A device driver or software driver is a computer program allowing higher-level computer programs to interact with a hardware device. For the Precision 7520, all the drivers installation for their devices is similar except that some system may have more devices than the other.
After a clean installation of the Microsoft® Windows 7, 8.1 and 10 operating system, you must install the following drivers and software packages:
After a fresh copy of windows is installed, always install the Intel chipset driver utility first. After that, you can install the rest of the devices' drivers in any sequence. However we would recommend you follow the convention below.
Categories | Driver Name | Windows 7 | Windows 8.1 | Windows 10 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Chipset Drivers | Intel Chipset Drivers | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Chipset Drivers | Intel Management Engine Interface (MEI) Drivers | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Chipset Drivers | Intel Dynamic Platform and Thermal Framework Drivers | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Chipset Drivers | Intel Rapid Storage Technology (RST) Drivers | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Chipset Drivers | RealTek PCI-E Card Reader Drivers | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Video Drivers | UMA Graphics Drivers | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Video Drivers | Discrete Graphics Drivers | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Audio Drivers | Realtek Audio Drivers | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Network Drivers | Intel Ethernet Controller Drivers | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Network Drivers | Wireless and Bluetooth Drivers | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Network Drivers | 4G LTE Mobile Broadband Drivers | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Input Drivers | Touchpad Drivers | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Input Drivers | Intel Thunderbolt Controller Driver | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Other Drivers | Intel HID Event Filter | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Check if the Intel Chipset Drivers is installed by looking at Device Manager - shown below. Install the Intel chipset update from the Support Site.
Windows 7, 8.1 and 10>Chipset Drivers > Intel Chipset Drivers
Before Installation | After Installation |
Check if the MEI driver is installed by looking at Device Manager. Install the MEI driver update.
Windows 7, 8.1 and 10>Chipset Drivers > Intel Management Engine Interface (MEI) Drivers
Before Installation | After Installation |
Check if the Intel Dynamic Platform and Thermal Framework Drivers is installed by looking at Device Manager. Install the Intel Dynamic Platform and Thermal Framework Drivers update.
Windows 7, 8.1 and 10>Chipset Drivers > Intel Dynamic Platform and Thermal Framework Drivers
Before Installation | After Installation |
Check if the RST driver is installed by looking at Device Manager. Install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology (RST) Drivers update.
Windows 7, 8.1 and 10>Chipset Drivers > Intel Rapid Storage Technology (RST) Drivers
Before Installation | After Installation |
Check if the RealTek PCI-E Card Reader Driver is installed by looking at Device Manager. Install the RealTek PCI-E Card Reader Driver update from the Support Site.
Windows 7, 8.1 and 10>Chipset Drivers > RealTek PCI-E Card Reader Driver
Before Installation | After Installation |
Check if the video driver is installed by looking at Device Manager. Install the UMA Graphics Drivers update from the Support Site.
Windows 7, 8.1 and 10>Video Drivers > UMA Graphics Drivers
Before Installation | After Installation |
Check if the video driver is installed by looking at Device Manager. Install the Discrete Graphics Drivers update from the Support Site.
Windows 7, 8.1 and 10>Video Drivers > Discrete Graphics Drivers
Before Installation | After Installation |
Once you have installed the audio driver, the High Definition Audio Device entry becomes the Realtek High Definition Audio entry.
Check if the Audio driver is installed by looking at Device Manager. Install the Realtek Audio Drivers update from the Support Site.
Windows 7, 8.1 and 10>Audio Drivers > Realtek Audio Drivers
Before Installation | After Installation |
Check if the Network drivers are installed by looking at Device Manager. Install the Intel Ethernet Controller Drivers update from the Support Site.
Windows 7, 8.1 and 10>Network Drivers > Intel Ethernet Controller Drivers
Before Installation | After Installation |
Check if the Network driver is installed by looking at Device Manager. Install the Wireless and Bluetooth Drivers from Support Site.
Windows 7, 8.1 and 10>Network Drivers>Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 8265 Wireless Network Adapter Drivers
Before Installation | After Installation |
Windows 7, 8.1 and 10>Network Drivers>Qualcomm Dual Band QCA61X4A Wireless Network Adapter Drivers
Before Installation | After Installation |
Check if the Network driver is installed by looking at Device Manager. If not Install the 4G LTE Mobile Broadband Drivers from Support Site.
Windows 7, 8.1 and 10>Network Drivers>4G LTE Mobile Broadband Drivers
Before Installation | After Installation |
Check if the Input driver is installed by looking at Device Manager. Install the touchpad driver from Support Site.
Windows 7, 8.1 and 10>Input Drivers>Touchpad Drivers
Before Installation | After Installation |
Check if the Input driver is installed by looking at Device Manager. Install the Intel Thunderbolt Controller Driver from Support Site.
Windows 7, 8.1 and 10>Input Drivers>Intel Thunderbolt Controller Driver
Before Installation | After Installation |
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Check if the Other driver is installed by looking at Device Manager. Install the Intel HID Event Filter driver from Support Site.
Windows 7, 8.1 and 10>Other Drivers>Intel HID Event Filter Driver
Before Installation | After Installation |