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    Clean Install on Inspiron 15 7000 series - Three Unknown Drivers

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by ss8em, Jan 10, 2014.

  1. ss8em

    ss8em Notebook Geek

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    I have a Universal Serial Bus Controller missing driver and two unknown drivers.

    I downloaded every driver on dell's support page and nothing worked.

    Any advice?

    I'm running win 7 ultimate on this machine
     
    ss8em, Jan 10, 2014
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    ThatOldGuy Notebook Virtuoso

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    On some machines you may have to a) sweep and destroy previous drivers with a driver sweeper program before installing the new ones, or b) Install your drivers after your clean install in a very specific order. On my Razer Blade R1 I had I had to install the manufactures drivers in a very specific order or things didn't work properly.
     
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    ss8em Notebook Geek

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    The problem is on the unknown drivers I have no idea what to even look for
     
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    ss8em Notebook Geek

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    Any ideas on what else I can try?
     
    ss8em, Jan 20, 2014
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    varuka Notebook Consultant

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    I've done clean install on my 7537 a few times and the missing drivers for me were the st freefall drivers and the chipset driver(lynx) installed all the other drivers but i am running windows 8.Hope this helps.
     
    varuka, Jan 21, 2014
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