Please help... What drivers to install or not? Help

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quickslvr

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I have installed windows 8 in my pc on my dell laptop. So i have to install the drivers.for that i opened the device manager and i found only few exclamation sign. I installed the exclamated driver and now there are on exclamation sign. So my question is . . . is my installing of driver is finished? If not how to know what should be installed still now like wi fi , blue tooth etc. Please help me because i dont know what to install from the lot of drivers given in the dell website . Help urgently. Thanks all
 

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System One

  • OS
    win 8
Hi,
If you. Visit Dell support web site, you can choose to automatically detect your express code, analysis your current configuration and it will give a list of newer drivers that available for your particular computer.
My experience teach me only install driver from Dell, not from OEM even if it is newer.
Cheers
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    EliteBook 8560p
Check for drivers on the Dell web site.
 

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  • OS
    ME, XP,Vista,Win7,Win8,Win8.1
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theog said:
Check for drivers on the Dell web site.
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yes I checked the drivers and there are many drivers so how to know which one should be downloaded? if there is no error sign in the device manager then should I worry about the drivers? please suggest me the solution
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    win 8
quickslvr said:
I have installed windows 8 in my pc on my dell laptop. So i have to install the drivers.for that i opened the device manager and i found only few exclamation sign. I installed the exclamated driver and now there are on exclamation sign. So my question is . . . is my installing of driver is finished? If not how to know what should be installed still now like wi fi , blue tooth etc. Please help me because i dont know what to install from the lot of drivers given in the dell website . Help urgently. Thanks all
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Don't fix it too much if not broken. Everything working OK? Well, then, why bother? What's not working?
 

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If you submit express tag and let it analyse your current configuration, then all drivers listed are newer than what installed. Hope that it include what still have acclamation mark.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    EliteBook 8560p
My Dell came with Windows 7. I upgraded to windows 8. When I did that with my service tag all it would show is drivers for Windows 7. You can't change it to Windows 8.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
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    PC/Desktop
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    Dell Studio XPS 9100
    CPU
    intel i7 920 @ 2.67 GHz
    Motherboard
    Dell
    Memory
    24 Gig
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    ATI Radeon HD 5670
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    3.84 Mbps Download .44 Mbps Upload
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You need to note down which driver listed under Windows 7. Then search by model instead of service tag, filter by Windows 8, and cross check with the list from Windows 7.
Cheers.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    EliteBook 8560p
filter by Windows 8, and cross check with the list from Windows 7.
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You don't have the option to filter by Windows 8. I tried that.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Studio XPS 9100
    CPU
    intel i7 920 @ 2.67 GHz
    Motherboard
    Dell
    Memory
    24 Gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 5670
    Sound Card
    Internal
    Monitor(s) Displays
    23" Flat Screen HDMI
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Hard Drives
    Samsung EVO 850 250 GB SSD
    2 Seagate internal 1TB
    WD external 3TB USB 3
    WD external 2TB USB 3
    PSU
    550-W
    Case
    Mid
    Cooling
    Fans
    Keyboard
    US USB
    Mouse
    USB
    Internet Speed
    3.84 Mbps Download .44 Mbps Upload
    Browser
    IE11
    Antivirus
    MS Defender
    Other Info
    Liteon DVD wrighter
    Liteon BD drive
    Monoprice Tablet
In most cases, the drivers included in Windows 8 are vanilla drivers that may not give you full functionality for your devices. I feel, if you check the Dell site for drivers and it has Windows 8 drivers available, you should install them.

For instance, if you were to have USB 3.0 ports, you would probably not see those drivers on the Dell site since they want you to use the Windows 8 version.
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Grown
    CPU
    i7 3770K
    Motherboard
    ASUS P8Z77 -v Pro, Z87-Expert
    Memory
    16 G
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GTX 680 Classified (2)
    Hard Drives
    Kingston SSD 240 GB
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