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I have just purchased Windows 7 Pro 32bit for my Dell Inspiron 1525 Laptop and booted from the. Need urgently intel 965 driver for dell inspiron 1525 for windows 7. Major issues installing Windows 7 x64 on Dell. Try uninstalling SD card reader and delete all the drivers. Anyone else with an Inspiron 1525 got the card reader.
Very brief guide to drivers for upgrading a Dell Inspiron 1525 from Vista 32-bit to Vista 64-bit or Windows 7 64-bit. The Dell Inspiron 1525 is an extremely popular model of laptop and is a very good choice for a Dual-Core cpu at a relatively good price point.
However, it has one very big drawback, it ships with only a 32 bit OS. Simply put, a dual-core cpu is a 64-bit processor and the operating system that comes with the laptop is Microsoft Vista Home, which operates at 32-bits. You’ve paid for four lanes of highway, but you’re only using two! Upgrading to Windows XP 64 bit, Vista 64 bit, or even the Windows 7 beta (test version) 64 bit operating system is the only way to take advantage of the additional speed you’ve paid for. And it is worth it. Dell does not support, suggest, or recommend upgrading your OS to anything other than the factory installed OS. So if you upgrade, you’re on your own.
If you’re unsure of how this may affect your warranty, I strongly suggest you contact Dell before doing any modification of your OS. I also highly suggest you back up all of your data, either to an online storage spot or to cd/dvd discs where you can easily access it after the upgrade is complete. (NOTE: I recommend you make that a bi-weekly, if not a bi-daily, habit) Backup! Next make sure you have all of the original CD’s and installation material that came with your laptop in case you want to restore the original settings later on. There are hundreds of online guides that will walk you through the upgrade process.
Google it and you should be able to find one that works for you. Dell does not offer a readily available list of drivers for 64-bit operating systems. The purpose of this here is simply to give a list of drivers that I downloaded that worked for me. After doing a fresh, clean install of Vista 64-bit, I got out the Driver Installation disk that came with my Inspiron 1525. On that disk, there are several drivers that are already 64-bit compatible.
Insert the disk and select Vista 64 bit under Operating System. Click on extract for each driver you want and under the View pane it will tell you if it is 64-bit compatible. Some drivers under the Vista 32 bit section will also show if they are compatible with 64 bit. Install each of the drivers that meet the criteria.
Alternatively, you can go to the Dell Website and enter your Service Tag number (from the back of the laptop) and Dell will provide you a list of all drivers that shipped with your laptop. Click on each one and select the Compatibility option to see if it is 64 bit or not.
If it is, download and install. As I said before, Dell does not have a readily available list of drivers that may be needed after a clean install of a 64 bit OS. Here I will offer the drivers that I hunted down that worked for my installation of both Vista 64 bit and Windows 7 beta 64 bit. These drivers are not necessarily listed as being for the Inspiron 1525, but I have installed them and they provide the same functionality on the 1525 as their 32-bit counterparts. To find them, simply go to Dell’s website, in the drop down box next to the search bar select “Support and Help” and type the R number in the search bar. The driver should be the first one listed.
Click and download. Once downloaded, double click to install.
Try uninstalling the Dell Driver and installing the new driver that Microsoft supplies on it's Windows Update page. Then go to the device manager, select network adapter.
Click on the wireless adapter, and select the Power Management Tab and uncheck the 'Allow the computer to turn-off this device to save power'. The driver version I'm using from MS is: Dell Wireless 1395 WLAN Mini-Card Driver Provider: Microsoft Driver Date: 10/1/2008 Driver Version: 4.176.75.18 Digital Signer: Microsoft Windows. Thanks for this list. Just wanted to say a BIG thank you for putting this information out there! I just installed Windows 7 Home 64bit onto my wife's Inspiron 1525 and so far it's GOOD!!! The default Vista 32bit was suffering from the inability to display Google or Yahoo images and that is now fixed!
The infor to get the Alps touch pad working helped get the scroll functionality back, and the webcam and built-in mic notes you provided made getting Skype working pretty much a breeze. So once again thanks for this great article and great resource!!! Cheers, Scott. Get Dell to work on the Dell 355 Bluetooth driver The only driver that doesn't work well on the 64-bit version of Windows 7 is the Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR driver: R140135 Adding bluetooth devices trigger errors in the device manager. I was able to send files to my nokia phone using bluetooth, but with a lot of tweaking. See how many people suffer from this.
Now there might be a solution. Please promote this question on the ideastorm project site of Dell! This is a very good way to get Dell to solve this problem! Please surf to and promote this idea. So far as I know, the system is doing exactly as it's designed.
I've been getting the same message recently as well. The Dell QuickSet software is simply relaying information about the battery that is detected by the BIOS. You can check the batteries health in the BIOS by pressing F2 as the laptop begins to boot up. Once in the BIOS, look on the left hand side and go down to BATTERY HEALTH and BATTERY INFO. This is were you will see the messagage about the battery. My particular battery is a 6cell that will only hold about an hours charge with all of the power saving settings on. This is normal for these kinds of batteries.
Dell does sell replacement 9cell batteries at a premium. However, I believe I've seen after-market 12cell batteries on Ebay for about 1/3 cheaper. As far as making the message go away, the only thing I've found is to disable the Dell Quick Set software, but you'll lose that additional functionality. My wife has the same make/model as well, but is running Vista 32 bit. I've swapped batteries to see if my battery gave the same message on her machine. So the only thing to do at this point is purchase a new battery. Hope that helps.
So far as I know, the system is doing exactly as it's designed. I've been getting the same message recently as well. The Dell QuickSet software is simply relaying information about the battery that is detected by the BIOS. You can check the batteries health in the BIOS by pressing F2 as the laptop begins to boot up.
