A Question about Dell Drivers

[ken979]

I have just cleaned installed my computer and installed all the drivers on my computer. It's running great.

The computer I have is a a Optiplex 3020. I go to the Dell website and downloaded 28 drivers for my computer.

http://www.dell.com/support/home/uk/en/ukdhs1/Products/

The problem is 28 different drivers. It has taken ages for me to install all 28.

Do you know which drivers are the most important so then next time I won't have to install so many Drivers?

The first time round when I lost my log in password word, the Dell technician only installed 8 or 10 driver's and it started to work. He also went into Device Manager and looked at the yellow triangles to see which Drivers were missing. It didn't take as long as when I did it myself.

My computer is 64bit if that helps. I'm not really computer literate.

Thanks

 

[johnb35]

Basically the only drivers needing to be installed are the following,

chipset
video
audio
lan
wireless if applicable
card reader if applicable

 

[ken979]

Basically the only drivers needing to be installed are the following,

chipset
video
audio
lan
wireless if applicable
card reader if applicable

Thanks John

Here are the drivers and options they have:

Audio (1 file)
BIOS (1 file)
Change Management Software Development Kit (2 files)
Chipset (5 files)
Dell Data Protection (1 file)
Modem/Communications (3 files)
Network (4 files)
Serial ATA (2 files)
Systems Management (6 files)
Video (3 files)

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Which one's would you recommend me to install? and why?

They don't seem to have Lan, wireless or card reader

There are 5 chipset files. Do I just download 1 or all 5 of them.

Below is an other post with a better break down

Thank you

 

[ken979]

Below is the 28 recommended files

Recommended (28 files)

Realtek combined High-Definition Audio Driver

Dell Command | Configure

Dell Data Protection | Protected Workspace Application

Dell OptiPlex 3020 System BIOS

DSIA

Inventory Collector

Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center 2012

Dell Command | Intel® vPro™ Out of Band

Dell Command | Update

Intel 8 Series Chipset Device Software Driver

Intel(R) Smart Connect Technology Application

AMD Radeon R5-240 / Radeon R7-250 Graphics Driver

Intel USB3.0 xHCI Driver

LiteOnIT Solid State Drive Firmware Update

Intel HD, HD 4200/4400/4600/5000/5100/5200 Graphics Driver

Intel (R) Smart Connect Technology Driver

Conexant D400 External USB 56K Modem Driver

Dell Wireless 1540 Driver

LiteOn IT LCS-128M6S Solid State Drive Firmware Update

Intel(R) Management Engine Components Installer

Sunix Serial/Parallel Card Driver (for some reason there is double)

Sunix Serial/Parallel Card Driver

Broadcom 57XX Driver/BACS combined package Driver

Broadcom 57XX Driver/BACS combined package Driver

Realtek RTL8151GD LOM Driver

Dell Client Configuration Toolkit Application

Dell OpenManage Client Instrumentation Application

AMD Graphics Driver

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Which ones are the most important?

Thanks :good:

 

[voyagerfan99]

They don't seem to have Lan, wireless or card reader

Your machine doesn't have a card reader. LAN and Wireless are found under the Network category.

Just install the drivers that your machine has.

Audio
Network
Video
Chipset

Don't need much more than that.

 

[johnb35]

And also USB 3.0 driver. All those others are basically programs/bloatware not drivers.

 

[ken979]

Your machine doesn't have a card reader. LAN and Wireless are found under the Network category.

Just install the drivers that your machine has.

Audio
Network
Video
Chipset

Don't need much more than that.

Thank you this really helps

One last question. I notice there are 5 drivers for Chipset. Do I install all 5 of them or just 1 chipset.

Thank you.

 

[voyagerfan99]

The only ones for your machine you need to install are

Intel 8 Series Chipset Device Software Driver
Intel USB3.0 xHCI Driver
Intel(R) Management Engine Components Installer