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32-bit Windows 10 drivers?
I cannot find 32-bit Windows 10 drivers on Dell Support for my e5470 laptop. The System Information clearly specifies this as x86 architecture, but the service tag page does not include any Windows 10 x86 drivers.
jphughan
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May 9th, 2019 08:00
I don't know if Dell ever shipped that system from the factory with Windows 10 32-bit. However, if you select Windows 10 64-bit on the Dell Support page and then click the "Full driver details" for any of the drivers you see, then expand the Supported Operating Systems section, you'll find that most or even all of include support for 32-bit versions of Windows. Even if they don't specifically list 32-bit Windows 10, if you see 64-bit Windows 10 and 32-bit Windows [older version], the driver will work.
That said, why are you using 32-bit Windows 10? Even if you only have 4GB of RAM, 64-bit Windows offers some benefits in terms of memory management since it allows individual processes to consume more memory than the 32-bit version. And if you have more than 4GB of RAM, you absolutely want 64-bit Windows because the 32-bit version can't use more than that. Windows licenses are not specific to a particular CPU architecture version, so if you're comfortable performing a clean install of your system, you can download Windows 10 directly from Microsoft here, which includes a tool to build bootable installation media in order to install Windows 10 64-bit instead.
bpreston89
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May 9th, 2019 08:00
jphughan
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May 9th, 2019 11:00
@bpreston89 yes I realize that, "bro". But do YOU realize that the Latitude E5470's CPU is 64-bit, in fact basically every Intel CPU that has been offered in laptops like that for more than the last decade now has been 64-bit? Do you think Dell would list Windows 10 64-bit on their support page for that system and provide Windows 10 64-bit drivers for its hardware if that system wasn't capable of running it?
A 32-bit CPU can't run a 64-bit OS. But a 64-bit CPU will run a 32-bit OS, which you appear to be doing for some unclear reason. Unless you need to do something like run ancient 16-bit applications, which is possible on 32-bit Windows but not 64-bit Windows, then you really don't want to run a 32-bit OS on a 64-bit CPU -- bro.
misskryslasam
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July 2nd, 2021 22:00
I'm having the same issue bro. And yes I do need ancient applications to run on 32-bit OS.
Did anyone found any solution for this?