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    missing hardware driver for E1505

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Mag-Lite, May 19, 2006.

  1. Mag-Lite

    Mag-Lite Notebook Guru

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    I just received a 1505 for my wife. 1st thing I did was wipe and reformat the hard drive. Evreything seems to be working properly but in device manager it shows I have missing drivers. Any idea what I am missing? Screen shot included.

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    Mag-Lite, May 19, 2006
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    Mag-Lite Notebook Guru

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    Just to add, I did download all the latest drivers from dell's website. But I still cannot figure out what driver I am missing? Or what hardware is not working? All is says is "base system device"?
     
    Mag-Lite, May 19, 2006
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    Does it say System Base? If so thats used for the Media Card Reader. Had the same issue. Look for chipset drivers on the d/l patch I think its called Rioch or something.
     
    howardpm, May 19, 2006
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    Yeah, I think it's the Ricoh driver for SD card/Memory stick.
     
    bestco, May 19, 2006
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    I forgot all about the cardreader. I'll report back when I get the chance to download and install the driver. Thanks for the tip.

    As a side note: the E1505 seems to be a solid laptop. Now I want one, lol.
     
    Mag-Lite, May 19, 2006
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    Mag-Lite Notebook Guru

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    That was it. The Ricoh R5C832 driver was under "Chipset" so I only downloaded the Intel mobile chipset driver thinking the Ricoh driver was for some other type of chipset.
    I installed the Ricoh R5c832 driver and all hardware is now accounted for in device manager. Thanks for the help.
     
    Mag-Lite, May 20, 2006
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    So, you had to download both drivers? The Intel and the Ricoh, correct?
     
    whoamI?, May 27, 2006
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    correct, Intel is vital for the system and needs to be installed first. Ricoh is for the card reader only from what I know
     
    05Edge, May 27, 2006
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    I called Dell support and the tech told me the Ricoh driver wasn't necessary, but if you don't install it you'd see the yellow mark in device manager, so it's definately recommended.
     
    bestco, May 27, 2006
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