For Windows 8 Dell only officially support the models listed here. If you are using one of these models and are having troubles downloading from Drivers and Downloads please check for the Driver in the Dell FTP Website before posting. The Dell FTP Website isn't as updated as frequently as the Drivers and Downloads page but is in general far more reliable. If the Dell FTP website isn't updated to include the driver you are after. Please look at the instructions here Drivers and Downloads Issues & Direct Links & Workarounds and include the system model, the OS, the driver you were attempting to download and the broken links. If you are wanting to install Windows 8 on an unsupported system update your BIOS to the latest revision available before installing Windows 8. Please note Windows 8 should run fine on most systems that came with Vista or 7. My Windows Reinstallation Guide/Upgrading to Windows 8 should give you full instructions with optimal results. Windows Reinstallation Guide and Related Wikies Note there is information at the top of this guide about a poll which I made due to the difficulty of requesting a Reinstallation DVD/USB from Dell, the pdf of the Windows Reinstallation Guide is found below the information about the poll. The rest of this thread is about Drivers. I have already listed a number of unofficial driver sets for Windows 7 & 8 and you should check to see if your system is available there before posting. Please note Windows 8 will natively include many drivers already and in some systems no additional drivers are required. e.g. I installed Windows 8 on my XPS 8300, it worked fine without any additional drivers but I took some from the XPS 8500 anyway thus there may be a lower number of Drivers required for a Windows 8 installation than an earlier version of Windows (especially WIndows XP). Note if you have any problems with the unofficial Driver sets post here opposed to the comments because I don't get any notification for comments on my wiki pages. Disclaimer: Use of Unofficial Driver sets (even if they are Dell Drivers taken from newer systems) will be unlikely to be supported by Dell Techncal Support who will possibily recommend you to revert to your earlier version of Windows if you are experiencing issues. The following are quite common drivers and you should install these after installation of Windows 8 if they are applicable to your system: System Utilities • For systems with Dell ST Microelectronics DE351DL Motion Sensor http://ftp1.dell.com/folder00951951m/6/ Chipset • Intel Update Utility Video • For the Intel ones, the update utility listed under Chipset should of got the driver and in the case of switchable graphics the Intel driver should be installed first. • AMD/ATI AutoUpdate Utility • nVidea AutoUpdate Utility Network • For Dell Wireless Cards and Dell Wireless Bluetooth Modules look here. • For the Intel ones, the update utility listed under Chipset should of got the driver. Input • For systems with Synaptics Touchpads use the Synaptics Touchpad here [older/Dell] 16.3.1.1 http://downloads-us.dell.com/FOLDER00800134M/2 [newest/non-Dell] Synaptics Directly http://www.synaptics.com/resources/drivers. I'm not sure if both support Gestures, leave feedback if they do or don't. • For systems with the Alps Touchpad use [older/Dell] 8.1200.101.214 http://ftp.dell.com/FOLDER01255426M/1/Input_Driver_FGG85_WN_8.1200.101.214_A02.EXE [newer/non-Dell] 8.100.2020.112 http://www.eightforums.com/hardware-drivers/10569-windows-8-alps-touchpad-driver.html • For systems with the Cyprus Touchpad 2.5.1.27 http://ftp.dell.com/FOLDER01255772M/1/L322X_Input_Driver_98T43_WN_2.5.1.27_A02.EXE Device Manager Check: Follow this check to see if any other drivers are required. Press the [Windows] and [Pause|Break] or [Windows] and [ e ] (to open computer) and then select properties. On this screen next select Device manager. Hopefully it should look something like mine. If you have an error, yellow ? or ! as in my base system device then Windows 8 hasn't found a system driver correctly. Quickly check to see if you have missed installation of a driver. If you still can't find out what it is. Right click the device with the error and select properties: Go to details and select Hardware ids. You should post here starting your model of Dell, the hardware ids and whether you have installed Windows 7 or Windows 8 and if you are installing the 32 bit or 64 bit version. This should help give us all the information required to find the driver. Also state if you are experiencing any abnormal behavior/limited functionality. Note for advanced users, you may use the hardware IDs to search in the Microsoft Update Catalogue (requires internet Explorer). In this case I would search for PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_68B8 as it is more likely to find the driver than if I include the Subsys... and everything else. To use the Microsoft Update Catalogue add the driver to the basket and then select view basket and then download. Although a basket is mentioned there is no charge for downloading the driver. You will then have to right click the unknown device in the device manager and select update driver, navigate to where you downloaded the driver from the Microsoft Update Catalogue and then select next, hopefully Windows should update the driver for you. Note: Please vote on the IdeaStorm Ideas here which are designed to improve Dell software services.

‎Driver Request Thread for Unsupported Systems [Unofficial]

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Jemi200

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October 30th, 2012 08:00

I have a Studio 1558. With the drivers from Windows 8 I get it. But what about drivers like the bluetooth and touchpad (synaptics?)? Please supply me with links for the rest of the drivers. Thanks.

Also, from here it seems there's an issue with the ATI Radeon 5470 which I also have. Got a fix for it?

Windows 8 Pro 64bit. I will post the hardware IDs once I get home.

http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/software-os/f/4677/p/19473410/20216481.aspx#20216481

Philip_Yip

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October 30th, 2012 18:00

Can try this: http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/w/laptop/4232.studio-1558-windows-8-64-bit.aspx

I have found no solution for the Video problem at present. Have you attempted installation of the Windows 7 driver in compatibility mode?

