Santuario Atziluth: enero 2008

Desde TEAM de amigos de XPS M1330 me ayudaron para mejorar mi portátil cambiándole el sistema operativo Windows Vista por el mejorado Windows XP. Parece muy lioso pero las únicas indicaciones a seguir son de descargar e instalar este después de este. Espero que os sea tan útil como lo fue para mí. También lo he puesto en Santuario Informático (nuevo blog!).

Para Cambiar su Sistema operativo: de Windows Vista a XP; deben seguir los siguentes pasos :

Install Windows XP on DELL XPS M1330

Part I: Windows XP professional installation CD
Any Dell XP SP2 Pro installation CD for previous Dell models (what I used)
Advantage of using the Dell OEM XP CD is that it never asks for a CD-key and works perfectly.

Part II: Download XP drivers for M1330

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Part III: Create partitions used by MediaDirect

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Note that the original pre-installed MediaDirect on M1330 requires a special arrangement of the partitions of the 160GB HDD:

DELL XPS M1330 original Vista 160GB HDD partitions information:

Total: 152626MB
-: Partition 1 [FAT] 71 MB Primary partition
E: Partition 2 [NTFS] 2.0GB Primary partition
C: Partition 3 [NTFS] 60 GB Primary partition
D: Partition 4 [NTFS] 84 GB Extended partition
G: Partition 5 [FAT32] 2.5GB Extended partition

Partitions 1, 2, 3 are primary partitions and without them you are not allowed to re-install the MediaDirect (windows version). Furthermore, without proper partition arrangement, even after you successfully install the XP, once you press the “MediaDirect” button to boot, it will corrupt the boot setting of your newly installed XP and then you cannot boot back to XP anymore!

It is highly recommended to backup the original pre-installed Vista HDD partitions first for later Vista restore.

Take out the original HDD and connect it to another PC with SATA, or plug in the original HDD into an external USB HHD case with SATA interface. Run GHOST to clone the entire Vista disk into a *.GHO image for later restoring of the Vista HDD.

There are 3 options to go:
1. Install XP to override Vista on Partition 3 w/o alter other partitions (Recommended)
2. Delete Partitions 2, 3, 4 and re-partitioning them to adjust the partition sizes according to your need and install XP on partion 3 (Advanced users only)
3. Use Dell MediaDirect Re-installing CD to erase entire HDD and create the first and last partitions required by MediaDirect, and then you can create new partitions in the middle free spaces (Experts only)

Option 1: Override Vista by XP in the same OS partition (Keep MediaDirect partitions)
When installing XP (refer to next section) using the WinXP installation CD, please choose to delete partition 3 and re-create it before installing the new XP OS

Option 2: Re-partitioning 2,3,4 and install XP (Keep MediaDirect partitions)
1. Take out the original HDD and connect it to another PC with SATA, or plug in the original HDD into an external USB HHD case with SATA interface.
2. Run the Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Storage -> Disk Management(Local) to re-partition the RECOVERY, OS, DATAPART1 according to your need.
3. You may choose to delete only the partitions 2, 3 and 4 (optional) to adjust their sizes accordingly to your need.
4. In order to let the later WinXP installer CD to install XP into partition 3 with driver letter “C”, it is better to delete partitions 2 and 4 as free spaces and leave the partition 3 only so that later WinXP will recognize it as drive “C” for XP installation.

Option 3: Starting from MeidaDirect Re-Installation CD (Re-create all partitions)
Get the MediaDirect re-installation CD labeled as:
"For Re-installing Dell MediaDirect 3.3 on Dell XPS M1330 Computers"
1. Insert MediaDirect CD and re-boot from CD
2. From the menu items: "1", "2", "3"
Press menu "1" if you want only need one "C:" drive for later OS intallation
Press menu "2" if you want "C:", "D:" drives for later OS installation
*** Specify the size of drive "C:" in GB, remaining size will be assigned to "D:" ***
Here I choose "2" to have multiple drives to suit my purpose
3. The installation CD will ERASE all data in you HDD and creates two partitions for its uses and copy necessary files. After installation completes, Eject the MediaDirect installation CD
4. Press any key to reboot and next to insert the XP installation CD to install the WinXP OS

Part IV: Install Windows XP on M1330

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Step 1: Modify M14330 BIOS setting
Since XP SP2 installation CD doesn't support SATA HDD at that moment, we need to disable M1330's SATA and set back to ATA mode for entire XP installation:
1. Boot and press "F2" to enter BIOS setup menu
2. Onboard Devices -> Flash Cache Module: Change to "Enabled" to "Off"
3. Onboard Devices -> SATA Opteration: Change from "AHCI" to "ATA"
4. System -> Boot Sequence: Move "CD/DVD/CD-RW" item up to the top
5. Press "ESC" and choose "Save/Exit" to save and exit BIOS

Note: whenever staying in the BIOS menu, you can eject out / insert the installation CD
Partitioning the HDD accordingly to what you need, I partition my new HDD same as the Vista as I want to install the Dell MeidiaDirect in the XP too. My order for M1330 is 60GB for OS and remaining 100GB for data partition.

