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April 11th, 2014 20:00
Drivers for Inspiron 15 3521
HI, I need help with my Dell inspirion 15-3521 laptop
the orginal system for it, is win8 but i reinstalled to win7 and now i have a problem with the drivers for it.
those are the missing ones:
Ethernet Controller
Network Controller
PCI Simple Communications Controller
Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller
USB2.0-CRW
please help me with this problem It would be helpful if you could tell me exact drivers i need to install.
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April 14th, 2014 16:00
You will need to download the following to a USB flash drive:
A12 BIOS: http://ftp.dell.com/FOLDER01818625M/1/3521A12.exe
Review notes on Updating the BIOS: http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/updating-the-bios/
Windows 7 Standalone Updates, in particular the Service Pack should be installed if its not included on your Windows 7 installation media: http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/a-clean-install-of-windows/obtaining-the-latest-service-packsbuilds-of-internet-explorer/windows-7-service-pack-1/
Dell System Software: http://ftp.dell.com/FOLDER88677M/8/Dell_System-Software_A03_R282538.exe
Intel Chipset Driver: http://ftp.dell.com/FOLDER01196054M/1/Chipset_Driver_C0M3R_WN_9.3.0.1021_A01.EXE
USB 3.0 Driver: http://ftp.dell.com/FOLDER01437312M/2/USB3_Intel_W7_A05_Setup-TV2PP_ZPE.exe
Realtek Card Reader:http://ftp.dell.com/FOLDER01210246M/1/Chipset_Driver_1FPF5_WN_6.1.8400.39030_A01.EXE
Intel TurboBoost Application: http://ftp.dell.com/FOLDER00805513M/5/APP_TBM_W8_X01_A00_Setup-PJ01J_ZPE.exe
Intel Rapid Storage Technology: http://ftp.dell.com/FOLDER01197460M/1/Serial-ATA_Driver_85FV7_WN_11.7.0.1013_A01.EXE
Intel Video Driver: http://ftp.dell.com/FOLDER01219445M/1/Video_Driver_8R603_WN_9.17.10.2867_A03.EXE
Ethernet Driver: http://ftp.dell.com/FOLDER01219394M/1/Network_Driver_4XPJF_WN_7.061.0612.2012_A01.EXE
Touchpad Driver: http://ftp.dell.com/FOLDER01918135M/1/Input_Driver_JCY9W_WN_18.0.1_A08.EXE
Realtek Audio: http://ftp.dell.com/FOLDER01210469M/1/Audio_Driver_149YN_WN_6.0.1.6788_A03.EXE
Dell Quickset: http://ftp.dell.com/FOLDER01378770M/2/APP_Quickset_W7_W8_A06_Setup-W8TV1_ZPE.exe
You will need to provide the hardware IDs for the Wireless and Graphics Card as there are variiants see here for details:
http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/downloading-drivers-checking-hardware-ids-and-downloading-and-installing-dell-system-drivers-in-the-correct-order/checking-hardware-ids-in-the-device-manager/
When install the drivers make sure they extract and then install and not only extract see the video at the bottom here as an example:
http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/downloading-drivers-checking-hardware-ids-and-downloading-and-installing-dell-system-drivers-in-the-correct-order/driver-installation/