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    Which driver to install?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by alastiar, Jul 10, 2009.

  1. alastiar

    alastiar Notebook Consultant

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    I went to Dell site to download some driver for my Studio 1555, and there are tons of them. I ran across to these 2 Intel driver and i dont know the different. Do i need to install both of them? What driver do i need to install?

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    thanks
     
    alastiar, Jul 10, 2009
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  2. Hep!

    Hep! sees beauty in everything

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    The top one is for the chipset, the bottom one is for the Intel integrated graphics. I'd suggest just downloading the latest chipset drivers from Intel's website (just choose your OS from this link). If you have the ATI graphics, use the tweakforce graphics drivers.

    EDIT: Note that you want the chipset drivers regardless of what graphics you have.
     
    Hep!, Jul 10, 2009
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  3. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    One is a video driver, on is a chipset driver. What specific driver (if any) were you looking for in the first place? Or were you just looking to update any drivers possible?

    Where it says 'Applies to:' under the drivers, that link shows you what that driver is for - if you don't have that hardware on your system, you don't use that driver.

    You can also check in your Device Manager, and see what hardware you have; you can also update from there. You may already have these versions installed.

    Cheers... :cool:
     
    pixelot, Jul 10, 2009
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