Latitude D830 – 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.

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)

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)

Check the Architecture of the link and then select download.

Application

Security

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Thanks Philip, I followed your instructions and windows 7 (x64) is running just fine on a D830, 4GB RAM, WD Black Scorpio 500GB, and a Intel core 2 duo T9300 cpu. Only problem I had was with the SATA drivers (Intel Matrix Storage Manager). Don’t know what the problem was but Win7 took care of that one way or the other. If the 8GB memory and the T9500 weren’t so darn expensive I would’ve put those in. Oh, well can’t have it all.

Thanks for providing the feedback for the driver set and posting about your success.
I should remove the Matrix Storage Manager links for Windows 7, it should be natively taken care of in the OS.

Hi, this all worked well with the new bios and windows 7 on my D830. Fortunately I had paid extra for a second stick of 2GB RAM in the original machine, so I bought a single stick of 4GB for the simple to add empty slot on the underside of the laptop. I had to play with the Crucial web shop a little to find the correct stick of 4GB as I am in the UK and not the USA but it all went well. I did not update the hard drive. I also didn’t fancy taking the machine apart to access the other RAM slot. The laptop runs well with its 6GB ram, its just a little slow to boot. Thanks for the advice

Thanks, the Bios and installing windows 7 worked fine with no problems on my D830. Fortunately I had ordered the original D830 with a single stick of 2GB ram, so all I needed to do was add a single stick of 4GB Ram in the easy to access slot on the underside of the laptop and I had 6GB to play with. I did not fancy taking the laptop apart to replace the 2GB ram. Th

I also have a d630 latitude and im not upgrading from a 120gb to a 1tb also want to change the o’s from xp pro to win 7 pro , do I just backup the old drive then exchanger with new drive then put in win.7 pro dc and let it install?

I wouldn’t recommend swapping the CD drive for a hard drive: I did this, and the newly installed hard drive kept overheating and consequently slowing to a crawl. It occurs to me now, though, that an SSD might not overheat. Still, most people will want to replace the original HD with a SSD and then put the original SSD in the CD slot.

Also: I’d like to hear more about how one does a CPU upgrade.

(Finally: if anyone wonders, Linux Mint works well – after a few tweaks – on the D830.)

I replaced the HDD with a SSD and the optical drive with the HHD in my Latitude D820. The second hard drive is not used too much as its just a data drive. I usually use an external laptop cooling pad with my system however.

The CPU upgrade, requires an almost complete deassemble, I done this on my D820 and all the instructions are given in the Service Manual linked to above. Ensure that you remove any old thermal paste on the processor and heatsink and put a new set down or the system will overheat.

I»m running a D830 on Windows 10 64.
I’m trying to get the sound working through the dock 3,5 mm connector but it fails.
What about installing the latest Sigmatel Audio drivers?

Give it a try, I haven’t tested it. 🙂

Hi Philip.
Thought I’d post an update to your guide-
I have installed 8.1 x64 on my D830 with 4gb ram, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Nvidia Quadro NVS 140M. The Quadro is still supported by Nvidia, with the newest driver –
341.95-quadro-grid-desktop-notebook-win8-win7-64bit-international-whql.exe.
The Wi-Fi and BT have built-in support.
I also put the 5530 WWAN chip in my unit, which is unsupported- so this driver hack still works in 8.1:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/posts/7565668/
Looks like the jpgs are gone, I pdf’d the page, here is the pdf, the orca’d file, and
some notes about enabling GPS:
https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=7C4DDC5946A7F60F!499&authkey=!ANcbx5wk_alQFak&ithint=folder%2cpdf
The last thing that seems to be of issue compared to my install of XP x64 is the crispness of text, so
I will be investigating the screen driver.

Nice information. Are you planning on upgrading to Windows 10 TH2?

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