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Dell D630 upgrade vista to 7
Want to upgrade my laptop Dell D630 to windows 7. Used the windows 7 upgrade advisor and everything
Checks ok except broadcom netxtreme 57xx gigabit controller. No compatibility info on this device. Anyone
Know if there is a way to get this to work with windows 7 or a way around this issue? - Thanks
Philip_Yip
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June 22nd, 2014 02:00
No need to worry, Windows 7 has a driver for the Broadcom Ethernet. Use the drivers here:
http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/driver-sets/latitude-d-series-laptops/
You are best to Upgrade via a "Clean Install" and not via an "Upgrade". See here for details:
http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/a-clean-install-of-windows/
In particular here:
http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/a-clean-install-of-windows/windows-7-installation/