friends,

i just bought a dell inspiron 1564 laptop without OS and installed windows xp pro sp2 on it. now i cant find any drivers for it . dell is only providing 7 drivers through their website. i have googled for many times and didnt find any.

any help in this regard is greatly appreciated.

thanks in advance.

sumesh

i got the drivers from various sites..

thanks for replying. i have first tried in that site. it is having only win 7 drivers, i need xp drivers.anyway i got it through some other sites.

thanks erik. i got driver for video from intel site, audio from dell as you said and network from hp.
only problem i am facing is laptop is very slow while booting up. i think it is because of SATA. i have installed in ATA mode. is there any way solve this? also the "fn" keys are also not functioning.

thanks erik..let me download and i will let you know..

Drivers search

Hi All,

The same problem with installing Xp on Inspiron 1564. After long struggle, I’ve managed to reduce number of unknown devices up to three.

- network controller
- video controller(vga compatible)
- audio device on High Definition Audio

Where can I find drivers? I’m desperate. Appreciate help. Thanks in advance.

Bartek

vga you can download dirctly from intel.
network controller , if it is wireless you can use dell inspiron 1545 xp driver. it will not install driver automatically. you have to extract the files and add driver through update driver-->install from a list or specific location -->dont search, i will choose-->have disk and then select your extracted files.

if sound is working in your laptop, then audio device is for modem i guess. i have not installed that.

Hi,
Thanks a lot.

1. network controller - problem solved
2. sound is working, so I'll skip it - problem solved
3. vga - I can't find correct file. Can you give me direct patch (url) to the driver?

to be precise
- Chipset Intel HM55
- graphic card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330

Thanks in advance
Best Regards,
Bartek

my graphics card is intel 5 series. if it is radeon then try in their website.i dont know any other models are using the same display.

erik,

i couldnt find mini 1020 drivers, instead i got 1010. some of the fn keys are working with this. and about SATA, it is something else.

Hi All,

Just reached my goal. Solution:

1. Download ATI Catalyst™ Display Driver dedicated to desktop cards from hardware vendor site
2. Use the DH Mobility Modder
3. Add driver through update driver

Thanks again,
Bartek

Still need that xp wireless driver for 1564

Hey Sumesh,

Could you please tell me the exact link of where to find the wireless driver that worked for you? I have tried everything and still have not found it. Thanks

Hello to all,
My company bought me a Dell Inspiron 1564 with Intel Core i3 processor.
It did not come with any OS or Drivers so i installed Win XP Professional 32 Bit SP2, but later i found out that my notebook does not support win XP.
I found out the drivers by going to RealTek and Intel's website but i cant find the following drivers.

Network Controller (wireless & Blue tooth)
PCI Simple Communications Controller
SM Bus Controller

Any help will be greatly appreciated.
I would upgrade to Windows 7 but the problem is i have to use a software called Network Engineer by Telcordia and it does not work well with Windows 7.

Take care all.

Hi mailpup,
I tried running the Telcordia software under Windows XP SP2 & SP3 compatibilty mode but the software gives License Error.
It runs fine on other User's Laptops that have Windows XP.
We have training in a Lab environment for Network Engineer.
I have all the drivers ,i just need the Wireless LAN driver so i can browse internet at home & office.
It's ok if i dont find the Bluetooth driver as its not that important.
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Ok i went to a website called pcidatabase that asks you to enter the DEV and VEN information and tells you the make of your hardware.
The wireless LAN hardware in my laptop is from Braodcom but i am having problem determining the exact driver that will be used as there are too many.

Hi sumesh,erik,emran,hrabiabw
Friends recently i purchased Dell inspiron 1564 laptop.it is necessary for me to install a Windows xp so i cant able to find the drivers for XP in intel and amd websites. please help me regarding main drivers like Chipset,display,audio and ethernet .if any body post the link directly then it is very helpfull for me.
thanks in advance.