XPS M1330 Bluetooth vs Sigmatel audio issue under XP SP2

Hi everyone, not sure if this has been discussed/documented, but I could not find anything via search.

Got XP SP2 and all drivers to install properly (*finally*). Added my Bluetooth hands-free device (PLT 510) yesterday via the Dell provided Bluetooth manager, and all seemed well...

... until I realized Sigmatel Audio hardware failed to start afterwards!

Install of the latest Sigmatel driver from Dell fixed the problem, but it fails to start after rebooth everytime thereafter. Finally, I had to uninstall the bluetooth hands-free device for the issue to go away.

Can anyway duplicate & confirm this issue? Even better, might there be a solution to this? Would be great if I could keep using the hands-free audio with Skype on my shiny new M1330!

Thanks in advance!

 

I have this exact same problem. anyone know anything about it?

 

what's your bluetooth stack?
i'm using WDICOMM, and i've heard a lot of good things about it. except it hasn't been made for m1330 yet

 

my audio driver:
R171789 that came out 12/20/07

this one, for me, doesn't require me to install the microsoft hd audio patch thing

 

anyone know anything about this?

i called dell today, and they told me they're not making a bluetooth driver for xp

 

help? I'm about to go vista because of this stupid issue

 

Can't help you directly regarding the 1330, but I can tell you that the 355 Bluetooth EDR driver works flawlessly with XP Pro SP2 on my X1530. Installled it today. So you can officially call "bs" on whatever Dell picklehead told you they didn't exist.

-Dave

 

can u give me the link to this particular driver? thanks

 

i have been looking for the bluetooth driver for xp as well. if the bluetooth doesnt work i will have to switch to vista.

 

Alright everyone, issue has been FIXED!!

Get the latest Sigmatel HD 32-bit WinXP compatible audio drivers at:
http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/SO.../Sigmatel-STAC-HD-Audio-Driver-61053370.shtml

Get the latest Broadcom BT WIDCOMM drivers at (After installing your original Dell drivers!!):
http://drivers.anycom.com/bluetooth/usb-200-250/anycom-bluetooth-usb200-250-windows-v5-1-0-4200.exe

Sync'd up my PLT510 hands-free and Sigmatel drivers were still OK!

Let me know if this fix works for you!

 

Those drivers you posted are for Gateway systems, it's a crapshoot if it's gonna work or not.

Has anyone tried the SigmaTel drivers for the D630? I'm on Vista at the moment, but I might be able to try later on XP.

 

Uh, it's not a crapshoot. I'm running WinXP SP2 with latest patches/updates installed.

After installing the new Bluetooth WIDCOMM drivers, my Sigmatel driver does NOT crap out anymore like it used to. So, I have confirmed it WORKS.

Feel free to try it or don't bother... no skin off my back. All I know is I went from not being able to use my handsfree bluetooth device at all to using it for Skype nightly now with 0 problems.

 

i'm trying the 2 drivers you posted on a new hdd i bought to try xp on my m1330, and i still get the same problem i got before. the bluetooth disables the audio drivers.

how did u get yours to work?

 

anyone else have xp on this laptop?

 

can anyone else confirm this issue? i tried the newer drivers, but they still disable the audio...

 

I just put XP Pro on this notebook today I got all the drivers from the Dell.com website except for the video card which I got off the Nvidia site, everything is working good.

 

can you give me the link for the bluetooth driver?

i've tried every single bluetooth driver made by dell, and a few that's not. i've also had my bluetooth dongle swapped out a few weeks ago (turns out there was nothing wrong with the old one, but dell is nice about that kind of thing)

 

This is the one I used:

Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Module (Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR): (only if you have it of course)
http://support.dell.com/support/down...&fileid=216131