Dell Latitude d810 Laptop

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Bill514

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I recently performed a clean install of Winfows 8 on my Latitude d810. I would like to know where I can go to get the drivers downloaded for free. I have gone to several sites that say free driver downloads but all they end up being is a downloaded application that scans your computer to find the drivers you need but then you have to buy the drivers for a $30 or $40 fee. Some of the sites will not even complete the scan because it says that you are missing an internet connection. DAH... how can you have an internet connections when you don't have the network driver. SERIOUSLY!
 
This is Dell's page for the D810, but because it's such an old machine Windows 8 is not supported on it.

If you want to keep using that machine, you're better off sticking a Linux distro on it.
 
voyagerfan99 said:
This is Dell's page for the D810, but because it's such an old machine Windows 8 is not supported on it.

If you want to keep using that machine, you're better off sticking a Linux distro on it.
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Good catch, I didn't even look at how old the machine was, just assumed he bought it with Windows 8, I actually looked up the specs and seen those may have shipped with the Radeon X600 which I do not think even Linux supports anymore. One thing I have learned in my use for Linux is older Radeon Drivers are not very well supported.

You may be best off doing a fresh install of Windows XP, there is a compatibility tool MS provides and you can see if Windows 7 32 Bit will support your hardware. Otherwise XP is the best option.
 
DMGrier said:
Good catch, I didn't even look at how old the machine was, just assumed he bought it with Windows 8
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I know Latitude's like the back of my hand. The D series are quite old :) The current series is the E-Series (and even those will soon be replaced with a new model).
 
Actually, after I installed Windows 8 the machine wasn't supporting it very well. It was really slow so I did a clean install of Windows Xp Pro and except for still needing the drivers it performed great. I still wanted to have Win 8 on the machine so I installed it again and still was running slow. I think I'll take your advice and go back to Win Xp Pro.
Thanks for all the help.
 
Bill514 said:
Actually, after I installed Windows 8 the machine wasn't supporting it very well. It was really slow so I did a clean install of Windows Xp Pro and except for still needing the drivers it performed great. I still wanted to have Win 8 on the machine so I installed it again and still was running slow. I think I'll take your advice and go back to Win Xp Pro.
Thanks for all the help.
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That's because you're running an old processor. Nothing that old will run a new operating system well.
 
Bill514 said:
Actually, after I installed Windows 8 the machine wasn't supporting it very well. It was really slow so I did a clean install of Windows Xp Pro and except for still needing the drivers it performed great. I still wanted to have Win 8 on the machine so I installed it again and still was running slow. I think I'll take your advice and go back to Win Xp Pro.
Thanks for all the help.
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You should be able to get your drivers through the link I provided.
 
Just realized I forgot to post the actual link to the correct product page.

http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/04/Product/latitude-d810?~srd=true&sk=drivers&scat=sup

I'll also give you direct links to the drivers you need. I left out the wireless because there are a few different cards available. If you put your service tag in it should direct you to the correct wireless driver.

Dell Quickset: http://www.dell.com/support/drivers...leId=2731098642&languageCode=en&categoryId=AP
Audio: http://www.dell.com/support/drivers...leId=2731108845&languageCode=en&categoryId=AU
Broadcom TPM: http://www.dell.com/support/drivers...leId=2731108849&languageCode=en&categoryId=CS
Texas Instruments Card Reader: http://www.dell.com/support/drivers...leId=2731117972&languageCode=en&categoryId=CS
Intel Chipset: http://www.dell.com/support/drivers...leId=2731091300&languageCode=en&categoryId=CS
Conexant Modem: http://www.dell.com/support/drivers...leId=2731113016&languageCode=en&categoryId=CM
Alps Touchpad: http://www.dell.com/support/drivers...leId=2898404930&languageCode=en&categoryId=IN
Ethernet: http://www.dell.com/support/drivers...leId=2731108384&languageCode=en&categoryId=NI
Video: http://www.dell.com/support/drivers...leId=2731113066&languageCode=en&categoryId=VI
 
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