Re: Inspiron 530 with Ubuntu
- From: "Christopher Muto" <muto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 09:24:59 -0400
if you are talking about a inspiron desktop 530 then i believe that it is
essentially the same machine as a vostros desktop 200.
go to support.dell.com and select 'drivers' followed by 'desktop',
'vostros', and then 'windows xp'.
start with the chipset driver, followed by networking, video, modem, etc.
"Louis" <ladams@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I ordered an Inspiron 530 with Ubuntu, so I would not be paying for an
operating system. Big mistake.
I had Windows XP Pro on my homebuilt that got zapped by a telephone line
surge during a lightning storm (thru DSL modem which also got zapped).
I formatted the hard disk and installed Windows XP all right. Except there
were a lot of question marks in Device Manager about missing drivers. I
went to the Dell Support web site and they only had a video driver for
Windows XP. They had a sound driver that was the wrong driver for my
computer. They had nothing for the network adapter.
I did a chat with Dell Support that provided nothing. I then called the
tech support number. Both people gave me a big hassel about the computer
being hardware specific for the chosen operating system and Dell had no
responsibility for support of other operating systems. I argued with both
that a computer parts operate made today should operate on Windows XP and
Dell's only responsibility to me is to identify the parts. The only ID I
had was Integrated network card and Integrated sound.
After much hassel with the nice lady on telephone she looked up a
reference and identified the network adapter as Intel 82562V-100. I
downloaded the driver from Intel and solved that problem, which was the
most important. With connection to the Internet I got USB 2 drivers by
Internet search by Windows.
I talked with tech suppport today and only got misformation about the
identy of the integrated sound provider.
This is seems to be a prettty good computer for the money ($398 shipped
w/o monitor) if you plan to use only the operating system you buy. Others
BEWARE.
The Ubuntu operating system looked good and should work well for those who
want to use it forever.
.
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