Installng WIN7 on E6400, what Dell files do I need?

I am replacing the 160GB drive with a 750GB this weekend on my E6400.

I am downloading all the Dell files I think I need.
Here's what I got:
IDT-Driver (for Audio)
Richo-Driver (multidriver_A01_R230630.exe)
Conexant-Driver (for modem) Drv-Win-7-7.80.4.0, A01
Dell Touch Pad (R298882)
Intel-Driver (Intel_825XX-Gigabit-platform-A04-R301663) LAN
Intel-Driver (Intel WiFi Link5300)
Dell-App (Wireless 370 Bluetooth minicard) 6.2.0.9600, A01.

Do I need the:
Conextant -Application (CONEXANT_MULTI-DEVICE_A04_R237627.exe ) ?
Any of the Dell Diagnostic Utilitues?

I am planning to get the Chipset drivers from the Intel Website, and the nVidia Quadro driver from the nVidia website.

Am I missing anything? Do I want Control Point software

 

Applications are all optional and not required for operation. Same does for Diagnostic Utilities. I would recommend the Dell OEM chipset drivers over generic ones from Intel.

Do you use any security features, like fingerprint reader, smartcard, or TPM? If not, the only ControlPoint software that you may want would be the System Manager (for volume and brightness notifications).

 

I don't have finger-printer reader on my machine.
I do not use a smart card either.
I don't know what TPM is.

On the Chipset drivers, there are two choices. Do I need both?

Intel_AMT-SOL--LMS_A03_R279203.exe (4MB)
and/or
Intel_AMT-HECI_A03_R279202.exe (1MB)

My E6400 is not the AMT version.

Thanks

PS. I don't see a Control Point "Systems Manager" download for WIN7 32-bit. They have 7 downloads related to "Control Point Connection", and one for "Control Point Security". Maybe they don't offer the System Manager in Win7 x32.

 

AND they also have this Chipset driver:

INTEL_CHIPSET-SOFTWARE-INSTA_A05_R302424.exe (2MB)

The two in my post above where listed for my specific system (per Service Tag number). The one above is shown under the other downloads for "E6400 with Win7 32-bit).

I've been reading the descriptions of the theses files, but it's still confusing to me.

Thanks for your help.

 

If you don't know what AMT is, AMT drivers aren't required, but you'll get a "PCI Serial Port" device that doesn't have a driver in the Device Manager (I think there may be another device, one for HECI and one for SOL). What I do for these drivers is extract the files out of the downloaded EXE and manually install the drivers (in the Device Manager, right-click the device, select Update driver software, Browse my computer for driver software, then Browse for the folder with the extracted drivers and click Next).

Install the chipset driver.

 

Looks like you have a laptop very similar to mine. I know what the AMT model is - I don't have that model. Maybe you meant "TPM" - I don't know what that stands for.

I think with the Dell Chipset drivers they just list "AMT" along with the other abrevaitions - but I don't know what the other abrevations are (SOL HECI LMS etc.) meaning that I can/should install all chipset drivers.
The last time I installed an OS on this machine, I did not use the Dell Chipset drivers, I went to Intel site and let the Intel App determine what I needed (it loaded drivers for Intel PM45 Express chipset and Intel ICH9M-E Sata controller). Everything seems fine. But you are recomending that I use the Dell Chipset drivers so I am trying to figure out which ones are the correct ones.

Maybe I'll just install all three chipset files and see what that does.

 

AMT is included on all models, except that some operate in AMT mode 3, which is AMT disabled. That's why you still see the AMT devices in the Device Manager. TPM stands for Trusted Platform Module, and it's used by ControlVault for security and encryption. You'll see a "Broadcom USH" device without a driver if you don't have the security device driver pack installed.

I don't think it's a big deal if you installed generic chipset drivers, it's just that the Dell OEM versions may be more optimized for the E6400.

 

I didn't install anything from Dell. Everything works nicely 'out of the box', so to speak, with Windows 7. A while into it's life, Windows told me it wanted to grab a bluetooth driver from Dell, so I let it.

Windows is freaky clever these days, I tend to just let it do it's thing. My God, when I think back to DOS / win 3.x ...... whewwwwwww!