Finally I have come out a solution to use Windows 7 RC1 in my 7 years old DELL 700m with Intel Extreme 82852/82855 GM & the SD card reader.
DELL 700m SD card reader driver that supports >1G SD card
http://www.700musers.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=282
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R139212&SystemID=INS_PNT_PM_700M&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=7271&devlib=0&typecnt=1&vercnt=3&formatcnt=1&libid=27&fileid=186169
For Display Driver (82852/82855 GM), you can make use of the vista driver from the following link: -
http://justendeal.com/driver/855gm_vista_driver.zip
(The Info Source: http://www.sevenforums.com/drivers/637-installing-video-driver-intel-855-centrino-chipset-6.html )
But the installation method is a little bit tricky: -
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make sure your Windows 7 display card driver is in "Standard VGA Adaptor"
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in Device Manager, update driver: but select the option that the driver is "inside your Computer".
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(IMPORTANT) select "Intel -> Intel 945 GM Display Driver", it must prompt that the driver is INCOMPATIBLE to your hardware. IGNORE THAT and install it.
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it will prompt for system restart, let it be and your display should be very ugly.
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after restart, in Device Manager, update driver: but select "Have Disk" - the driver expanded from the zip package. it must prompt the driver is not signed. IGNORE THAT and install it.
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the system should reflect the changes INSTANTLY (i.e. you can change your resolution as native: 1280 x 800).
(IMPORTANT) HOWEVER, this is not the end of the story. If you restart the system like that, you will encounter BLUE SCREEN with STOP signal 0x7E. Workaround to that is, according to this URL: -
http://www.sevenforums.com/drivers/637-installing-video-driver-intel-855-centrino-chipset-8.html
Post #74
| (Courtesy to comments from Arathranar):You asked, and I can deliver. The 0x7E STOP blue screen is occuring due to the new boot animation in Win7 which runs at 1024x768 but only if an external monitor isn't attached. So if you avoid the new boot animation and os get the default VGA resolution (640x480), it doesn't occur. That can be achieved by running msconfig and checking Boot->OS boot information. Instead of the animation you now get text showing driver loads and the 0x7E STOP blue screen. And now you don't need an external monitor connected each time you reboot. |
Therefore, after this msconfig fix to "OS boot information" display. That blue screen will not be occurred and your DELL 700m can be maintained in good native resolution forever (even after many reboots!!!)
the rest of drivers (like network / wifi / multimedia etc...) can be reused by using the Jurassics XP ones without any legacy warnings.
Enjoy~! 