WAREAGLE on 15/10/2009 at 07:16
I inherited a dell 600m laptop. Not the best machine, but once I was past the simple problems it ran smooth enough. It needed formatted, and I installed Vista. Its running extremely smooth, but I cant get the computer to recognize that it has to USB ports.
I poked around and found the drivers I needed off intel, but when I attempt the installation I get an error saying that my chipset isnt the chipset required for the software, even though I ran intels own chipset ID tool telling me I had the proper one for the files I downloaded. I skipped this problem and began to address another. The video card works, and even though I updated in device manager to the proper ATI video driver, when I try to install the software to back the hardware, it tells me I dont have the proper hardware for the installation.
After all this, I went to the dell website and entered my device service number and found all my hardware files. Same problem. Whats going on here? TY
edit: the rest of the computer is fully functional. The DVD burner is working, the wireless card works great. Its just the damn USB and the vid card at this point giving me trouble.
theBlackman on 15/10/2009 at 07:36
Dell uses proprietory software drivers. Even if it is an ATI card the drivers used by Dell may be different as may be the USB drivers.
If you can get into the part of the HDD where Dell has the restore files you might be able to find the drivers.
But as you have reformatted and installed VISTA (which the machine was not designed to run) the lack of the special Dell restore (drivers etal) you erased when you formatted may make the machine inoperable on some of the functions such as you describe.
None of the drivers were ever intended to run with VISTA, which did not exist. Therefor the drivers you have DLd and are attempting to install are not compatible with the operating system.
WAREAGLE on 15/10/2009 at 07:51
I should have mentioned that these were also problems I had before the reformat. If I cant find a workaround, it isnt a big deal. Just have a cheap and easy internet only laptop. its what I wanted anyway to avoid lugging around my macbook pro. hmm. well if theres no solution then thats that.
mudi on 15/10/2009 at 16:42
Try installing the drivers that Dell provides from their website, even if it only says XP. A lot of XP drivers work in Vista.
You might have to hack the process a little bit, like installing the drivers manually through windows while the installer is running (finding the drivers wherever the installer files got unpacked... fun stuff :) )
WAREAGLE on 16/10/2009 at 06:36
Quote Posted by mudi
Try installing the drivers that Dell provides from their website, even if it only says XP. A lot of XP drivers work in Vista.
You might have to hack the process a little bit, like installing the drivers manually through windows while the installer is running (finding the drivers wherever the installer files got unpacked... fun stuff :) )
through a little churn and burn I got everything working BUT the USB ports. They are in the device manager but i think the registry is trashed. ugh. thanks guys
