Search instead for. Did you mean:. Last reply by jordanch68 Unsolved. Dell Inspiron Video drivers for Win7 x The one off the support link still shows the yellow exclamation mark over the Display Adapters and the resolution is at default x Thanks in advance! All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. Replies Need this first www.
Okay, I'll work on that and post the results! A tip - ditch those driver checking programs and use manual methods - those programs always seem to create a mess eventually. First check with Dell and their forums for drivers and known issues. This is my generic how to for proper driver updates : This utility makes it easy to see which versions are loaded : DriverView - Free - utility displays the list of all device drivers currently loaded on your system.
For each driver in the list, additional useful information is displayed: load address of the driver, description, version, product name, company that created the driver, and more.
Control Panel - Device Manager - Display Adapter - write down the make and complete model of your video adapter - double click - Driver's tab - write down the version info.
Always check in Device Manager - Drivers tab to be sure the version you are installing actually shows up. This is because some drivers rollback before the latest is installed sound drivers particularly do this so install a driver - reboot - check to be sure it is installed and repeat as needed.
Manually look at manufacturer's sites for drivers - and Device Maker's sites. Was this reply helpful? You must keep using the MS generic ones that you have now. I don't use it but wanted to see if how it performed. It will be recycled soon. I think if you want drivers for Win 10, you will have to rely on Win 10 for that. Most of my devices have worked in the past but I do not believe I have updated that system for the latest Win 10 build.
I had also, previously upgraded the Wireless adapter. And you would have to do a clean install to switch bit versions.. I know this laptop is getting a bit long in the tooth these days but it has the recommended 4GB RAM - which is well within the MS spec, so I thought it would be fine to do the upgrade to bit. I guess this has the ring of the old Win 95 when MS said you needed a certain amount of RAM, when, in fact, you needed tons more to make it work anything like!
The drivers were a concern though - and knowing what Dell is like for continued support I might have expected that a bit OS would run perform faster than its bit counterpart and I could get a bit more mileage out of this machine. It's still not of the time to get ditched in favour of a newer machine.
Ah well, unless anyone can come back with a "positive" suggestion, I'll take my quest on the chin and forget the idea and stick with bit. At least it "does" work, albeit a little sluggish at times. Thanks again for the comments and, I guess, you may have saved me quite some time doing the upgrade only to be disappointed with the outcome.
The audio driver is the generic MS offering, v. All other drivers appear to be MS generic stuff as well; so Win10 does work even if Dell fails to provide any form of support for Win10 on this device.
And I would have thought bit OS would run a bit faster than a bit version. Maybe I'm wrong here. But based on the previous 2 comments I'm not so sure whether it would be worth the hassle of doing the clean install of the bit OS version. Win 10 says it's bit architecture and fulfils all the criteria, SSE2, etc.
The audio on here currently uses the default MS driver and appears to work just fine on YouTube at least. So I don't think that is a problem if I went to bit - I'm sure MS has a driver in its stock pile somewhere that would suit. It seems that most, if not all, drivers currently in use here are generic MS. It's just a shame that Dell are not prepared to continue to support almost legacy pieces of kit such as this.
It's not THAT old and there's still plenty of life left in it, sufficient that MS continue to push us all onto Win 10 - improved security, etc.
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