Step 2: Install WinXP
Insert the XP installation CD and boot from CD and install the XP as usual. If using the Dell XP SP2 Pro CD, it is no need to enter any CD-key.

Settings after Windows XP Installation and reboot the new OS (case dependent):
1. Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Storage -> Disk Management
2. Change CD-ROM 0 letter to "F"
3. Re-create the partition 4 and set it drive letter to “D” (optional)
4. Format partition 4 to NTFS, change letter to "D" and rename to "USER" (optional)
5. Re-create the partition 2 and set it drive letter to “E”
6. Format partition 2 to NTFS, change letter to "E" and rename to "RECOVERY"

Step 3: Install M1330 specific drivers on XP
Copy all the downloaded driver source into the M1330 via a USB drive.
Install the driver one by one and reboot the system once and once as required...

Suggested driver installation order:

1. Intel Mobile Chipset driver
2. Ricoh Memory Card (1394, SD, MMC, MS, xD) driver

3. Special handle of SATA driver installation
To install Intel 82801GBM SATA AHCI Controller driver, execute kim06ww.exe to unpack the driver.
Run install.com in \PREPARE, it installs a small program in c:\DRIVERS\WIN\IMSM\PREPARE and then run c:\DRIVERS\WIN\IMSM\PREPARE\install.cmd. Reboot the laptop.

Press "F2" to enter BIOS menu again, re-enable the "FLASH CACHE MODEL" and change "ATA" to "AHCI", remember to SAVE and exit BIOS. Reboot the laptop again.
Entering XP, the system will discover a new PCI hardware; browse the driver to the "7kim06ww" folder to install the actual SATA driver.

4. Display driver: NVIDIA-GeForce 8400M GS

5. Special handle of Audio driver installation
Install the Microsoft UUA Bus driver patch to XP SP2 and Audio Driver
For XP to support UAA Bus driver for High Definition Audio CODEC, install the XP patche:

After install this patch kb888111xpsp2.exe, you will see in Device Manage the following driver: "Microsoft UAA Bus Driver for High Definition Audio CODEC".

Then install the R158235.EXE (SIGMATEL STAC 92XX C-Major HD Audio driver) and rebooting XP

6. R155586.EXE: Dell Touchpad, Pointing Stick driver
7. R155246.EXE: Broadcom-59XX Ethernet driver
8. R164255.EXE: Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN-driver
9. R127314.EXE: Network-Wireless 335 Bluetooth Module driver
10. R160323.EXE: Creative Laptop Integrated Webcam driver
11. R160320.EXE: Creative Laptop Integrated Webcam applications
12. Install the UPEK-TouchChip Fingerprint Coprocessor for the “Biometric Coprocessor”

Part V: Install Dell utilities/applications

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- End of my post, Enjoy'

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Fríos ultrasónicos: Funcionan a través de la nebulización del agua a través vibraciones de muy alta frecuencia, silenciosos, regulables y de muy bajo consumo. Como punto negativo solo se puede utilizar agua, está prohibido incluir cualquier aditivo al agua y está dedicado para largos periodos de uso.

Calientes electrodos: Estos generan vapor a través de la ebullición del agua mediante la corriente que pasa directamente por el agua. Esto es bastante peligroso ya que el vapor que expulsa lo hace a altas temperaturas, el consumo es elevado, no es regulable y depende según la dureza del agua. Se les pueden añadir aditivos al aditivos a la salida del vapor para situaciones de corta duración.

Calientes evaporación: En este caso, el caudal que generan es menor, no regulable y solo deberán funcionar con agua destilada. Funciona a través de una mecha que se mantiene húmeda por capilaridad y que a la vez es calentada mediante un calefactor eléctrico. Si el agua contiene sales, la mecha se obtura con mucha facilidad. También pueden usarse aceites balsámicos en la salida del vapor, pero esta vez su eficiencia es muy inferior a los electrodos. Es el que menos se usa.

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