dibbb
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Re: Dell Inspiron w/ Vista - Install XP Pro
said by DVOOR8  :I have had pretty good luck with XP Pro recognizing all hardware on the machines I have installed it on but figured Id check with you guys first. On every single of the five HP and Dell machine I've bought in the past 6 months that came with Vista that I installed XP on, I had to hunt and search for drivers. (this forum helped me find some)
So my guess is that when you install XP on your Vista machine, XP won't detect the NIC, audio driver, or video driver.
Edit: And from my experience with HP and Dell's site, they do not provide XP drivers for their Vista machines. I had to find the XP drivers from the actual mfg's site (like NVIDIA, etc)
I had to install nForce 430 NIC driver and GeForce 650SE drivers to get it to work. And, luckily, I think these same drivers worked on all the HP and Dell's I had.
These are the machines I've had this issue with:
Dell Inspiron 531
HP Pavilion s3000e
HP Pavilion a6050e
And no, Dell and HP will not honor warranties when you change OS's. But if you have a hardware issue, just tell them you still have Vista or whatever and they'll send you the part.
DSLR was a great help to me doing this, hope this helps you as well. |
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MSeng
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| said by dibbb :Edit: And from my experience with HP and Dell's site, they do not provide XP drivers for their Vista machines. I had to find the XP drivers from the actual mfg's site (like NVIDIA, etc) Assuming the OP post is a typo the Inspiron 1501 does in fact offer XP drivers for their hardware and software.
As long as Dell continues to be able to provide options with respect to the OS installed, they would have to provide driver support for both.
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dibbb
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| said by MSeng :said by dibbb :Edit: And from my experience with HP and Dell's site, they do not provide XP drivers for their Vista machines. I had to find the XP drivers from the actual mfg's site (like NVIDIA, etc) Assuming the OP post is a typo the Inspiron 1501 does in fact offer XP drivers for their hardware and software. As long as Dell continues to be able to provide options with respect to the OS installed, they would have to provide driver support for both. I stand "somewhat" corrected. 
I swear, and I had to look hard, I could not find XP drivers for my Dell machines I bought with Vista from Dell's website.
Looking now, I see they DO offer XP drivers!
My experience with this XP/Vista driver issue was back in September 2007, so I guess they have updated their website to supply these drivers directly.
I'll have to check HP.com now for the same thing. |
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