Dell :: Will Windows 7 Run On XPS M1330
Sep 25, 2009
I have Home Premium Vista 64-bit and there's a college student offer for $29.99 for a Windows 7 upgrade and I was wondering if there is driver support for all of the gadgets on this laptop. My biggest concern is the fingerprint reader.
I have the bug in Vista where you can't do upgrades because of database corruption so it would be a full installation from scratch. I assume that I'd have to install Vista and then Windows 7.
I went to Dell's website and didn't see Windows 7 drivers at the site; just Vista drivers.
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Dec 30, 2009
I have a M1330 notebook with t8100 processor 3GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS GPU.
The notebook was shipped with Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit, recently I have installed Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit edition on notebook. I have removed Vista and installed 7 on same partition.
The problem is system is acting weird, after 15 - 20 min of switching it on the fan makes noise and rotates fast and after some time the notebbok automatically shuts down. I checked the device manager and there I saw that it is not listing my GPU.
Are there any drivers to be installed. I have already upgraded my BIOS to A15 which is the latest available on Dell website.
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Sep 24, 2009
Has anyone installed Windows 7 Pro/Ultimate on their XPS M1330? Does all the drivers work etc..Is there a thread on this?
Mine originally came with Vista Basic but I changed to XP Pro SP3. Now contemplating of getting Windows 7.
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Jul 1, 2009
I have an XPS M1330 with an Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 @ 2.1GHz, and 2 gigs of RAM. I'm currently using Vista Home Premium 32-bit, but I am strongly considering switching to 64-bit when I upgrade to Windows 7..
First of all, can you tell me if my processor capable of running 64-bit Windows, or is it specifically geared towards 32-bit? Since RAM is so cheap at the moment, I'm willing to upgrade to 4 gigs in order to run x64, but I don't think I'll go through with it if it means I have to get a new processor..
Secondly, would you say that it was worth the trouble to make the jump to 64-bit, given my hardware configuration? Will there be a palpable difference in performance? I mostly use my laptop for work and gaming, both hardcore and casual, and if I'll be able to get a significant performance boost by going up to 4 gigs of RAM and a 64-bit OS, I will go for it....................
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Feb 11, 2009
At random times but every few minutes, I keep getting BSODs that reference tdx.sys.
The problem seems to occur only if my integrated Broadcom wired LAN adapter is connected. I recently ran it for a few hours straight while using wi-fi and no LAN and it did not BSOD at all.
I have read online it has to do with the Broadcom drivers, but even after updating the drivers, the problem still exists. I also tried uninstalling the drivers from Dev. Manager and letting Windows reinstall whatever it wanted. Still no dice.
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Nov 7, 2009
just successfully installed windows 7 on my m1330 with not problems.
i could listen to music via my speakers
but once I unplugged them I noticed that I had no sound form the laptop speaker.
checked the net for sigmatel drivers but to no avail.
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Mar 12, 2010
i have windows 7 32-bit ultimate installed on my XPS M1330, and i discovered trouble on having the right bluetooth driver, i already check the driver using windows update, some of bluetooth driver from dell.com (exactly R226750, R159805, R140135) and none of them are solve my trouble, here some of the screenshot
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Jan 7, 2009
One of the several Dell techs I have had to talk to told me not to turn on Windows updates after my last restore to factory settings. Anyone else ever been told this?
Sounds ridiculous. The guys name was JoJo (sp?). He told me I couldn't install any updates. Not SP1, nothing.
He said that Dell and MS were working on "issues" that would be cleared up in 2-3 months. Curiously, this is around the expiration of my warranty.
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Jan 24, 2010
I bought my XPS in October 2007 and I just updated it from Vista to Windows 7. There is no sound from the speaker, but in the "sound -> playback",
it is normal. There are two "speakers" and the volume bar to have reaction when I play music.
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Nov 15, 2009
Where can I download Windows 7 drivers for the xps m1330? All I see in the drivers sections are for vista. Will Vista 64bit drivers work?
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Feb 3, 2009
I formatted windows on my M1330 and tried installing XP x86 however when i put the disk in and boot from CD it starts the windows process and when it says 'Windows is starting..
it will hang there for 40 seconds then a blue screen will appear saying..
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Apr 10, 2010
I'm running a Dell XPS M1330 with Windows 7 x64. I am finding that I get intermittent BSOD (error code 124). I've tried multiple drivers, multiple installation discs (Home Premium, Ultimate) and I've even swapped out:
CPU, RAM, WiFi Card, Hard Drive.
