The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Help With Dell Xps M1330 Vista Downgrade To Xp!!!

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by kirbxy, Mar 30, 2009.

  1. kirbxy

    kirbxy Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    8
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I followed the instruction on this site, http://www.dell-m1330-info.com/dell_m1330_windows_xp.html
    to downgrade to xp. Everything seems fine. I downloaded the drivers and everything. but the thing is that it's EXTREMELY!!!! s...l.....o.....w. it's even slower than those old computers I dont know what the problem is. Is it something I did in the BIOS?
    I delete all the partitions except the C drive when it asked me, so Im not sure if that has anything to do with it. Some1 help plz lol im a fail at computer
     
    kirbxy, Mar 30, 2009
    #1
  2. laziepig

    laziepig Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    4
    Messages:
    82
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    AHCI enable in your bios? If not u need to update the drivers manually before enabling it..
     
    laziepig, Mar 30, 2009
    #2
  3. kirbxy

    kirbxy Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    8
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    O-o huh? I cant enable it or else the window xp wont run. on the site it said that i should disable it, so i changed it to ATA(the only other option) What drivers do i need to enable AHCI?
     
    kirbxy, Mar 30, 2009
    #3
  4. vassil_98

    vassil_98 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    133
    Messages:
    1,524
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    vassil_98, Mar 31, 2009
    #4
  5. laziepig

    laziepig Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    4
    Messages:
    82
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Kirbxy like I said you need to install AHCI drivers manually, reboot and enable it in the bios. Just follow the instruction from the link vassil_98 posted..
     
    laziepig, Mar 31, 2009
    #5
  6. BatBoy

    BatBoy Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    7,395
    Messages:
    7,964
    Likes Received:
    25
    Trophy Points:
    206
    FYI - the flash module is Dell's term for the Intel Turbo Memory Card. If you do not have one installed, its pointless to enable it. If you do have one installed, DO NOT use the Intel Matrix Storage Manager installer. The Intel Turbo Memory installer installs its own certified version of Intel Matrix Storage Manager. See the info located at the Intel Turbo Memory page. Other than that, his process should work.
     
    BatBoy, Mar 31, 2009
    #6
  7. kirbxy

    kirbxy Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    8
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    thanks guys, so far it seems to be working fine but I dont get the "-a switch" part. I tried typing into command " IATA88ENG.exe -a" (the download site didnt have version 76 like the post said) and nothing showed up. so Im still stuck on the extracting files w/o installing part.
     
    kirbxy, Apr 1, 2009
    #7