Once in the BIOS, look on the left hand side and go down to BATTERY HEALTH and BATTERY INFO. This is were you will see the messagage about the battery. My particular battery is a 6cell that will only hold about an hours charge with all of the power saving settings on. This is normal for these kinds of batteries. Dell does sell replacement 9cell batteries at a premium.
However, I believe I've seen after-market 12cell batteries on Ebay for about 1/3 cheaper. As far as making the message go away, the only thing I've found is to disable the Dell Quick Set software, but you'll lose that additional functionality.
My wife has the same make/model as well, but is running Vista 32 bit. I've swapped batteries to see if my battery gave the same message on her machine. So the only thing to do at this point is purchase a new battery. Hope that helps. Ronnie1979, What you're talking about doing is Downgrading from Vista 32 bit to Windows XP.
This thread is for upgrading from a 32bit OS to a 64bit OS. Do a search for 'Downgrading Vista to XP'. There are plenty of forum threads on that topic. I'm not 100%, but I'm about 90% sure that your problem is due to the fact that your either using an XP upgrade disc (which won't work since your downgrading Vista) or The installation disc you have is a OEM disc (ie: a disc that came from the manufacturer with a new pc and will only work for that computer). If you have a geniune copy of XP Pro (and not an upgrade disc) you will need to delete your partition and do a clean install of the OS. Vista is not backwards compatable with XP and a clean install is the only way to downgrade that I know of.
But again there are lots of other threads that cover that topic and may have differing views. Remember, 1st, always, and forever: BACKUP your Data before playing with OS upgrades/downgrades/sideways. Again,it bares repeating, this is off topic for the thread. What you need to do is search for 'downgrading Vista to XP'. There are lots of threads that can walk you through that. It sounds like you are trying to install the Windows XP OS while you are running Vista.
You won't be able to do that. You have to set the boot option in the bios to allow boot from Cd-rom.
Reboot the laptop with the xp disc in the cd tray. When it starts to boot it will ask you to press any key to boot from CD.
Then follow the on-screen instructions. If you follow this, you'll be able to delete the partition and do a clean install.
Your other option is to set up dual boot mode so that you can run Vista or XP. Again, there are lots of tutorials out there can walk you through that. I'm using Dell Inspiron 1525 with windows vista 64bit. After installation my DVD/RW is not working. So i tested in dos through pre boot test. It shows me error code: 2000 146. I am unable to load any CD/DVD.
The hardware is working properly but driver is not supporting for this hardware. Please give suggestion to solve this problem and links to download the drivers that can support for Vista 64bit. Hi Sandy You need to go to the Dell support website. You can set up an account there specifying your Service Tag and Express Service Code. After you do this, you will see a link to all of the available drivers for that specific system.
Hope this helps. Thank You for using Windows 7. I installed R182065 and now my 1395 wifi card won't connect to my AP. Also my firewall won't turn on manually or otherwise. Happens on dell insp 1720 too. How can I uninstall the power scheme and undo all it's effects?
I'm pretty sure that's the last thing I did. But I am interested in any resolution to WIFI not connecting - I have gone through all the standard wifi suggestions.
It was working fine until I installed the DellPwrCfg (R182065). BTW the R182065 isn't needed at all for the 1525. Win 7 - dell 1525. I had problems with the video driver on my first install with freezes/blue screen (igdkmd64.sys or something like that) so I reinstalled and now I've been going fine (fingers crossed) for a couple weeks. The second time around, I didn't install WinAmp or Comodo Antivirus and I didn't mess with the default windows Power settings.
I don't know if those have anything to do with it but those were my main two changes that I can remember compared to the first installation. What I did do was a clean install of Windows 7 professional 64 bit followed by all the recommended Windows 7 updates.
Then I installed a few pieces of software that I wanted to use such as GIMP, OpenOffice, VLC, Skype, Thunderbird, etc. As well as things like Adobe reader, Flash player, printer drivers, etc. Finally, I ran R218148 (to fix microphone?) and R188776 (to fix card reader?) and last Win7 (the chipset for intel graphics/sound). I was careful on my second installation to restart after every installation/update instead of installing a bunch of stuff and restarting just once or twice. In case that made a difference.
It was very frustrating initially but hopefully the problem is resolved. I wish there was a clear explanation and solution for this problem but I don't think it's worth it, financially, for any of the involved parties to put effort into that type of a fix. I guess that's one of the prices we pay for the breakneck speed of technology development/turnover nowadays. Hope this helps someone! Hi, Thanks for the detailed guidance. I had upgraded my Dell 1525 vista to Windows 7 32-bit Enterprise edition.
Everything works just fine but my external webcam. Despite of installing win 7 drivers for the cam, it just doesn't work! There is also screen resolution warning prompt every time I play a game on it. I think both the issues have to something to do with the non-compatibility of the OS with the hardware. I'm thinking of installing Win XP as a dualboot (to play games and use webcam) but some forums say that I cannot install XP with a higher version already installed. Though, some forums do give a step-by-step procedure to do the same by partitioning the C drive. What are your views on the same?
Install 1.Double-click the new icon on the desktop labeled R228482.EXE. 2.The Self-Extracting window appears and prompts you to extract or unzip to C: DELL DRIVERS R228482.
Write down this path so the executable (I.e. Setup.exe) file can be found later. 3.The Self-Extractor window appears.
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5.After completing the file extraction, if the Self-Extractor window is still open, close it. 6.Click the Start button and then click Run.
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7.Type C: DELL DRIVERS R228482 in the Open textbox and then click OK. 8.Follow the on-screen installation instructions.