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Article Number: 000144963

Dell Latitude 7280 Windows 10 Driver Installation Guide

Summary: This article provides a Windows 10 Driver Installation Guide for the Dell Latitude 7280.

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Dell Latitude 7280 Windows 10 Driver Installation Guide

Overview

A device driver or software driver is a computer program allowing higher-level computer programs to interact with a hardware device.

For Latitude 7280 systems, all the drivers installation for their devices is similar except that some system may have more devices than the other.

Note: Use this page as a reference on how Device Manager should look like before and after the drivers have been installed. Drivers can be downloaded from the www.dell.com/support/drivers.

After a fresh copy of Windows is installed, always install the Intel Chipset Driver Utility first. After that, you can install the rest of the device drivers in any sequence. You can view the screenshots of before and after the driver installation below the table.

Note: The drivers installation process for Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 are almost identical. (Most of the device drivers will be preinstalled during the Windows 8.1 and 10 installation process.) However, the following Dell-branded drivers and software must be installed for proper operation if the operating system has been removed and reinstalled.

Before attempting to install Windows 7 or 8, check your processor type. Systems with seventh Generation Intel® Core™ i7. Processors are not eligible for Windows 7/8/8.1 downgrades.

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Chipset Drivers

Intel Chipset Driver

The chipset driver helps the system identify the components and install necessary drivers accurately. The images below show before and after chipset driver installation

Verify if the Chipset drivers are already installed in the system, by seeing the figure below: Install the driver update from www.dell.com/support/drivers. 

Many of the common devices are visible under Other Devices if no drivers are installed. The unknown devices disappear once you install the chipset driver. Refer to the entries below to verify that the chipset driver is already installed in a system.

Also use System Devices to verify that the chipset driver is installed.

Before Installation After Installation
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Intel Management Engine Interface driver

Verify if the Intel Management Engine Interface drivers are already installed in the system, by seeing the figure below: Install the driver update from www.dell.com/support/drivers. 

Before Installation After Installation
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Intel Dynamic Platform and Thermal Framework Driver

Verify if the Intel Dynamic Platform and Thermal Framework Driver is already installed in the system, by seeing the figure below: Install the driver update from www.dell.com/support/drivers. 

Before Installation After Installation
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Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver and Management Console

Verify if the Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver and Management Console driver is already installed in the system, by seeing the figure below: Install the driver update from www.dell.com/support/drivers. 

Before Installation After Installation
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Intel Thunderbolt Controller Driver

Verify if the Intel Thunderbolt Controller Driver is already installed in the system, by seeing the figure below: Install the driver update from www.dell.com/support/drivers. 

Before Installation After Installation
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Note: Thunderbolt Controller will only be shown in Device Manager when the device connects to your computer.

Intel HID Event Filter Driver

Verify if the Intel HID Event Filter Driver is already installed in the system, by seeing the figure below: Install the driver update from www.dell.com/support/drivers. 

Before Installation After Installation
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Realtek PCI-E Memory Card Reader Driver

Verify if the Realtek PCI-E Memory Card Reader Driver is already installed in the system, by seeing the figure below: Install the driver update from www.dell.com/support/drivers. 

Before Installation After Installation
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Video Drivers

Intel HD Graphics Driver

Verify if the Intel HD Graphics controller is already installed in the system, by seeing the figure below: Install the driver update from www.dell.com/support/drivers. 

Before Installation After Installation
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Audio Drivers

Realtek Audio Drivers

Note: Realtek audio driver must be installed for the microphone on the plugged-in headset to work properly.

By default Windows installs a generic audio driver for the Realtek chipset however do proceed with the Realtek ALC3246 HD Audio update from www.dell.com/support/drivers.

Before Installation After Installation
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Network Drivers

Intel Ethernet Controller Driver

Verify if the Intel LAN Controller Drivers are already installed in the system, by seeing the figure below: Install the Driver driver update from www.dell.com/support/drivers.

Before Installation After Installation
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Note: The Realtek USB Ethernet controller will only be shown in Device Manager when the device connects to your computer.

Note: The system will either have an Intel 8265 or a Qualcomm QCA61x4A card fitted. If the Intel driver installs successfully, then there is no need to install the Qualcomm driver, and the opposite way.

Intel Dual-band Wireless-AC 8265

Check that the Intel Dual-band Wireless-AC 8265 Drivers are installed in the system by seeing the figure below: Install the update from www.dell.com/support/drivers.

Before Installation After Installation
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Intel Dual-band Wireless-AC 8265 Bluetooth

Check that the Intel Dual-band Wireless-AC 8265 Bluetooth Drivers are installed in the system by seeing the figure below: Install the update from www.dell.com/support/drivers.

Before Installation After Installation
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Qualcomm QCA DW1820 Wi-Fi/Bluetooth Driver

Note: The Qualcomm Driver installs both the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth drivers.

Check that the Qualcomm QCA61x4A Drivers are installed in the system by seeing the figure below: Install the update from www.dell.com/support/drivers.

Qualcomm QCA DW1820 wireless network adapter driver:

Before Installation After Installation
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Qualcomm QCA DW1820 wireless network adapter Bluetooth driver:

Before Installation After Installation
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Other Drivers

Touch Pad Driver

Check that the Touch Pad Drivers are installed in the system by seeing the figure below: Install the update from www.dell.com/support/drivers.

Before Installation After Installation
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IR Camera Driver

Check that the IR Camera Drivers are installed in the system by seeing the figure below: Install the update from www.dell.com/support/drivers.

Before Installation After Installation
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Note: There is no visible change in Device Manager after installing the driver. Right-click the IR Camera, then click the Driver tab to verify that the IR Camera drivers were installed.

Article Properties

Affected Product

Latitude 7280

Last Published Date

07 Jul 2023

Version

4

Article Type

Solution

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