**Latest Driver/Softwae Updates for Studio XPS 1645**

Any idea whether we should go ahead with the update as i am actually still in A09 BIOS as thats the one that has minimum THROTTLING off all the versions till A11. Any updates regarding who A12 handles throttling?

 

The A12 BIOS should throttle the same way as A11 . It looks like A09 is going to be the one to keep for the lifespan of the 4670 (for the majority of 4670 users, at least).

http://forum.notebookreview.com/del...xps-1645-47-bios-a12-a10-available-now-2.html

 

How do we actually downgrade a BIOS (from A12 back to A09)?

 

I just created this package: (edit: forgot link initially) http://strags.com/1645/bios/dell-sxps-1645-bios-a09-advanced.rar

this is the WinPhlash64 directory and contains the same flash package as included in 1645_A09.EXE BIOS update. The difference is it's not configured to automatically flash, and will open the full GUI of the program. By default it should also have the ability to over-write newer BIOSes, but if not double check the settings on the Advanced Settings tab (uncheck the option to only install if newer). Should look something like the attached screenshot:

 

Dont know if this is the right place to post this but if anyone is having rattling and distortion problems with there 1645 try my solution here http://forum.notebookreview.com/del...0-80-volume-bill-engineers-5.html#post6784970

 

Intel Rapid Storage Technology Version 10.0.0.1046 WHQL
www.station-drivers.com :: Voir le sujet - Intel Rapid Storage Technology Version 10.0.0.1046 WHQL

 

Is there any actual performance improvement in the updates they are providing???? Or is it just a driver that supports more laptops? If not then what is the actual purpose of updating this....

 

There's no download link

 

Probably no performance difference. Besides, I wouldn't install any driver that didn't either come from the device manufacturer (in this case Intel, which on their own website doesn't even have this version of the driver listed) or Dell. If not from one of those two, it's probably specifically for another set of hardware, not for our laptops or for general use.

 

It's worth pointing out that i've used station-drivers as a source for drivers for quite a number of systems i've worked on, and not had a problem (over the course of several years) - the drivers they release are given to OEMs by the hardware manufacturers and not intended for a wider release (sometimes they are incorporating new features that an OEM requests, but that aren't applicable to all users)

However as they are newer builds, sometimes there are hotfixes, etc. that do affect all users. I would say they are "safe" but not worth using unless there's a specific problem you're trying to address (or possibly a performance issue) - or in my case you just like poking things with a stick to see what happens

BTW, the download link is at the very bottom of that post, http://www.station-drivers.com/page/intel raid.htm

Judging from the screenshots and the text of the post, those drivers are also WHQL certified, so have been tested and signed by Microsoft, and thus should work just fine (WHQL = Windows Hardware Quality Labs)

 

Hello, these do come from the manufacture, the manufacture just doesn't always provide them for release through the retail support channels. In the case of something that is WHQL certified then it's something that was built and tested by both the manufacture and Microsoft for your hardware, and contains no beta code/unfinished code, or modifications whatsoever by the people distributing them. As soon as a file is altered the WHQL signing will become invalid so you can tell if someone has modified it or made it work unofficially. Something that is WHQL certified for your hardware should be safe to use (outside of normal bugs and other glitches that occur), and generally getting a newer snapshot of the driver is better because it comes from a time that many bug fixes and enhancements have been made.

The only thing I don't recommend are the beta/alpha builds and builds that were modified by the community to be compatible with extra devices, because sometimes those builds are the kind that are specially built for specific conditions or hardware, and aren't always as stable or full featured as the WHQL-certified counterparts.

To reiterate, if a driver is properly WHQL certified and it detects and properly installs for your hardware, then it contains all the necessary hardware and vendor IDs and was fully tested to be compatible by the manufacture who submitted the driver to Microsoft, and Microsoft who tested and certified the driver.

 

I'm not saying that they're unsafe or anything, just that I didn't think that there would be any improvements for our hardware, though I could very well be wrong. Thank you though for the detailed explanation. Why doesn't Intel release them on their website, when the improvements/bug fixes could benefit everyone??

 

Usually those releases are for a specific OEM that requests a feature/bugfix that is unique to their hardware design (for example, there may be an optional component that isn't contained in the reference chipset, but OEM X opted to put that component in their design, then later discovered a problem specific to that component, reported it upstream, upstream made a fix and passed it down to OEM)

However, there might be other bugfixes that the hardware manufacturer incidentally incorporated into that release, intended for a future, wider release of the driver.

Sometimes the OEM will release these drivers on it's own support page (this is why sometimes you'll find newer drivers, for say, nvidia cards posted up on guru3d.com forums, with a note that they came from the dell support site, or hp support site, etc) - other times the OEM will only distribute them to users that have specifically contacted tech support regarding the issue they fix.

