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    Dell Signature Edition and Dell Drivers and Updates

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by tkuhe, Mar 30, 2015.

  1. tkuhe

    tkuhe Notebook Enthusiast

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    I bought a signature xps13 and recently went to dells website to look at drivers and updates and was surprised by how many there were. Example being a trackpad and a bios update.
    My question to the forum is should also be installing all of the recommended updates from Dell? Right now it shows 30 updates.
     
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    sjgore Notebook Geek

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    The Dell website doesn't know which updates and drivers you've already got installed, it's just listing everything that's available.

    The Dell Power Command app knows, but doesn't seem to show some of the latest updates.

    Basically, it's a manual comparison exercise between Device Manager and the Dell website.
     
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    tkuhe Notebook Enthusiast

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    Should I download and run the Dell Command software?
     
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    darkie Notebook Consultant

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    It's up to you, but it's definitely not necessary. I also got the signature edition version from Microsoft and I think I've maybe installed 5 drivers from the support site, tops. The model is new enough that you should mostly be set. Many of the 'drivers' are just extra little niche/optional utilities.

    Right now the key ones I'd look at are the drivers for the touchpad, BIOS, and I think there was one for wireless connectivity as well. Once you're caught up, you can either set up an e-mail subscription or a live bookmark/rss feed to keep you notified when new updates become available and take things from there.
     
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    tkuhe Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the note. I have updated the BIOS, touchpad, and one Broadcom driver. What about all of the intel drivers?
     
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    I have updated from Dell - BIOS 03, touchpad fw, Broadcom, Intel video.
    from station-drivers - Intel Rapid, Intel CPPC, Intel DPaTF, Intel MEC, Synaptics 18.1.53.1
     

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