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Comment on Installing Windows XP on the Dell Inspiron 1420 by Leemo

Leemo — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:27:59 +0000

Well, I’ve been trying to install all my drivers for my 1420 and can’t seem to get half of the components to work. Chipset, video and network card are ok. The audio, modem and wifi all say it doesn’t support the operating system. This is very puzzling since everything but the bluetooth driver are on the Dell website for Windows XP! Do they want me to just give up and deal with Vista? I’ve spent hours upon hours trying different ways of installing WinXP to see if it’s the problem. I even tried my un-service packed version on WinXP, just in case. I’ve also re-downloaded from Dells site. This just really sucks!

Comment on Installing Windows XP on the Dell Inspiron 1420 by Leemo

Leemo — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:45:28 +0000

Has anyone tried this(R171888.exe) Dell Notebook System Software driver on their Inspiron 1420? I see that “rastermax” from the 6/23/08 post installed this(R171888.exe) on their Inspiron 1720 with Windows XP. The Dell Notebook System Software for the 1420 is the only piece of the XP driver puzzle I haven’t found a driver for. The Dell rep said that Dell NSS didn’t exist for the 1420. If the (R171888.exe) driver worked, that would be awesome. Let me know.

VERY well written procedure David!

Leemo

Comment on Installing Windows XP on the Dell Inspiron 1420 by Alphading

Alphading — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:36:40 +0000

For those who have a problem with bluetooth…….
setup prompts you for activating bluetooth device (Wi-Fi switch or fn+f2 )… and none of them work…
here is the solution….

1st, open ur bluetooth setup, after that, setup will prompt and ask u to press Fn+F2. then enter this webpage

http://supportapj.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=sg&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R159805&formatcnt=1&libid=0&fileid=213714

download the stuff just 153kb…..and run it…..then the setup will run till finish install the bluetooth…..

Comment on Installing Windows XP on the Dell Inspiron 1420 by Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:42:44 +0000

I have a dell 1720 and have been trying to load the ACHI drivers with no luck. I’ve even tried the Intel Matrix manager only to be told my system does not meet the min req. This dell is a 2400 mhtz with 4 gig of ram so I;m sure that’s not it. Any help on getting XP to load this would be appreciated.

Comment on Installing Windows XP on the Dell Inspiron 1420 by Leslie

Leslie — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:42:19 +0000

Inspiron 1420. I tried the webcam driver (r155105) but can’t install. It says “driver doesn’t support current operating system”. I’ve got XP sp2 installed. Any ideas guys? Thanks in advance

Comment on Installing Windows XP on the Dell Inspiron 1420 by irvan

irvan — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:06:26 +0000

david, that’s great tutorial, i’ve followed everything clues and it’s all work for me, my xp and vista worked with no problem, i used easy bcd soft for both booting
and here’s some tips from me, esp for make new partition in allocated space, just remember the vista system only accept 3 primary partition, so we must delete one of the primary to made new one from allocated space
exam; 1. is eisa part
2. is os vista part
3. is recovery part
4. is another part already made by vista or 3rd party soft

we must del one of them for because 3 of them known as primary part, i choose the 4th part since it was didn’t need for me, and extend it, then made new primary, then new logical part for extra swap or etc.

sallam

Comment on Installing Windows XP on the Dell Inspiron 1420 by rastermax

rastermax — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:28:30 +0000

Angela: slipstreaming the SATA driver in you ISO will solve your problem.

Comment on Installing Windows XP on the Dell Inspiron 1420 by rastermax

rastermax — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:27:13 +0000

Hi there,
Installed Xp (SP2) on a 1720 this weekend.
After several mistakes here is the procedure I took which worked very well.
(XP is FAAAAAST on that machine).

First:
Follow the nLite tutorial to slipstream the SATA drivers to your XP ISO.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
I tried without it and setting the drive mode to ATA in the DELL BIOS.
I you do that the installation will make some very long pauses (like 10 minutes every once in a while), but worst:
once windows installed pc would lock for the same amount of time.

SO : Inject the intel SATA driver in the ISO with nLite.

Then once XP booted (i used xp pro):

After researching, here are the drivers i used.
Everything works fine (could not very bluetooth since i dont have a device).

Here is the order i used:

1.Notebook_System_Software : R171888.exe
2.Intel_chipset : R153997.exe
3.VIDEO CARD 8600 GTM :R180917.exe
4.NETWORK ETHERNET : R149798.EXE
5.AUDIO : R158235.EXE
6.MODEM : R147115.EXE
7.TOUCHPAD : R165804.exe

No specific order (did in the order listed here):
WEBCAM : R160320.EXE
MEMORY_CARDS : R141246.EXE
WIRELESS : Dell_multi-device_A17_R174291.exe
POWERMANAGEMENT : R161139.EXE
BLUETOOTH : R161378.exe

Thanks for this blog.
Hope it helps.

Comment on Installing Windows XP on the Dell Inspiron 1420 by Shabber Vasan

Shabber Vasan — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:40:43 +0000

Hello Vista To XP User,

Thanks All For Your Kind Comments. My Dell Inspiron 1420 Has Now
XP SP2 Working Fine. Thanks Mr. David For Your Valuable Feedback. Just A Little Issue With My Modem & Bluetooth Driver.

I Will Try To Fix The Driver, If Not I Will Come Back For Some Help From Fellow Members.

Thanks 1 & All.

Good Luck.

Regards,

Shabber Vasan

Comment on Installing Windows XP on the Dell Inspiron 1420 by Shabber Vasan

Shabber Vasan — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:24:46 +0000

Hello, After I Insert CD Error Message.

This Program Is Blocked Due To Compatiblity Issues.

Setup Cannot Continue because The Version Of Windows On your Computer Is Newer Than The Version On The CD.

I Have Win Vista Home premium - Service Pack 1 On My Laptop.

Kindly Need Solution For This.