I just can't get rid of this intermittent blue-screen and the error code doesn't help at all. Googling it shows that it's a general hardware failure that you usually get from overclocking .....
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Dec 11, 2009
I recently upgraded my M1330 from Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional, and I've lost the ability to use both audio outputs at the same time.
For example, on the front of my laptop, there are two audio outputs, so that two people can listen to something at the same time.
However, after going to Windows 7, I've lost that ability. Both of the outputs work, but you cannot use 2 headphones simultaneously.
I used the SigmaTelHD Vista drivers and no luck.
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May 3, 2009
Is anyone else out there running Windows 7 RC that just came out?(please don't whine about the fact this isn't production software, I work in IT and i purposefully installed this to start tinkering).
Whenever I close the lid on my m1330 and it goes in to sleep mode when I open it later I find it is turned off.
When i turn it on it boots up and says windows shut down unexpectedly and give me the safe mode prompts, etc
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May 4, 2009
I formatted and did a fresh install of windows 7 RC x64. All devices were discovered.
I was having issues with the touchpad not responding after every other reboot so I installed the vista x64 driver from dell website. That resolved that issue.
Now I have been having constant blue screen 9f bccode crashes while the laptop is sleeping. When I open the lid I need to power on and it says windows shutdown unexpectedly
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Nov 24, 2009
I created this thread with the intention of grouping all who have, or in the process, or are planning to upgrade to Windows 7 x64 for the XPS M1330.
Personally I'm currently on Vista Ultimate x86 (because it's a Product Red) and I'm entitled to a free Windows 7 Professional x64 license from my school. I've read that it's not possible to upgrade directly from higher-to-lower (in terms of level of OS).
Like for mine I'd only be able to upgrade directly if I had a Windows 7 Ultimate license.
Hence for my case, I would like to seek the advice from the helpful fellas here on my upgrade (sequence) options.
Currently I have 2 partitions, as per default. C drive as OS and main partition of 285GB and D drive as RECOVERY of 9.99GB.
Questions:
1) If I were to install Windows 7 on a newly created partition, ie. F drive (as my DVDRW is on E drive now), would I be able to format my C drive (after backing up data from it) and turn it into a storage drive?
2) If 1) is possible, should I partition F drive to 20-25GB as the norm capacity for Windows 7 OS installation, or should I allocate more space? (I'm asking this because I've never done an OS-only partition + Data-only partition in any computer I own because I don't see the usefulness of it LAST TIME.
3) If I had an OS partition in F drive, 20-25GB, and the Data partition on C drive (after formatting Vista), would I be able to swap these 2 drive letters so C drive becomes my Windows 7 OS Drive and F drive becomes my Data drive?
4) If that's the case, would I still be needing D drive (RECOVERY), or can I format->delete it?
5) Having 20-25GB in C drive, assuming I've swapped F drive with C drive, where would I be installing my applications? Do I need to install applications into the OS drive or can I install it in the Data drive? Because if it were the case that applications NEED to be installed into the OS drive, I'd need to allocate a little more space in now-C drive, right?
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Oct 12, 2009
Lately my laptop would freeze and I could see faint white lines only at the top of my screen. (lines do not go all the way down) This has happened twice in a day. Ctrl Alt Del doesn't work so I have to power down the system and it runs normal after that.
I'm really afraid its the dreaded vertical lines issues. I had my mobo + GPU replaced a year ago, still under CC warranty but its such a pain.
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Jan 16, 2009
I am wondering if anyone know whether dell fixed the video card and heating issues (like many in this forum mentioned) yet?
I am very interested in this machine but I don't want to risk buying something that would burn out later. I am also interested in the new studio XPS 13 as well though I would love to know how it handles heat and the video card (i hate burned-out video cards..
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Feb 11, 2010
i have been having problems with my xps m1330 ive had it for 3 years now and its been decent to me... 3 months ago when my warranty was up i sent it in to get the gpu and mother board replaced because of the warranty. Just recently it started acting up bad...
Would freeze left and right start running check disk when i tried to restart it...so i decided to reformat it seeing some scan i ran in dos was saying i was missing a system file. So i cleared the c drive and installed vista fresh... re-put my 60gb of music over and everything seemed fine for 2 days... not today it froze up on me ... i tried to restart and got a blue screen that flashed to fast to read and i tried to restart again and got a 2000-0141 error and alot of beeping and crap... so i restarted it and it was gone...
