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Dell Studio XPS 13 - Need to put XP on machine

Asked by: Stevenpj

We have tried speaking to dell and get no help what so ever

All I want is the exact sata drivers to put XP Professional onto a Dell XPS Studio System

Help Please

Also to get step-by-step would be geat on getting XP on and drivers. But the sata drivers to start would be good

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Answers

 

by: KechkaPosted on 2009-04-03 at 07:02:09ID: 24060045

Dell doesn't provide XP drivers but you can downgrade. Sata controller will either cause a BSOD during the install or on first boot, or xp wont see the hdd at all. Slipstream the intel sata drivers (G33 chipset?) onto the XP cd. Use nlite http://www.nliteos.com/ to add drivers to XP install cd. I can check for rest of the drivers. If you need help for addind device drivers to CD take a look at post http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_24291509.html

 

by: StevenpjPosted on 2009-04-03 at 07:54:54ID: 24060583

where do I add the G33 chipset drivers

 

by: souseranPosted on 2009-04-03 at 11:45:43ID: 24062988

The one you had was for the integrated media. The one I linked is for the Storage Manager which is what you'll need to get the hard drive seen properly.

 

by: StevenpjPosted on 2009-04-06 at 01:06:11ID: 24075125

There is a lot of drivers which I am going through each one.

I get blue screen on every one. I am doing this through a floppy disk.

Why am i getting BSOD on everyone

 

by: KechkaPosted on 2009-04-06 at 03:19:11ID: 24075790

Try to change SATA option to IDE mode in your BIOS.

 

by: StevenpjPosted on 2009-04-06 at 03:43:39ID: 24075913

I have got it working by leaving the Vista c partition on and installing XP onto the recovery partition.

I am noqw struggling on getting the chipset for NVIDIA  GeForce  MCP79MX for XP professional. Could you let me know what i need to do to get this chipset

Also what network driver do I need to get this working

Lastly If i delete the Vista C partition. Will it stop the machine booting?

 

by: KechkaPosted on 2009-04-06 at 04:47:22ID: 24076235

Try with this guide, if you later format C you will probably loose master boot record.

 

by: StevenpjPosted on 2009-04-06 at 06:21:01ID: 24077009

Hi

Tried those drivers and it didnt seem to pick any of them up which is weird...  Any ideas..

Some were because it is 32 bit and not 64 bit but it wont pick up the new drivers

 

by: StevenpjPosted on 2009-04-06 at 07:52:54ID: 24077908

Hi

Also it is a 32 bit operating system not 64

 

by: KechkaPosted on 2009-04-06 at 23:30:42ID: 24084365

Are you trying to do new install of xp or just install drivers on the Xp on recovery partition?

 

by: StevenpjPosted on 2009-04-07 at 00:28:51ID: 24084596

installing new copy of XP on the recovery partition. Vista is still on another partition

 

by: KechkaPosted on 2009-04-07 at 00:37:19ID: 24084649

 

by: StevenpjPosted on 2009-04-07 at 00:55:47ID: 24084729

8QLG74J

 

by: KechkaPosted on 2009-04-07 at 01:26:24ID: 24084962

It's a Dell Studio 1340 with nVidia chipset, so most of above is wrong. Try drivers from this page
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=4646713
post # 1933
If you are success with drivers I suggest that you install clean XP, not on Recovery partition, you just need to change in BIOS (F2 during boot screen) HDD to ATA.

 

by: StevenpjPosted on 2009-04-07 at 01:48:00ID: 24085098

Thanks for this.

If yo can find me exactly where the the MCP79 chipset drivers are for the Dell I will rebuild from scratch now and let you know

 

by: StevenpjPosted on 2009-04-07 at 02:37:55ID: 24085355

i have install XP on it's own now.. Wiped all trace of Vista.

i installed the chipset driver and the ethernet driver from dell. When I installed it all looks good but when I restarted nothing has changed. Everything is still question marked

 

by: KechkaPosted on 2009-04-07 at 02:52:20ID: 24085442

When you install your chipset driver question marks disappear and when you restarted the question mark for SMBUS, SMU appear again? Do you have network card drivers installed in your system now?

Can you open your Device manager, press Ctrl+Alt+Printscreen.
Open Paint, press Edit Paste, save picture as jpg and post it here.

