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Which Vista-Drivers after installation (Inspiron 9400)?
Hi! I searched the forum but didn't find a solution for my problem yet, so allow me to ask: Do I have to install any drivers downloadable from Dell on my Inspiron 9400 after doing a clean Vista Business installation from a MS Vista-DVD I bought at a retailer over here? Vista seems to install drivers for all the hardware, but maybe there are additional needs for Dell drivers. Thanks in advance. Bye Marc
Message Edited by viersich on 02-21-2007 11:22 AM
Message Edited by viersich on 02-21-2007 11:22 AM
- Hi. Ok, perhaps my question was not clear enough. ;) BTW: 9400/E1705 running Vista 32bit. I know that there is the driver download page you gave me the link of. But I wonder which of the drivers to install and which not (because Vista already has working ones). And if there is any need for a special installation order. Background: I already tried to install the bluetooth drivers but Vista produces an error during this process. Bye Marc
robertc123
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Posted February 21st, 2007 13:00
Vista found all the drivers it needed it even went to a couple of websites to install all of the correct drivers. I did not need to get any from Dell. In this regard I think the Vista migration is much better than XP was. There only problem was doing an upgrade instead of a clean install because there were incompatible drivers on the system that I could not get rid of. I recommend that people do a clean install like I did after the upgrade left a driver mess and things will work out much better.- I have a Dell Inspiron 9400 with ATI RADEON MOBILITY X1400 video. I've installed Vista Business 32 bit (upgraded from windows xp pro) and get a "blue screen" every time i shut down stating an IRQL STOP error. On restart vista identifies this as a video driver issue. I've downloaded the latest one i could find: http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R138605&SystemID=INSPIRONI6400/E1505&os=WLH&osl=en&deviceid=10534&devlib=0&typecnt=1&vercnt=1&formatcnt=1&libid=6&fileid=185285Everything else is working fine. I've downloaded the newest Catalyst drivers as well. Can you or anyone give me advice any advice? I have updated windows as well. I would like to fix this problem without reinstalling because of all the network stuff on this computer that connects it to my company network which i probably wouldn't be able to piece back together. Thanks in advance for any advice.
jennwill99
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Posted February 21st, 2007 21:00
BhamSteve:If you follow this link, you will not get any more help on the IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL at this time, but I have the same issue and hopefully the future resolution or support will show up under that post.Since the error does not affect my operation of Vista at this time, I am leaving it as is until something comes up. Since I only get the error during shut down or restart, I let it go for now.jennwill99
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Posted February 21st, 2007 21:00
I did not need install in any required order, but I did install ones that I knew would be easy first (like Dell QuickSet). The last ones I did were Conexant Modem and Bluetooth.Bluetooth required me to remove the existing WIDCOMM drivers first. Since I am on a wireless network, I knew I might access to the Internet (through Wi-Fi and therefore WIDCOMM), so I made sure everything was working first before being disconnected with civilization.Expect to reinstall all of your bluetooth devices afterwards.If you have any difficulty with a particular issue or upgrade before installing, feel free to ask.- Hi. Thanks for the reply. Yesterday, I installed Quickset, the Touchpad driver, the (newer) Broadcom 440x drivers and the Sigmatel drivers (since all of them were newer or missing). Bluetooth 355 drivers have already been installed by Vista so I did not make up my mind yet if I should dare to change them. Before your installation of these drivers, you just removed the bluetooth devices from the device manager? I also wonder if I need to install "Intel Mobile Chipset (R140623.EXE)" and "Dell Notebook System Software (R143625.EXE)". Bye Marc
jennwill99
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Posted February 21st, 2007 09:00