Dell XPS 13 + Windows 10?

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I just got a new XPS 13 - the model with the touch screen - and it's begging for Windows 10 on it.

 

Has anyone installed 9926 on a 2015 XPS 13, and if so, how did it run? Should I do it? I've installed Win10 on a Dell Vostro 3450, and it was buggy - I lost my start menu completely. Do I take the chance again? Wait for a new build? After using Windows 10 with windowed metro apps, it's friggin hard to go back :(

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It runs fine, but there's some high CPU usage and it'll drain your battery quick. If you don't like the new build you can easily rollback to Windows 8 by selecting "Windows Rollback" when your computer boots.

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I just reformatted back to windows 8.1 update 1 with the latest iso from msdn dated late Dec 2014.  Battery life and a few other bugs really made me switch back.  I thought builds would be coming out faster.  My tablet would get so hot with 9926 and I would get 3 hours of battery life.  :-(

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I just put the Windows 10 beta on my XPS, and it's fantastic. W10 is way better than 8.1 for my laptop, with the exception of the graphics drivers. They're still non-existent :crazy:

 

Have you installed it on the dell xps 13 2015? I tried to do that and the graphic seams to work extremly slow. Whole system seams to work very sowly.

 

How is it on yours?

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Yeah, I meant the 2015 XPS 13. There's some resolution issues where the menu padding is wonky or images are displayed at "normal" - not 200% - scale, and like I said the GPU drivers don't seem to exist in any usable form. Otherwise it's a good OS on the system, it remained fast and responsive. I'll put it through its paces tonight, and try out things like hyper-V and the battery life, but from what I've seen it's at least as usable as 8.1 was on it.

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I just checked for updates, and all I saw was one for defender. My CPU usage is still high and my GPU drivers are still terribad.

 

My battery life is down to around 3 hours, but considering that my old laptop's battery life was around 3 hours, I don't even notice :cry: 

 

But I like Windows 10 too much to go back. Hopefully the updates arrive soon.

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I tried both - the ones from Windows made the screen brightness 100% while the Dell ones seem to have dimmed the screen a good amount, but otherwise they both seem to be just as useless.

 

Which graphics cards do you have? .. normally brightness is easily solvable if it is an Intel.

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I tried both - the ones from Windows made the screen brightness 100% while the Dell ones seem to have dimmed the screen a good amount, but otherwise they both seem to be just as useless.

Have you actually successfully installed anything? I tried both and it still says Microsoft Basic Display Adapter in Device Manager

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I haven't gotten anything to install successfully. I'm stuck using the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter. I can't change the resolution either.

 

This latest update from MS today seems to have slowed things down even more. I assume proper 3d acceleration would fix everything, but that requires GPU drivers... Intel...

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I haven't gotten anything to install successfully. I'm stuck using the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter. I can't change the resolution either.

 

This latest update from MS today seems to have slowed things down even more. I assume proper 3d acceleration would fix everything, but that requires GPU drivers... Intel...

 

I feel like a parrot right about now. Which iGPU do you have? 

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I haven't gotten anything to install successfully. I'm stuck using the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter. I can't change the resolution either.

 

This latest update from MS today seems to have slowed things down even more. I assume proper 3d acceleration would fix everything, but that requires GPU drivers... Intel...

Can you get the drivers in a .zip folder? Where there are all the DLLs?

 

If the answer is yes, you can try the following:

0) Extract all your contents into a known place, like the Desktop.

1) Open Device Manager

2) In Display Adapters, where it says "Microsoft Basic Display Adapter", right click on it and select "Update Driver Software"

3) Click Browse my computer for driver software

4) Click "Browse" and go for the folder where you put it in step 0. 

5) Click "Next" and see if that helps you. 

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Loads of issues with 9926 and users with GPU's that won't recognise drivers. Have got the same issue on a Dell AIO 24" with the standard attempts of uninstalling \ reinstalling drivers etc.

 

Previous release had none of these issues. Fine for what it's used for which is in the kitchen on an arm for music \ shopping \ interwebs.

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I too have the 5500 GPU.

 

Jose_49, I've tried that. I get an error saying that there's no compatible GPU drivers or something along those lines. I'm just hoping that the next build will fix the issues, or that Intel gets their GPU drivers updates soon.

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I too have the 5500 GPU.

 

Jose_49, I've tried that. I get an error saying that there's no compatible GPU drivers or something along those lines. I'm just hoping that the next build will fix the issues, or that Intel gets their GPU drivers updates soon.

 

So I checked the driver it simply doesn't have 6.4 unlocked.

 

Open the inf and insert this under:

 

[intelGfx.NTamd64.6.4]

%iHSWGT1D%   	= iHSWD_w81, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0402
%iHSWGT1M%    	= iHSWM_w81, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0406
%iHSWGT2D%   	= iHSWD_w81, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0412
%iHSWGT2M%    	= iHSWM_w81, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0416
%iHSWGT15D%    	= iHSWD_w81, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_041E
; HSW ULT
%iHSWGT1UT%    	= iHSWM_w81, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0A06
%iHSWGT2UT%    	= iHSWM_w81, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0A16
%iHSWGT3UT%    	= iHSWM_w81, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0A26
%iHSWGT3UT28W%  = iHSWM_w81, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0A2E
%iHSWGT2UX%  	= iHSWM_w81, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0A1E
%iHSWGT1ULX%  	= iHSWM_w81, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0A0E
; HSW CRW
%iHSWGT3CW%    	 = iHSWM_w81, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0D26
%iHSWGT3CWDT%   = iHSWD_w81, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0D22
; HSW Server
%iHSWSVGT2%    	= iHSWD_w81, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_041A
; BDW HW
%iBDWULTGT1%	= iBDWM_w81, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1606
%iBDWULXGT1%	= iBDWM_w81, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_160E
%iBDWULTGT2%	= iBDWM_w81, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1616
%iBDWULTGT3%	= iBDWM_w81, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1626
%iBDWULXGT2%	= iBDWM_w81, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_161E
%iBDWULTGT328W%  = iBDWM_w81, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_162B

then enable test mode:

 

bcdedit /set {current} TESTSIGNING ON
bcdedit /Set {current} loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
 
and install the driver.
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