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Windows 7 64 bit drivers on Vostro 1500 or 15xx

For those of you that have installed Windows 7 64 bit on the Vostro 15xx laptop:

Quickset:http://supportapj.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=au&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R163853&formatcnt=0&libid=0&typeid=-1&dateid=-1&formatid=-1&fileid=220010
Sigmatel Stac 92xx: http://support.us.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R186858&formatcnt=1&libid=0&fileid=255669
Ricoh Media Reader (displays as “Base System Device”): http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R166188&SystemID=INS_PNT_PM_1525&servicetag=BVTKMD1&os=WLH&osl=en&deviceid=13405&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=1&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=27&fileid=224384
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (resolves a lot of issues): http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=18228&ProdId=2800&lang=eng
Dell Truemobile Bluetooth 355 (make sure you turn off the wireless using the wireless switch before installing this program then turn on when the program asks!): http://support.us.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R140135&formatcnt=1&libid=0&fileid=188664
Intel Mobile 965GM Chipset: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=18494&ProdId=816&lang=eng

Update: Webcam for Vostro 1500 (I bought model PM027 on Ebay): http://support.us.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R173082&formatcnt=1&libid=0&fileid=235336
Installation is very similar to the Inspiron 1525, it took me about 3 minutes using my instructions. See this post: http://johndball.blaize.net/2009/01/29/add-an-integrated-webcam-to-the-dell-inspiron-1525/

I just finished install Windows 7 64-bit on my sister’s Vostro 1500 and spent the last hour hunting down these drivers. Hope it helps somebody :)

~ by johndball on February 26, 2010.

16 Responses to “Windows 7 64 bit drivers on Vostro 1500 or 15xx”

  1. Hi John. Did you have any Vostro 1500 to check if those video drivers actually work? I’m asking because of this unsolved bug on the Vostro 1500 http://en.community.dell.com/forums/t/19324840.aspx which prevent the use of any video driver but V7.14.10.1272
    If 64 bits drivers work fine could be a very welcome solution.
    Thanks in advance!

    Psy said this on March 9th, 2010 at 07:25

  2. Yes, the drivers that I linked to in my post were drivers that I used on a Vostro 1500 on which I installed Windows 7 x64. Not sure about that bug on Dell’s website (and I can’t read it right now because I’m on my Blackberry) but the video drivers came from Intel’s website. Everything installed without issue.

    johndball said this on March 9th, 2010 at 07:33

  3. Wow, thanks John for this quick reply. Can you please later check on your Vostro 1500? The bug surface only on heavy use, so, the only way to spot it is stressing the Notebook. On the link above you can find instructions and a couple of tools to test it.
    I really appreciate it, because I’m currently fighting Dell Support about the issue.
    Thanks again.

    Psy said this on March 9th, 2010 at 07:58

  4. The Vostro is my sister’s laptop. I used it for a week to make sure everything installed correctly. For two days she edited pictures in Photoshop 64bit without issue. I for
    ward the links to her and get her to check it out.

    johndball said this on March 9th, 2010 at 08:03

  5. @Psy: it will be, at the earliest, Monday of next week before any testing can be done. I contact you via e-mail with more information, granted the e-mail you provided for the post comments are correct.

    johndball said this on March 9th, 2010 at 08:47

  6. @john I appreciate the trouble of testing this (thank your sister from my part too). You can contact me to the above email, and I’m providing a second email on this post.
    For testing, I’m currently using this software: http://hcidesign.com/memtest
    I can detect memory corruption right away on Vista. Windows 7 improved the thing a bit: sometimes the system boots just OK and sometimes boot inestable. I think the problem is related to the way Vista/7 prepares the video shared memory at boot time, since I have a AMD690G based motherboard with a similar behavior.

    Psy said this on March 9th, 2010 at 10:09

  7. What Video Card did you have in your vostros??? Mine is a Geforce 8600m and i cant find any sign of it on my computer after upgrading from XP to Win 7 64bit

    Andy said this on March 11th, 2010 at 09:28

  8. Never mind, I got a hold of nvidea and they gave me a Beta Driver that worked great.

    Andy said this on March 12th, 2010 at 23:48

  9. @Andy, do you have a link to the beta drivers?

    johndball said this on March 13th, 2010 at 08:42

  10. yeah.. Here is the one that Nvidea tech support gave me. Worked great. This is the download link. Open this and it should bring up the download manager.

    http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/195.81/195.81_notebook_winvista_win7_64bit_international_beta.exe

    Here is the web site if that doesn’t work..
    http://www.nvidia.com/object/notebook_winvista_win7_x64_195.81_beta.html

    Andy said this on March 13th, 2010 at 15:54

  11. Great, thank you so much guys. Now I have a fully-working Windows 7 64bit on Vostro 1500.

    chim said this on March 18th, 2010 at 02:13

  12. plz help , I instal windows 7 on my vostro1500 and also instal these drives,but my video card is not shown on display adapters in device manager just a vga video card,i tried and inslaled nvidia video card driver 182 but still my display adapter is a vga card ,why my video card is not shown even in the list of devices? can anyone plz help

    Milad said this on April 29th, 2010 at 06:20

  13. Maybe you have an integrated Intel video card?

    johndball said this on April 29th, 2010 at 06:44

  14. No I have Nvidia gforce 8600M Gt video card,4 Gb ram with 512 mb shared for video card,my video card is not on the list not even with yellow question mark! all drivers installed successfully but this
    ps sorry for bad english

    Milad said this on April 29th, 2010 at 10:23

  15. there are also other Nvidia drivers on their site.. i think (not sure) that there might be another driver for the GT. Mine was just an M and so the beta version worked, but like i said i think there is another one for the GT. You might give this site some looks and see if you can find your answer here. http://www.nvidia.com/page/support.html
    andy

    Andy said this on May 17th, 2010 at 09:22

  16. @andy,thx andy I download and instal 197.77 geforce driver and solved the problem :)

    Milad said this on May 28th, 2010 at 03:45

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