Look above these posts and look for the "Downloads" tab. Click on it and just follow the instructions. There, you can download the latest drivers for you notebook.
I did do that and the drivers wont load into it i followed the instructions and all i keep giving me the old rev: numbers not the updated ones ,i dont know what going on do i have to uninstall all my old drivers first?
The files you download need to be run to unpack the driver files. Either they get put in a specific directory determined by the unpack routine or you designate where they are unpacked. In either case, write down where they went and when you go to update the driver in the Device Manager, point to those directories for the latest drivers to be loaded into Windows.
ok im getting close here (lol) i have a inspiron 4100 with all the original drivers i dloaded all the new drivers,they reside in c:\dell\drivers now how do i actually get the driver to update?do i need to go into the device control panel system device manager and pick the device and load the drivers from there? im really confused since it unpacked to the location i dont understand why it didnt self install put all the drivers are still the old revesion numbers ,thanks for the help i still havent been able to get these drivers to load in and show the updated numbers~~~~ughhhhhh =(
Unpacking just prepared them for WIndows to use them. Go to the Start - Settings - COntrol Panel - System - Hardware tab - in the middle click Device Manager - then find each device you have drivers you want to update and double click that entry (obviously you'll do these one at a time) and then the Driver tab, then click Update and follow the commands to point Windows to the folder where the appropriate driver is located.
ok i went into device manager and intalled the 3com nic driver i pointed it to wher it was located ar c:dell/drivers/r49651/windows/update 3 com nic update it looked like the folders installed but again when i go to dell resource cd and pull my specs it says that the 3 com nic driver is version A01 still and it should be A03 i dont know why its not taking it????????//////......help!& thanx
ok this is wierd i checked my driver and it is the newest version 4.26 A08 for my 3com integrated nic, the wierd thing is when i do a system check in dell suuport it still says version A01 shouldnt the dell software pick up the A08 or am i bieng paranoid lol i did get the driver in i checked it in device manager and check driver it says version 4.26 just dont know why the dell software is sayin A01 still?
If after you DL the files and you double click on them it will unpack them and start the install. If you unpacked them yourself then you need to run the "Setup.EXE" file for each 1.
Probably looking at a log file from when Windows was loaded. To be sure, in the Device Manager, pick the device you want to know about and click the Driver tab and look for the version there, it will show what is being used.
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I did do that and the drivers wont load into it i followed the instructions and all i keep giving me the old rev: numbers not the updated ones ,i dont know what going on do i have to uninstall all my old drivers first?
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ok im getting close here (lol) i have a inspiron 4100 with all the original drivers i dloaded all the new drivers,they reside in c:\dell\drivers now how do i actually get the driver to update?do i need to go into the device control panel system device manager and pick the device and load the drivers from there? im really confused since it unpacked to the location i dont understand why it didnt self install put all the drivers are still the old revesion numbers ,thanks for the help i still havent been able to get these drivers to load in and show the updated numbers~~~~ughhhhhh =(
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ok this is wierd i checked my driver and it is the newest version 4.26 A08 for my 3com integrated nic, the wierd thing is when i do a system check in dell suuport it still says version A01 shouldnt the dell software pick up the A08 or am i bieng paranoid lol i did get the driver in i checked it in device manager and check driver it says version 4.26 just dont know why the dell software is sayin A01 still?
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