Drivers and Vista and E1505

Since I am relatively new to PC's (mac person) let me ask a dumb question..

My E1505 came as "Vista Capable" and I got the hardware options to help support a future upgade to vista.

My qestion is about drivers. It appears beside having the right hardware - the issue is does the PC hardware components in a notebook have the updated drivers to work with Vista.

I see the post that ATI just made available updated dirvers for Vista support.

As I uderstand it using the Dell support utility - it checks to see if you have the latest drivers/bios/widgets are installed and will install new ones for you if needed????

Or do I need to keep checking the dell support site and manually download any new drivers before upgrading?

My vista CD will probably sit on the shelf for a few months before I upgrade - just wanted to know what to do when I am ready.

Thanks

 

I have been running Windows Vista since early December. The majority of the drivers are pre-loadeded with Vista except for a few devices. I'm expecting more updated Vista Drivers to be released in the coming months, but it has taken some time for manufacturers to release drivers. The only one device I don't seem to have a driver for is the Ricoh SD Card Reader. To configure the synaptics touchpad I download the latest software from there website.

 

Since dell is now shipping Inspirons with Vista preinstalled - could one assume that dell has all the updated hardware drivers for the components inside their notebooks???

 

My assumption is that they would have Vista installed with the same drivers they have available on their website. But you may still run into unrecognizable devices, because the manufacturer has yet to release Vista Drivers.

 

dylan255 what wireless card are you running? I have all the drivers I need for Vista 32bit except the driver for the 1390 mini-card.

 

I had the same problem, my coming laptop has the dell 1390 wireless mini-card.

Edit: This link may help~
http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=si_wireless&message.id=31759

 

Thanks andy_tok.... I emailed Dell as well and they were clueless. You figure they'd release a Vista driver since it is kind of an important piece of hardware but if the XP driver works fine I guess the if it's not broke don't fix it saying applies.

 

I'm using the Intel Pro Wireless 3954ABG, so I am not having the same issue you guys are complaining about. As far as I am concerned Dell is quite behind on the Vista band wagon and they are still trying to verify things will work. The only driver I don't have loaded is the Ricoh SD card reader and to my understanding no driver is currently available.

 

Dylan255

Here you go...posted a few days ago...

http://support.dell.com/support/dow...1&vercnt=1&formatcnt=1&libid=27&fileid=188377

Bob

 

Same here. DOes anyone know if those drivers are available yet

 

http://support.dell.com/support/dow...=1&vercnt=6&formatcnt=1&libid=5&fileid=187881
The latest xp driver works

 

Thanks for the link, but it doesn't work on 64 bit OS's. Eventually they'll have an updated driver, hopefully

 

Do you guys notice that after the Vista upgrade, the Firewire networking properties is gone?

I hope its just a driver thing, or else I'll be pissed if theres no TCP/IP for firewire
in Vista

Current driver is: Ricoh OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394... by MS, Version 6.0.6000.16386

 

My understanding is exactly that... there is no TCP/IP over firewire in Vista.

 

I had the same problem with my RICOH SD set on my Inspiron with Vista. I used trial and error and ended up finding a driver set that works. Its the XP RICOH Drivers from Lenovo
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-61699

I loaded these and about 7 other driver sets. Thank God VISTA didnt crash. These XP drivers ended up working great. I am using a RIDATA 4GB SD X150 as a readyboost stick.