK, click on the + next to the Components section, look for the drive for which you need its name."
01/26/2008 03:30:58PM David Hansen: "Great. Thanks for all your help"

So most of the drivers are mixed in so you want to look for "multi OS" to find drivers that will work. I will try to install windows xp x64 soon. I'll keep you updated

 

Hi, i wanna know if you found the driver for the integrated microphone, the famous: Knowles Acoustics IntelliSonic Speech Enhancement, Driver, Windows XP x64 for the Vostro 1500.

Regards.

 

ive got most 64 bit drivers was pretty hard search but i you have any quistiens you can ask me