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    XPS 1530 & Windows 7

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by wagswvu, Oct 5, 2009.

  1. wagswvu

    wagswvu Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well I got Windows 7 Ultimate running excellent on my desktop, so I was now going to turn my attention to my XPS 1530. However, what's the word on drivers, Quickset, and fingerprint reader?
     
    wagswvu, Oct 5, 2009
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    Windows 7 requires very few thrid party drivers, out of the box. However, when needed, Vista drivers normally do the trick. Also, Dell already has quite a few Win7 drivers available for download.
     
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    Search and you shall be rewarded.

    I did mine on the weekend and it was a piece of cake.
     
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    wagswvu Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok, I was able to get chipset drivers, but what about "Dell Wireless 1395" and bluetooth drivers? Does windows already have drivers for these devices?
     
    wagswvu, Oct 8, 2009
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    Yep... give it a try. Install Windows 7 and see where you are when the dust settles :p
     
    jb1007, Oct 8, 2009
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    my girlfriends xps m1530 has win 7 in it and works great.
     
    noreaster, Oct 8, 2009
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    wagswvu Notebook Enthusiast

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    All is good except, there is still one device that fails to get picked up. it's called "Base System Device" it has a hardware id of PCI\VEN_1180&DEV_0592&SUBSYS_022E1028&REV_12

    Anythoughts?

    Thanks
     
    wagswvu, Oct 9, 2009
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    jhawk Notebook Guru

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    That is your card reader driver, 7 didn't load it correctly.
     
    jhawk, Oct 9, 2009
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    I wanted to ask if there is an Official thread for XPS M1530 and Win7 ?
     
    mar_tin1, Oct 9, 2009
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    Thanks.. I loaded the dell drivers for Vista 64 and it worked.
     
    wagswvu, Oct 9, 2009
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    Ok, one last question. I got the Upek (finger scaner) driver installed from their site, but where can you get software to use the scanner?
     
    wagswvu, Oct 9, 2009
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    Upek suite should be on Dell's website, I think that is what your referring to.
     
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    Link posted earlier in this thread:

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=340751


    Protector Suite software can also be downloaded from Upek.
     
    Signal2Noise, Oct 10, 2009
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