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M1530 and vista 64 bits = Problems

post #1 of 9
9/27/08 at 9:54am
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Hi,

I have a XPS M1530 and I installed different versions of Vista 64 bits on it (Ultimate & home premium)...


Bus when the system in running on a 64 bits OS it's verry slow...

When I'm browsing the internet is slow... Scrolling isn't fluently...


When it plays an alert sound it's like: "bbr ooo nnnn ggg"


Can somebody tell me what the problem is? Which driver could cause this?
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post #2 of 9
9/30/08 at 1:36am
So did you install 2 OS's??? On different partitions??? Without more information (ie. system specifics, etc.) your question cannot be answered...
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post #3 of 9
9/30/08 at 10:06am
sounds like you don't have a video card driver installed, that would explain the scrolling issue. As for the choppy audio, check and make sure your hard drive isn't operating in PIO mode. It should be operating in DMA mode. Go to Device Manager -> IDE/ATAPI controllers -> IDE channel Check both channels to see what mode they're operating in. It will be on the advanced settings tab. If the hard drive says it's in PIO, uninstall the IDE controller an reboot.
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post #4 of 9
10/1/08 at 5:55pm
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Which harddrive settings do I have to select in the Bios???

Specs of my system are in my signature...
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post #5 of 9
10/1/08 at 8:02pm
I had issues with my i1318 when I installed a new HDD... It was BSOD-ing during reboot, after my initial install of Vista... I selected SATA in the bios, and I've had no more issues... Hope that helps... I think the "other setting" is for the original Dell HDD with the recovery partion, but this is only a guess on my part... Please correct me if I'm wrong...
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post #6 of 9
10/2/08 at 3:41am
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Originally Posted by latitudeD820 View Post
Which harddrive settings do I have to select in the Bios???

Specs of my system are in my signature...
PIO and DMA aren't selectable in the BIOS. Only in the OPERATING SYSTEM.

Open Device manager and follow my instructions.

Your system has an option to run the Hard Drives in IDE or AHCI mode in the BIOS, LEAVE THIS SETTING ALONE! If you change it your OS will not boot.
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post #7 of 9
10/3/08 at 12:56am
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Originally Posted by MrEvil View Post
Your system has an option to run the Hard Drives in IDE or AHCI mode in the BIOS, LEAVE THIS SETTING ALONE! If you change it your OS will not boot.
Mine was SATA or AHCI... I switched mine to SATA and have zero BSOD's since... This was of course AFTER adding a non OEM HDD...
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post #8 of 9
10/4/08 at 4:58pm
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Originally Posted by MadCnty View Post
Mine was SATA or AHCI... I switched mine to SATA and have zero BSOD's since... This was of course AFTER adding a non OEM HDD...
I'm going to explain it once again. If you installed your OS with AHCI enabled and an AHCI driver you should have no problem. Same if you had it set to ATA and installed the OS.

The problem occurs when you change the setting in the BIOS after you have installed the OS. If you install with AHCI enabled and later switch to ATA the system will give you an unmountable boot volume BSOD.
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post #9 of 9
10/12/08 at 1:51am
well please do let us know how vista 64 performs on it, i was gonna upgrade mine to ultimate 64bit from 32bit home premium.
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