***OFFICIAL*** M1730 news thread ... So I just installed Windows 7 64 bit on this beast. Runs quite smoothly, definitely what Vista "should have been.&quo ...

mfractal · 04-08-2009, 01:27 AM

i'd recommend Slappa bags for 1730 over dell's bags...
http://www.slappa.com/velocity-spyde...2&category=133
or
http://www.slappa.com/velocity-spyde...2&category=133
or
http://www.slappa.com/velocity-matri...2&category=133

papaia · 06-07-2009, 03:54 PM

So I just installed Windows 7 64 bit on this beast. Runs quite smoothly, definitely what Vista "should have been."

However I really liked the old Winamp XPS LEDs plugin (NOT the Dell one, the one available from Winamp's website). It worked on my 1710 until the GPU kicked the bucket under warranty and Dell sent me a 1730, and I got it to work on the 1730 too by installing the Vista Quickset and then installing the XP Quickset over it. (And then disabling it so I didn't have to deal with crappy software starting up at Windows start.)

I was wondering if anyone had any advice for trying to get it working again on Windows 7. I tried installing the XP one over the Vista one again and I can't get it to work. Anyone know how to "force" an install, or how to extract the driver files from it somehow so I can just put them in the right place? Or any registry hacks or something?

Thanks in advance.

04-08-2009, 01:27 AM	#301
mfractal Registered User $mfractal's Avatar$ Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Chicago US Posts: 181 Credits: 113 $mfractal is a n00b, but everyone loves n00bs!$	i'd recommend Slappa bags for 1730 over dell's bags... http://www.slappa.com/velocity-spyde...2&category=133 or http://www.slappa.com/velocity-spyde...2&category=133 or http://www.slappa.com/velocity-matri...2&category=133 __________________ Dell XPS m1730 RED T9300@2.5GHz\| WUXGA 1920x1200 \| 8800GTX SLI @ 185.20 \| 320GB 7200 RPM x 2 RAID 0 (640 GB) \| 4 GB \| Vista Ultimate x64 SP1 Dell XPS m1710 RED : Core Duo@2.33GHz \| WUXGA 1920x1200 \| NVidia GTX 7950 GO @ 175.16 NBF \| 7200 rpm 200GB \| 4GB \| Vista Ultimate SP1
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06-07-2009, 03:54 PM	#302
papaia Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1 Credits: 220	So I just installed Windows 7 64 bit on this beast. Runs quite smoothly, definitely what Vista "should have been." However I really liked the old Winamp XPS LEDs plugin (NOT the Dell one, the one available from Winamp's website). It worked on my 1710 until the GPU kicked the bucket under warranty and Dell sent me a 1730, and I got it to work on the 1730 too by installing the Vista Quickset and then installing the XP Quickset over it. (And then disabling it so I didn't have to deal with crappy software starting up at Windows start.) I was wondering if anyone had any advice for trying to get it working again on Windows 7. I tried installing the XP one over the Vista one again and I can't get it to work. Anyone know how to "force" an install, or how to extract the driver files from it somehow so I can just put them in the right place? Or any registry hacks or something? Thanks in advance.