 

by: StevenpjPosted on 2009-04-07 at 02:58:58ID: 24085482

When I installed the Chipset it installed successfully but didnt change any of the questionmarks before and after a restart.

I have installed the network driver as suggested but again nothing has changed.

i installed the Video controller with the inf mod and it has installed but leaving an exclamation mark as well. It works though so one down

 

by: StevenpjPosted on 2009-04-07 at 03:03:14ID: 24085506

Device Manager

 

by: KechkaPosted on 2009-04-07 at 03:20:41ID: 24085613

Take a look at installation instruction on chipset download page.

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&releaseid=R202281&SystemID=StudioXPS13&servicetag=8QLG74J&os=WLH&osl=en&deviceid=17750&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=1&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=27&fileid=281117

It says that when you run downloaded exe it's a self extracting file which just extract files to C:\DELL\DRIVERS\R202281, Then you need to go to that folder and run setup.

 

by: StevenpjPosted on 2009-04-07 at 03:52:59ID: 24085787

Yep did that straight away

 

by: KechkaPosted on 2009-04-07 at 05:00:25ID: 24086218

Try this driver for your graphics. remove the 9200 driver, you should have 9400 or 9500 driver.

 

by: KechkaPosted on 2009-04-07 at 05:00:38ID: 24086219

 

by: StevenpjPosted on 2009-04-07 at 05:46:05ID: 24086643

What about the ethernet information. this is the one I most want to get so i can get on the domain etc...

 

by: KechkaPosted on 2009-04-07 at 06:30:17ID: 24087089

try to install chipset driver for Acer Aspire 5737Z Vista. It's the same chipset as your, and contain also network drivers. You have nvidia network.
Also consider upgrading your BIOS to the latest version from dell site because nvidia mentions problems with dell BIOS.

 

by: StevenpjPosted on 2009-04-07 at 07:16:33ID: 24087571

ok i have tried that chipset. I have updated the BIOS and i have deleted the drivers in question gone onto the Marvel site and downloaded the srivers there.

This is painful. Cant see why they would make it this difficult to put the XP drivers on

Do you know the exact Network Drivers?

What shall i do next

 

by: KechkaPosted on 2009-04-07 at 07:19:54ID: 24087610

What drivers from Marvel site and why?

 

by: StevenpjPosted on 2009-04-07 at 07:35:39ID: 24087761

just a driver which was related to marvel.

IT WAS CLUTCHING AT A STRAW.

i dont understand why it wont work

 

by: KechkaPosted on 2009-04-07 at 08:05:45ID: 24088083

It's painful because there is no drivers for XP for your DELL on their site, and you must find other solution.
But nobody mentioned Marvel drivers.

You need to first find apropriate driver for chipset, and after that for any other hardware that you have.
Now when you updated BIOS try with first driver that I posted you (C:\DELL\DRIVERS\R202281).
If that fails uninstall and then try another.

More chipset drivers:

http://www.mediafire.com/?1emqj4oevzn
http://downloads.guru3d.com/nForce-Driver-19.06---XP|Vista-32-bit_d2051.html
ftp://ftp.work.acer-euro.com/notebook/aspire_5737Z/vista/Drivers/01.Chipset_NVidia_v19.07_Vistax32.zip

You need to have correctly installed drivers for SMBUS, SMU, and the HD Audio driver.

 

by: StevenpjPosted on 2009-04-08 at 01:40:56ID: 24094952

we have now gott tthe network driver on there.. yipeee

i have attached the ones not installed still... nearly there

thanks so far

 

by: KechkaPosted on 2009-04-08 at 02:32:08ID: 24095166

OK try wireless
http://files.laptopvideo2go.com/wlan/atheros_v7.6.1.221.exe

You also have Dell 1515 Mini PCI same as xps 1313 so try this drivers. Chipset is AR928X. So, unzip those atheros drivers. Then go to Device manager, Right Click your Wireless Device (or Network Device) and Update Driver, Select No to search for internet updates, Press Next, Select Install from a Specific Location (advanced) and press next, Click Dont search. I will choose the driver to install, and press Next, Click Have Disk and the Browse, Locate Driver folder, then go to Drivers and scroll to find the AR928X driver and press Open, Press Ok and install the Driver. It will ask you if you want to install, not certified, etc, don't worry, just install.

