Vostro 1500 – Windows 7 and 10

System Upgrades

Service Manual

Ensure you reference your service manual before carrying out upgrades:

The most recommended upgrade for this system is a Solid State Drive, here is my affiliate link to Crucial here. If purchasing a SSD or Memory Upgrade please use these links as I will get a tiny bit of commission which will help fund my guides.

SSD Drive Upgrade

Memory Upgrade:

This system supports 8 GB of RAM (2×4 GB Modules) however 8 GB of DDR2 RAM is more expensive than it is worth and the 32 Bit OS maxes out at 4 GB RAM. This can also be purchased using the affiliate link above.

Media Direct

Media Direct should be installed before the Operating System in order for the Media Direct Button to function correctly.

Operating System

It is recommended to install Windows 10 on this system see Windows OEM FAQs and Downloads. The Windows Vista OEM or Windows XP Product Key won't be compatible with Windows 10 Installation Media however you can run Windows 10 Unlicensed. Windows 10 will have most of the system drivers required inbuilt however you can install the Windows 7 Drivers if you have any unknown Devices in the Device Manager.

Drivers and Downloads for Windows 7

Legacy BIOS

System Utilities (Windows 7 Only)

Chipset (Windows 7)

Serial ATA

Card Reader

Video (Windows 7 Only)

Communications (Windows 7 Only)

Not all systems have a modem. If the Driver fails to install, there is no need to try and install the rest in this category.

Input

Dell Wireless Cards

Audio (Windows 7 Only)

Install the Registry Edit and then the Audio Driver.

Registry Edit

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Open up Notepad or Notepad++, copy and paste the above and save the file (as all types) ending with the extension .reg. Once done right click the reg file and run.

Add the entries to your registry before installing the Audio Driver.

Application

5 thoughts on “Vostro 1500 – Windows 7 and 10

  1. thanks so much i own a dell vostro 1500 with win 7 installed but some times , the horrible bluescreen crash the system , i hope fix this with this drivers

      1. i mean with olders drivers or ,, well just installed win 7 but no dirvers and allways gave me problems now i have allreadi istalled this dirver ,, for now everything is ok , and remenemenber upgrade bios to , ao6 but , now is working fine i will use more days , i will tell you if the problems continious

      2. dude again 🙁 blue screem how to fix
        Problem signature:
        Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
        OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
        Locale ID: 5130

        Additional information about the problem:
        BCCode: a
        BCP1: C0600000
        BCP2: 00000000
        BCP3: 00000000
        BCP4: 82AA4233
        OS Version: 6_1_7601
        Service Pack: 1_0
        Product: 256_1

        Files that help describe the problem:
        C:\Windows\Minidump\112514-34117-01.dmp
        C:\Users\alvaro\AppData\Local\Temp\WER-278134-0.sysdata.xml

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