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[SOLVED] Dell XPS 15 drivers installing order.

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#1 ·
Hello,

I recently reinstalled Windows 7 and i wanted to know in which order i should install the drivers.
I have the Divers & Utilities DVD and i have also been on Dell's driver download page related to my product. Please help me out in this.

Thank you in advance. :smile:
 
#3 ·
Re: Dell XPS 15 drivers installing order.

Hi Oscer1,

Thank you for your reply. :smile:

Yes i have been on this page but the problem i have got is that if you look at the dells support page for my product drivers there are loads of drivers.

For eg: Step 2 says install the chipset driver. But on dell's driver page there is a chipset category and there are 5 different drivers in there.

So i wanted to know the exact install order.
 
#5 ·
Re: Dell XPS 15 drivers installing order.

did you enter your service tag number that should reduce the choices.
ok, so i tried entering the service tag and the result was same. :sigh:
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install all 4 drivers from the chipset catagory the first one is an application then next one is a driver install that one first then go down the list.
thanks for this info.. i am now half way through installing all the drivers. :grin:
 
#22 ·
Re: Dell XPS 15 drivers installing order.

Hi the others are on the page also,did you read this
Conexant D400 External USB 56K Modem Win7 64 driver V2.0.20.0-A

Level of Importance: Recommended
Dell recommends applying this update during your next scheduled update cycle. The update contains feature enhancements or changes that will help keep your system software current and compatible with other system modules (firmware, BIOS, drivers and software).


Compatibility
Systems Operating systems
Inspiron M301Z
Inspiron N311Z
Inspiron Desktop 410(Zino HD)
Inspiron Desktop 620/620s
Inspiron 14Z
Inspiron M4010
Inspiron M4040
Inspiron M4110
Inspiron M5010
Inspiron M5030
Inspiron Inspiron M5040
Inspiron N3010
Inspiron N4010
Inspiron N4020
Inspiron N4030
Inspiron 14 - N4050
Inspiron N4110
Inspiron N4120
Inspiron N5010
Inspiron N5030
Inspiron 15-N5040
Inspiron 15-N5050
Inspiron N5110
Inspiron N7010
Inspiron N7110
Inspiron Mini 10 (1012)
Inspiron 11z (1110)
Inspiron N301Z
Latitude E4200
Latitude E4300
Latitude E4310
Latitude XT2
OptiPlex 390
Dell Precision Mobile WorkStation M6400
Dell Precision Mobile WorkStation M6500
Studio Laptop 1569
Studio XPS Desktop 435T/9000
Studio XPS Desktop 9100
Vostro Desktop 460
Vostro Notebook 1440
Vostro Notebook 1450
Vostro Notebook 1540
Vostro Notebook 1550
Vostro Notebook 3300
Vostro Notebook 3350
Vostro Notebook 3400
Vostro Notebook 3450
Vostro Notebook 3500
Vostro Notebook 3550
Vostro Notebook 3700
Vostro Notebook 3750
Vostro Notebook V130
Vostro Notebook V131
XPS/Dimension 8300
XPS XPS 14 (L401X)
XPS XPS 15 (L501X)
XPS XPS 15 (L502X)
XPS XPS 17 (L701X)
XPS XPS 17 (L702X)
Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit



Fixes and Enhancements
Fixed the issue that unable to send or receive fax via Microsoft Fax.


Installation Instructions

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Hard Drive Installation (via WinZip) with Setup.exe File for CONEXANT_D400-EXTERNAL-USB-5_A02_R286929.exe

Download

1.Click Download Now, to download the file.
2.When the File Download window appears, click Save (Windows XP
users will click Save) this program to disk and click OK. The Save In:
window appears.
3.From the Save In: field, click the down arrow then click to
select Desktop and click Save. The file will download to your desktop.
4.If the Download Complete window appears, click Close. The file
icon appears on your desktop.

Install

1.Double-click the new icon on the desktop labeled CONEXANT_D400-EXTERNAL-USB-5_A02_R286929.exe.
2.The Self-Extracting window appears and prompts you to extract or
unzip to C:\DELL\DRIVERS\R286929. Write down this path so the executable (I.e.
Setup.exe) file can be found later.
3.The Self-Extractor window appears.
4.Click OK.
5.After completing the file extraction, if the Self-Extractor
window is still open, close it.
6.Click the Start button and then click Run.
7.Type C:\DELL\DRIVERS\R286929 in the Open textbox and then click OK.
8.Follow the on-screen installation instructions.
 
#26 ·
Re: Dell XPS 15 drivers installing order.

you say you have the driver disk why not use that to install the drivers that are missing? sorry about that one yep that was bluetooth.
insert the disk let it auto run and it should bring up a list of devices for your computer then extract the driver that you need.
the disk is useful but a for some reason some of the drivers are not even on the disk. When i click on Extract, I get a message sometimes saying that the driver is on other disk (thats a bit odd) and on the other drivers nothing happen when i click on Extract.

I will just go through all the drivers and read through and find the ones I need like joeten said.
 
#30 ·
Re: Dell XPS 15 drivers installing order.

The other way is to go to device manager then to the device click on the + to expand the view, then go to the device right click on it and choose properties, then go to the details tab and from the dropdown list choose hardware id's and post the pci\ven and dev
Thanks guys.:smile:

Hardware id: ACPI SMO8800

The Unknown Device turned out to be ST Microelectronics DE351DL Motion Sensor

Thankyou oscer1 and joeten for helping me out. I am all sorted now.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED :wave:
 
#29 ·
Re: Dell XPS 15 drivers installing order.

The other way is to go to device manager then to the device click on the + to expand the view, then go to the device right click on it and choose properties, then go to the details tab and from the dropdown list choose hardware id's and post the pci\ven and dev
 
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