Installing XP over Linux
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From: Shenan Stanley on 21 Jun 2010 14:19 Kev wrote: > Dell Studio 1537 > > The Dell website only has Vista drivers for this model. I am having > difficulty finding XP versions. That's because it is only supported by Dell with Vista on it... However - read through this posting: http://forum.notebookreview.com/dell-inspiron-dell-studio/270228-installing-windows-xp-pro-studio-15-a-3.html And see if you cannot locate (via keywords, etc) the drivers you need for each component on a piece-by-piece basis... (Go through and read all the pages - 3 and after at least - as they have lots of information...) -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
From: Kev on 24 Jun 2010 04:00 > You could try this: > http://www.drivereasy.com/ > > It's free .. I think it's pretty good Thanks, that was useful. I have probably got most of hardware working now, the stuff that I need anyway. It does not matter that the onboard audio is not working, as it would become redundant when I eventually get a 24-bit audio USB interface.
From: Kev on 24 Jun 2010 04:05 Many thanks to all who responded, both to the original question and to the various follow-up questions. Everything is more or less sorted now. An excellent forum. Kev
From: Stefan Patric on 24 Jun 2010 16:44 On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:00:41 +0100, Kev wrote: >> You could try this: >> http://www.drivereasy.com/ >> >> It's free .. I think it's pretty good > > Thanks, that was useful. > > I have probably got most of hardware working now, the stuff that I need > anyway. It does not matter that the onboard audio is not working, as it > would become redundant when I eventually get a 24-bit audio USB > interface. If you have no need of the onboard audio, go into BIOS and turn it off, so no drivers are loaded and no RAM addresses are allotted for it, etc. Just a waste of resources otherwise. Stef
From: Kev on 24 Jun 2010 20:25
>> I have probably got most of hardware working now, the stuff that I need >> anyway. It does not matter that the onboard audio is not working, as it >> would become redundant when I eventually get a 24-bit audio USB >> interface. > > If you have no need of the onboard audio, go into BIOS and turn it off, > so no drivers are loaded and no RAM addresses are allotted for it, etc. > Just a waste of resources otherwise. I have already turned off a few unwanted things, e.g. Wireless. But I can't find anything that refers to Audio anywhere in the BIOS. |