Just recently attempted to upgrade the OS on an XPS One 24 from 32 bit Vista to 32 bit Windows 8 Pro. I could install it, but could never get it to boot.
So I went back and reloaded Vista Home Premium from my Dell Reinstallation DVD. It loaded perfectly, but I had no drivers, so I inserted and ran the Dell Drivers and Utilities disk. Device manager showed a yellow triangle on the Broadcom 802.11n Network Adapter (Error Code 10 - this device cannot start). I uninstalled the driver, restarted the PC and let it install. It did not install correctly.
Then, using another PC I went to the Dell drivers and downloads page, entered the service tag and looked for drivers. There are only 2 Broadcom drivers listed under Network - one for Bluetooth and one for wireless.
Can anybody explain any of this? Why won't the Dell Drivers disk correctly install the drivers, and why can't I find the drivers on the drivers page?