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Nov 30, 2009
I've had my M1330 for about 1 1/2 yrs now. The first issue is that at one point 3 months ago,
I was being randomly electrocuted by my laptop when I placed my hand on the open space below the keyboard. About a few days after the random electrocution started, the battery died, and won't recharge at all.
Lastly, there is a constant whistling sound that was coming from the laptop ever since I bought it.
I'm out of warranty. Am I able to buy a new warranty for my laptop at this time or is it too late for me? And if it is too late, should I attempt to make repairs through Dell, or am I better off selling the laptop,
and then use the cash towards a lower pc, like those mini/EPC's that these companies are selling now?
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Feb 11, 2009
Does anyone know if I can install 8 GB of RAM in my M1330? I now have 4 GB, but when upgrading to 64-bit I'd also like to add some memory.
I bought the computer in August 2008, and have the latest bios.
I think 800 MHz is the max speed I can use, does anyone know about any modules that will fit, if possible
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Dec 12, 2009
First of all thanks to everyone who contributes on this board. The knowledge I gained is invaluable.
I upgraded from a T5800 dded Arctic Silver 5.
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Feb 10, 2009
recently I've installed nVidea driver from MS windows update ,then the fan is always run, then I installed nVidea driver from dell support site, but still same thing.My bios is A09 ,
and have I to update my BIOS to A15 ? or keep it A09 ,because I thing it will afect the battery run time (i.e the fan need more energy and then battery need discharging quickly)
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May 13, 2009
I recentley just formatted my M1330 and installed the AHCI driver but i am still getting BSOD right after the green bar on start up? The only way to get around this is to disable AHCI and enable ATA from the BIOS. Is there a solution to this
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Dec 2, 2008
I have a new XPS M1330 on the way. I originally purchased a refurb. M1330 and had a few issues with it and dell agreed to build me a new(non refurb) one with same specs. (crimson,T9500,LED display,4GB's ram,vista ultimate etc.). In the meantime my company has ordered us new latitudes and I don't really see need to keep the new 1330. My question is, when it arrives should I not even open it and sell it either here or E-bay and my second question would be how much could I expect to sell it for ?
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Jun 1, 2008
My 1330 is my second XPS after owning the Origional 9100XPS tank.
I have the fully built M1330 with the best factory options Dell offers. Running Windows Home Premium.
I was very pleased with my PC however, I didn't like all these extra features taking up room. (Media Center, Back-up HD, ect)
So, after a little thought, I did a complete format of my HD. I removed all the other Partitions and only loaded the OS.
After doing the updates, re-installing my McAfee Suite, Office 2007 and the other basics; This computer is NIGHT and DAY compared to what it was.
It was never a slouch by any means but I can't even explain how much better it runs now.
For anyone that doesn't need the silly stuff. I HIGHLY suggest you take the time to clean sweep your HD and reinstall from scratch.
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Aug 28, 2009
This one looks bigger than the original m1330 battery, so I was wondering if it will fit.
I`ve also heard about Mugen Power
who makes a lot of batteries for electronic devices, anybody got any input on that?
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Aug 17, 2009
Poll because I'm curious for NVIDIA users only
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Oct 15, 2008
I wanted to change my hard drive back to my original one and it turns out that when I first changed it in May I have screwed the low quality screws too tight. When I tried to unscrew them again, 2 of them (the ones that are towards the middle of the laptop) failed to unscrew and I pretty much turned them unusable with my repeated tries.
I'm not going to rant about the fact that Dell could actually use STEEL screws to prevent this type of thing, I'm just going to ask you Dell XPS M1330 owners if there's any other way around getting the hard drive out.
If I'll unscrew all other screws, can I take my XPS apart? Is there anything I should be particularly careful with (other than unscrewing the low quality screws that is)? Or do you have any tips on how I could unscrew the faulty screws?
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Oct 19, 2008
I've owned a Dell XPS M1330 for about a year and am very happy with it. I want to buy a laptop for somebody as a gift, and I was thinking about the Inspiron 13, which I never actually saw. I know it's basically the lower quality brother of the 1330, I'm just wondering how lower the quality is.
Can any of you Inspiron 13/M1330?
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