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how to know what drivers are installed and what aren't?
i have dell inspiron n5110 6g ram 640g hard core i5 running on windows 7 pro 64bit
how to know what drivers are installed and what drivers need to be installed?
thanks in advance
Philip_Yip
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August 18th, 2011 15:00
Use your service tag in the Dell Drivers and Downloads Page. (Not on the forum)
Go to the page, at the top select change product then input your service tag, it should remove the ones that don't apply to you're system.
Actually in my case it isn't doing it, it used to for my laptop. In general try installing drivers you are unsure of. If the hardware isn't found on you're system then they will fail to install. Again with the USB 3.0 ones try installing both, it may be an either or however it may also be 2 complementary drivers.
And to know whether you installed the driver is another case. When you download the driver it will be called Rxxxxxx where x is a series of numbers.
If you look in C:\Dell or C:\Drivers\Dell and find a folder with Rxxxxxx (the same number) then you know you have attempted to install it and it is at least extracted.
Sometimes the installers don't autorun however. You should double click the .exe file
Get something like this click continue. After that it should finish and then an installer should come up saying do you want to install etc. If this installer does not come up you will need to go to C:\Dell\Drivers\Rxxxxxx and click any setup.exe
Philip_Yip
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August 18th, 2011 16:00
I don't know why the service tag is no longer narrowing down the driver set.
You confused your question a little. The setup won't fail if you don't have the driver installed. Otherwise no-one could install any driver they need ever.
The setup will fail if you are trying to install a driver for hardware that you don't have.
For example on my system I have an ATI graphics card. If I try to install the driver for a nVidea graphics card it will come up with some error and nothing will be installed.
The 2 USB 3.0 ones should work fine I think.
Philip_Yip
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August 18th, 2011 03:00
If you are reinstalling everything yourself, see the guide below. If its from the factory settings you shouldn't need anything else.
oriacc
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August 18th, 2011 15:00
thank you very very much but my question is that there are some drivers on the site for dell inspiron n5110 but still not for my laptop such as amd driver
so how to know if i have this driver and whether i should install this or not?
and another example, there are two usb3.0 host controller, which one should i install?
thanks for your patience and time
oriacc
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August 18th, 2011 16:00
thank you very much
very last question: will the setup surely fail if i dont have the driver installed? and are there any disadvantages to installing a driver i dont have on my dell?
and im alrdy using service tag but as you say it doesnt remove what dont apply to my system
oriacc
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August 18th, 2011 16:00
thank you very very very very very very very very much