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    Help! Which drivers do I install?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Torlek, Oct 24, 2007.

  1. Torlek

    Torlek Notebook Enthusiast

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    Got a new Inspiron 1520, reformatted the hard drive and now I have to install drivers. I followed the order of installation on the drivers CD, but there's a bunch I still haven't installed...did everything applicable under chipset, input, video, communication, and system software, but nothing under serial ATA drivers or network, nor under applications and a couple non-hardware things. What to I need drivers for?
     
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    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    You need drivers for every one of the question marks under the device manager. Did you copy SWSetup before swapping HDDs? All the drivers are in SWSetup.
     
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    Torlek Notebook Enthusiast

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    I didn't swap HDD's, I just reformatted the one it came with.

    There are no question marks in device manager.
     
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    If there's no question marks, then you're done. The computer recognizes everything that's attached.
     
    Lithus, Oct 24, 2007
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