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    Compal HGL30 Vista Drivers

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by pasta1234, Mar 6, 2007.

  1. pasta1234

    pasta1234 Notebook Guru NBR Reviewer

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    Just out of curiosity in the past i have gotten my drivers from the bizcom website http://www.bizcom-us.com/support/ but after looking at compals website they offer much newer versions for the same laptop. Compals website that i am referring to is http://www.compal.com/asp/driver_dnd/ , do you guys suggest i stick with the bizcom drivers or try those.

    pete
     
    pasta1234, Mar 6, 2007
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    zeinoonm Notebook Consultant

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    Well i don't know the answer for that, but i also noticed that on the compal website you linked above, under HGL30_31/BIOS there is a ?? DMI. Any body has any idea what is that supposed to be
     
    zeinoonm, Mar 6, 2007
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    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    112A is the latest BIOS on Compal's site (and the bizcom site has a newer one for Vista). What drivers are you asking about specifically? Is there a reason you want to upgrade? Is something not running correctly?
     
    Pitabred, Mar 7, 2007
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  4. pasta1234

    pasta1234 Notebook Guru NBR Reviewer

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    Well to list a few The chipset drivers , Realtek sound drivers , Nvidia graphics card drivers.

    Overall i am not having any troubles but as always with a new OS the first drivers are always not very optimized for the new OS.

    pete
     
    pasta1234, Mar 7, 2007
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    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    If you want to, go for it. Nothing stopping you. But you're already beta-testing Vista for Microsoft, so you may as well try the latest drivers.
     
    Pitabred, Mar 7, 2007
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    I am also not a big advocate of being the first to try out a new BIOS or driver set. I don't like to mess with something unless I need it fixed. If it works, I'm happy.
     
    chrisyano, Mar 8, 2007
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