- XP re-installed on an Inspiron 1501. Which drivers for wirelessbroadband and audio?
- Posted by pfgpowell on June 12th, 2008
My brother's Inspiron 1501 came with Vista installed but ran so slow,
I persuaded him to let me install XP Home. However, as my (legit) copy
of XP was not supplied by Dell, I still need to install the relevant
drivers 1) to enable sound, and 2) to allow the Inspiron to connect to
the net on a wireless network as well as via ethernet. (I know I have
to install the necessary drivers because I had the same problem with a
Dell GX260 I bought last year.) I also know all about the 'driver
download' page on the Dell support site, but I don't know which I must
download and install to enable wireless networking and the sound on
the Inspiron. Can anyone tell me?
- Posted by BillW50 on June 12th, 2008
In
news:28eb119d-afd7-4d4e-bd13-4e9c6d1bec9e@k30g2000hse.googlegroups.com,
pfgpowell typed on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:12:05 -0700 (PDT):
The first thing I would do is to grab the drivers with something like:
DriverBackup! (free)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/drvback/
Sometimes Vista drivers will work under Windows XP. But getting a copy
of the drivers is very important before wiping out the drive.
--
Bill
Gateway Celeron M 370 (1.5GHZ)
MX6124 (laptop) w/1GB
Windows XP Home SP2 (60GB HD)
Intel(r) 910GML (64MB shared)
- Posted by G.G. Willikers on June 12th, 2008
BillW50 wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/2lo9j9
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The Right Reverend
Golly G. Willikers
First Dobbsian Temple
of the
Illuminated Skull
http://www.subgenius.com
- Posted by Quaoar on June 15th, 2008
pfgpowell wrote:
For others that read your post, I suggest that prior to doing any
downgrade of a Vista computer to XP, one checks with the vendor for
relevant XP drivers first. Most vendors DO NOT HAVE A COMPLETE SET OF
XP-COMPATIBLE DRIVERS for computers sold with Vista. Why would they?
Q