 

Ok I recently installed the IDT 6.10.0.6289 audio drivers, however I have a little issue. When I listen to music using my headphones and switch between the first headphone jack (the one farthest from the microphone jack) and the second headphone jack (the one closest to the microphone jack) I get different audio quality. The first headphone jack has a much fuller and better sound than the flat quality I'm getting from the second headphone jack. Please, can anyone test and see if they can hear a difference in audio quality between their headphone jacks? Or maybe its just me and I should revert back to the 6.10.0.6272 drivers and try those? I just want to see if its these drivers (6289) or my hardware that have the problem.

**I was previously on the 6272, but I can't remember if I experienced the same issue.

EDIT- Try more base heavy music

 

Hi EDU, what is probably going on is that the "audio enhancements" are on for the first headphone jack, but not the second. If you go to the IDT Audio Control Panel (should be able to find it somewhere under the Windows Control Panel, I have another thread about this somewhere), and poke around in the settings there and look for the enhancements.

*edit: sorry I can't be more specific, I'm not at my 1645 at the moment...

 

Interesting, you were right about tinkering around with the settings (why I didn't think of that, I don't know... ). When the "Headphones" selection was green, it sounded fuller and with more bass coming through. Thanks for pointing out my stupidity. I think I just wanted to believe I was having some hardware issue...

 

ATI Catalyst Mobility Display Driver

CCC drivers version 10.10 are now released, with some fairly significant improvements.

 

Like what? I doubt it's gonna make any difference for 4670 users

 

New Features

This section provides information on new features found in this release of the AMD display driver. These include the following:
� Introduction of AMD Catalyst™ Accelerated Parallel Processing ("APP") technology Edition
� Video acceleration for WMV HD® video content
� Enhanced Dynamic Contrast video controls
� Introduction of AMD HD3D Technology

Introduction of AMD Catalyst™ Accelerated Parallel Processing ("APP") technology Edition
� There will now be two variants of the AMD Catalyst package available:
1. AMD Catalyst (comparable to prior versions in features and components) – currently includes the Direct3D®, OpenGL®, display driver and AMD Catalyst Control Center components
2. AMD Catalyst Accelerated Parallel Processing (“APP” technology Edition – AMD Catalyst plus the OpenCL driver
� Users can still obtain the individual AMD Catalyst components as well (which will also include the OpenCL driver as well)

Video accleration for WMV HD® video content
� This release of AMD Catalyst provides video acceleration support for WMV HD® (Microsoft video codec) under Windows 7
� Compatible with the ATI Radeon™ HD 5000 Series of products

Enhanced Dynamic Contrast video controls
� This release of AMD Catalyst enhances the Dynamic Contrast setting found in the Catalyst Control Center by adding histogram based detection Introduction of AMD HD3D Technology

Stereo 3D Gaming Compatibility
� This release of AMD Catalyst enables Stereo 3D gaming via 3rd party Stereo 3D
Conversion Software from Dynamic Digital Depth (DDD™ and iZ3D™
� Requirements include 3D supported display and 3D Stereoscopic glasses
� Compatible with the ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
*More information on AMD HD3D Technology, including Stereo 3D Conversion
Software and a list of supported displays, can be found at AMD HD3D Technology

Performance Improvements

The following performance improvements were observed with this release of AMD Catalyst 10.10:
� Aliens vs. Predator™ DirectX 11 Benchmark
� Performance increases up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series

� BattleForge™
� Performance increases up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series with anti-aliasing enabled

� Metro 2033™
� Performance increases up to 8% on ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series

� Unigine™ Heaven
� Performance increases up to 8% on ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series with anti-aliasing enabled

Resolved Known Issues for All Windows Operating Systems

This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst software suite for Windows. These include:
� Catalyst Control Center page will now report the correct video memory type

Resolved Known Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst software suite for Windows 7. These include:
� Secondary (Slave) GPU and Memory Clock values will now increase when D3D samples/games are running in fullscreen mode
� The maximum support mode will now be properly displayed when the CRT is connected via the DP-to-VGA dongle
� VGA display will now light up when hotplugged into the VGA port on a system booted without any displays connected
� Changing the HDMI™ display output to 1776x1000 through the operating system resolution setting no longer causes the refresh rate to default to 30Hz
� Frame drops no longer visible during WinDVD® Blu-ray playback with display resolution set to 25x16
� Changes to HDMI display scaling are now retained after system reboot
� System no longer displays blue screen during HDMI audio driver upgrade if existing version is not uninstalled prior to installation
� Unwanted desktop experience no longer visible while viewing Blu-ray content on 120 Hz displays

 

For 5xxx then

 

seeker_moc,

did you just run the EXE installer and let it install/update over your older driver, or did you completely uninstall your previous driver and then install 10.10 fresh?