Rutuj-503

14 Posts

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October 31st, 2012 12:00

I have Inspiron N5010 with Intel Core i5.

want Driver links for my Windows 8 64 bit.

GPU------ ATI Mobility READON 550v

want Video Drivers & rest of Drivers...

I am not installed the Windows 8 since no drivers are compitable but i bought Windows 8 64 bit....

can I tell the Hardware Ids saw in Windows 7......

here are they-----

PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9480&SUBSYS_04471028&REV_00

PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9480&SUBSYS_04471028

PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9480&CC_030000

PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9480&CC_0300

Thanks in Advance...

Shadoweb

3 Posts

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October 31st, 2012 19:00

I'm looking for the drivers for the following device.

AW1510 WLAN | AW1397 WLAN

The ones that ship with Win8 make the network very very slow

DarkNoire

2 Posts

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October 31st, 2012 19:00

these are the hardware id's that are giving me trouble, notably the sibeam wireless HD drivers

AT91USBSerial
ACPI\VEN_CPL&DEV_0002
ACPI\CPL0002
*CPL0002
ACPI\VEN_SMO&DEV_8800
ACPI\SMO8800
*SMO8800

Shadoweb

3 Posts

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October 31st, 2012 20:00

found it ftp.us.dell.com/.../r249128.exe

Rutuj-503

14 Posts

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November 1st, 2012 10:00

hey natakuc4 plz help me!!

Philip_Yip

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November 1st, 2012 12:00

I have Inspiron N5010 with Intel Core i5.

want Driver links for my Windows 8 64 bit.

Its hard to say precisely what you will need until the OS is installed baring in mind Windows 8 will include alot of the drivers. The following however will probably be of use to you.

Storage Controller

RTS5138 Card Reader http://downloads-us.dell.com/FOLDER00730493M/22

SATA

Intel Rapid Storage Technology

CPU

Intel Turbo Boost Monitor Software

Video

ATI 5470 http://www2.ati.com/drivers/mobile/12-10_mobility_vista_win7_win8_64_dd_ccc_whql_net4.exe

Input

Synaptics Touchpad http://downloads-us.dell.com/FOLDER00800134M/2

Network

Intel (R) WiMAX Link 6250 http://downloads-us.dell.com/FOLDER00964556M/2

Intel (R) WiMAX Link 6250 http://downloads-us.dell.com/FOLDER00787690M/2

Dell Bluetooth 365: http://ftp1.dell.com/folder00865420m/1/

Latitude_E6400

4 Posts

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November 1st, 2012 23:00

Hello friends, I have recently clean installed windows 8 on my dell latitude e6400. WIFI is not working with windows 7 drivers. I have uninstalled the network drivers and now stuck with no drivers. Tried to reinstall windows 7 network drivers,- failed, tried to install network drivers for different models -failed. Can anyone please suggest what are the options available for me . I will be thankful for your suggestions. Thank you

Rutuj-503

14 Posts

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November 2nd, 2012 02:00

natakuc4 ..the Driver u mention Of ATI is not even detecting My GPU..It only installs the HDMI audio & SDk's..Please Help Me.

marcinciszewicz

1 Message

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November 2nd, 2012 07:00

I am somewhat surprised by the fact that Dell is not going to support the first generation XPS laptops, choosing to provide drivers and BIOS updates only for *02 family, and not *01. Since I have the former, in its "stock" configuration, with no updates to the BIOS and Windows 7 working more or less like a charm, any pitfalls I should avoid when uprgrading to Windows 8? I'd rather see Dell support my hardware, after all, it's quite fresh - I have received my laptop in December 2010 - but I'll be grateful for any advice.

U2WAR

6 Posts

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November 2nd, 2012 15:00

I have an alienware m17x and I'm unable to mod the driver inf to force compatibility.

intel core2 quad

4gb of memory

gf 260m sli

bios version A07

Philip_Yip

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November 2nd, 2012 21:00

natakuc4 ..the Driver u mention Of ATI is not even detecting My GPU..It only installs the HDMI audio & SDk's..Please Help Me.

Have you tried ATI directly? http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/radeonmob_win7-64.aspx

Philip_Yip

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November 2nd, 2012 21:00

Hello friends, I have recently clean installed windows 8 on my dell latitude e6400. WIFI is not working with windows 7 drivers.

Does the card not work natively with Windows 8? Any idea what wireless card are you using? (Can you check if its name is listed under device manager?) The E6400 has a few variants.

Philip_Yip

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November 2nd, 2012 21:00

these are the hardware id's that are giving me trouble, notably the sibeam wireless HD drivers

AT91USBSerial
ACPI\VEN_CPL&DEV_0002
ACPI\CPL0002
*CPL0002
ACPI\VEN_SMO&DEV_8800
ACPI\SMO8800
*SMO8800

Model of Dell? Is it a Alienware M17x R4?

AT91USBSerial
SiBeam Wireless HD (Gen 3) http://downloads-us.dell.com/FOLDER00793865M/7

ACPI\VEN_SMO&DEV_8800
ACPI\SMO8800
*SMO8800

Should be Dell ST Microelectronics DE351DL Motion Sensor http://ftp1.dell.com/folder00951951m/6/

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