 

by: StevenpjPosted on 2009-04-08 at 03:52:28ID: 24095611

Still cant seem to install these 3 drivers. How do i get the HD audio to work

 

by: KechkaPosted on 2009-04-08 at 04:01:41ID: 24095677

 

by: StevenpjPosted on 2009-04-08 at 04:38:06ID: 24095936

downloading at the moment.

What about the other drivers. any ideas

 

by: StevenpjPosted on 2009-04-08 at 04:50:35ID: 24096030

sond drivers are now on...

2 drivers left.. one is a network controller and the video controller problem...

cant see how to get these last ones on. trying every possible way

 

by: KechkaPosted on 2009-04-08 at 04:55:53ID: 24096079

Try this for video,
http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/geforce_notebook_winxp_179.48_beta_uk.html
what else is left? wireless and ...

 

by: KechkaPosted on 2009-04-08 at 04:57:51ID: 24096093

Did you for install driver for wireless exactly as mentioned in post?

 

by: StevenpjPosted on 2009-04-08 at 05:17:25ID: 24096272

yes indeed

 

by: StevenpjPosted on 2009-04-08 at 05:33:35ID: 24096418

wlan drivers I guess needed still

Sound drivers work now.

 

by: StevenpjPosted on 2009-04-08 at 05:34:55ID: 24096432

the ones needed are Network controller and Unknown device

I have tried all the drivers again and done this through add hardware wizard and device manager update driver. All still do not work

 

by: KechkaPosted on 2009-04-08 at 05:39:07ID: 24096474

Can you check properties of your device and check in "Details" tab. Is the card PCI\VEN_168C&DEV_002A&SUBSYS_0200168C

If not write here.

Does the question mark changed to exlamation on network card?

 

by: StevenpjPosted on 2009-04-08 at 05:49:16ID: 24096580

for the network controller it is
PCI\VEN_168C&DEV_002A&SUBSYS_0200168C&REV_01\4&294CE3ED&0&00B0

for the unknown device it is
ACPI\ITE8708\3&2411E6FE&0

 

by: StevenpjPosted on 2009-04-08 at 05:50:49ID: 24096588

the additional video driver that has an exclamation marrk is

PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_06E8&SUBSYS_02711028&REV_A1\4&257630E2&0&0060

 

by: KechkaPosted on 2009-04-08 at 05:54:04ID: 24096615

 

by: KechkaPosted on 2009-04-08 at 06:04:03ID: 24096718

 

by: StevenpjPosted on 2009-04-08 at 06:33:50ID: 24096975

ok. infrared kind of worked. i have attached device managaer again

 

by: StevenpjPosted on 2009-04-14 at 00:27:03ID: 24135598

Do we have any updates on this so far from the latest device manager pritn screen

 

by: KechkaPosted on 2009-04-14 at 01:17:14ID: 24135835

Don't know what to say, your cart is Dell 1515 Mini PCI with chipset AR928X, and that last drivers should be for that device.

It's weird if you tried to install earlier posted drivers exactly on the way described in post (forced install), question mark should change into exclamation mark if the drivers are inpropriate.

Try this for wireless
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=15297

Pick latest version for xp, when you download it and run you should have extracted files in Atheros... folder. Go to Control panel, delete network controller, scan for new hardware, when prompted for drivers point to the folder with extracted files x32 with driver in it

 

by: StevenpjPosted on 2009-04-14 at 07:53:39ID: 24138931

ok will try this and get back to you

 

by: StevenpjPosted on 2009-04-15 at 01:30:17ID: 24145785

Hi I deleted the network drivers and started again. It all worked. It is now officially XP. Thanks for all you help it has been a hard slog but we got there. You well deserve the 500 points.

thanks again

 

by: StevenpjPosted on 2009-04-15 at 01:32:27ID: 24145790

All the answers where found

 

by: KechkaPosted on 2009-04-15 at 03:01:44ID: 24146235

I didn't get the points, probably user done something wrong (even it's one of the hardest points)

 

by: StevenpjPosted on 2009-04-16 at 02:45:31ID: 24155860

sory please award all points to the expert

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