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Vostro 3350 Performance Issues

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by loudsilence, Feb 8, 2012.

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    These are the specs on a Vostro 3350 that I just purchased.
    For some reason, the performance seems to be much lower/slower than expected. For instance, startup is somewhat slow and the programs open slower than on my 3 year old xps 1530.

    The benchmark results are disappointing as well. The Passmark score of 1473.6 is underwhelming. Core2Duo systems are getting better numbers.

    Gotta figure it out. Where do I start? Fresh OS install I assume. Anything else before or after that?
     
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Have you tried updating your drivers?
     
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    No, I need to though. Just reinstalled Win7 and everything is missing now. VGA adaptor, Ethernet controller, etc...

    Question is... With Internet and USB currently not working, how do I get the drivers and updates onto the computer?
     
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    It didn't even find ethernet or your WLAN driver? You'll need to download drivers from Dell's support site to a flash drive on a computer with internet and install them off the flash drive.
     
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    No initially, it didnt find anything. I think I just about have everything taken care of now. I'm still getting similar passmark scores though. 1400 range now actually. Most computers in this range get 3000+.
     
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    Can someone point me to the correct

    Wireless Driver and AMD Radeon Driver?

    for the 3350?

    I have most things fixed but still it's stuck on HD3000 graphics and I cant get the machine to recognize wireless networks. I get an error saying that the wireless isnot enabled.
     
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