 

I just ran the .exe, and it worked.

 

ive always had problems with the C++ 2005 packages, so i often have to manually run the setup.exe file.

thanks anyways!

 

I have problems on my desktop sometime. You can try going into device manager, clicking on the video card, and hitting 'update driver', point it to the driver directory (after you've expanded it, it's usually c:\amd or ati), and let Windows manually install it. That works sometimes when the regular installer program doesn't.

 

indeed i tried that before, but with mixed results.

soon as i learned about the "-uninstall" and "-install" console commands, i stuck with it. never failed me thus far.

 

I downloaded the latest Bluetooth-Driver / Software from the list on page 1 and it destroyed my system-partition. So far I don't know if its really related to the driver but it began after a error-message during the installation.
The installer mentioned that the previous changes are now undone. The progress bar stands still so I killed the process after 20-25min.

After the reboot I checked the C: partition and several folders were deleted. About 200 GB of data are gone now and the system doesn't boot any more.

Again, I'm not 100% sure if this is related to the Driver/Software or something else.

 

It happened to me too, it's not a problem of the installer, it's problem with UNinstaller of the old drivers...

 

I had this problem not with installing drivers but when I was doing a chkdisk. I left it checking for the night and the next morning, the computer was hibernating or shut down (couldn't remember) , when I booted it back, everything was gone.

I tried recovering it but failed. I had to reformat the the entire thing.

 

The WIDCOMM driver linked on page1 is stale/outdated...you should try updating to v6.3.0.6900....

 

Where did you get 6.4 ?

 

Thanks for the info, I ll get them when the system is reinstalled. I'm still trying to rescue my files, at least the pictures of my dslr.
Can you post a link for the newest driver/software?

 

Dell Wireless 375 Bluetooth Module, v.6.3.0.6900, A04

Dell Wireless 375 driver backwards compatible with Dell Wireless 370, ect.

 

Dell Wireless 370 driver version 6.3.5.430 comes in Microsoft/Windows Update, I think that's the most current version.

Also, the synaptics touchpad driver for the new XPS 15 on the Dell website is a newer version than listed on page one, works with the SXPS 16, and doesn't have any problem with multi-touch like the current Dell driver sometimes does.

 

hey guys, I don't have my XPS 1645 anymore and won't be keeping track of this anymore - someone might want to start a new thread if they want to keep this going.

 

Thats really sad
Whats the next system for you gaah???

Maybe I will start a new thread with your and newer contents?

 

Still got an SXPS 8100 desktop, thinking HP Elitebook 8740w w/ DreamColor 2 IPS display is the best fit for me laptop wise. Waiting for Intel Sandy Bridge/Huron River platform, too.

 

Right whoever had SXPS should wait for SandyBridge otherwise the upgrade is nonsense. and the new XPS line oh my god is such a downgrade. The worst thing about is the bottom base. SXPS huge cover to access it all and cleaning up vents and all and upgrading was easy but now they have made is so damn hard for the geeks to maintain the system themselves, total headache. I will stay with the SXPS just fine

 

Can't someone take ownership of this thread????

 

there is a new thread here

 

I updated the first post already with the direct link, if there's any files it doesn't have that I did, I will track it down upon request.

 

Gah, I'm having problems with A09 on my XPS 1645.

I updated to A12, but that seemed to decrease my system's performance, so I downgraded to A09, which was a great improvement except for the fact that any game I play becomes completely unplayable after a few minutes (on the verge of locking up). I checked my temperatures with GPU-Z and RealTemp, and nothing is overheating. Grr...any ideas?

 

could be your CPU throttling? give ThrottleStop a try, see what your CPU multipliers are when you game.

 

This isn't a drivers question, you should either post in the owner's lounge, or create a new thread. Also, you need to include much more detail in your request, like what hardware (specifically which GPU) you have in your 1645.

 

How come when I go to the Dell support (drivers and downloads) the latest bios that I could find for my XPS 1645 was the _A06.

 

Are you looking well? I see A12, the first option under the BIOS category. LINK

 

A12 is the newest for the 1645 Drivers & Downloads

Edit: post sniped.....

 

Seeker, remove your link. Your service tag is showing....just a heads up

 

Thanks, link updated, though yours works too, lol. Though now it's showing in your quote of my post.

 

LOOOL, sorry got it now. Not that I needed a whole 'nother post to say this.

 

well a12 works fine for me with ati 5730... though when i had the 4670 i used a09