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    Windows 7 32 and 64 bit drivers for 1640 now available on Dell Support

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by drb227, Aug 19, 2009.

  1. drb227

    drb227 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I was just checking for drivers for my 1640 (I recently re-installed Windows 7 RC 64 bit) and lo and behold, Dell is now showing 32 and 64 bit Windows 7 operating system choices for the drivers.

    The available drivers you see when choosing 64 bit Windows 7 are certainly not all there by a long shot and most of them appear to be the same as the Vista drivers but it is at least a promising sign! The new Quickset driver appears to be specifically for Windows 7.
     

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    Windows 7 downloads 99% of SXPS's drivers automatically.
     
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    drb227 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yup and that is one of the great things about Windows 7. However, there are always cases where the manufacturer supplied drivers for certain devices are better/more up to date than the drivers supplied with the operating system.
     
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    Do you think dell will provide a drivers cd together with win 7 or do we have to download them ourselves?
     
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    IDT Audio driver is the same version and it's very buggy on Windows 7.

    It needs updating.
     
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    Yeah, I didn't even bother installing the IDT Audio driver. The sound works OK with the default Windows 7 audio driver and that will have to do until Dell releases a proper Windows 7 driver.
     
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    The new QuickSet 9.6.6 for Win7 x64 installs without question or issue on my M1530. Now if I could only get the damn Intel 5350 card to work.
     
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    Tried the new 64bit Win 7 QuickSet Drivers for the 1640 on my 1340 and worked flawlessly, thanks :)
     
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