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    Dell sXPS16 drivers

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by chewyeong90, Sep 19, 2009.

  1. chewyeong90

    chewyeong90 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi, i just got my laptop yesterday. Just a question, how do I know whether all my drivers are up to date. Is there a driver check tool ? Don't tell me I have to check it 1 by 1 manually :confused:
     
    chewyeong90, Sep 19, 2009
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  2. BatBoy

    BatBoy Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Dell used to have a support tool (Think it was called Dell Support Center) which would load at startup and run in your task tray. I'm not sure if its still available and it wasn't anything to really write home about as it typically didn't report all up to date drivers/apps and utilized system resources while running in the background.

    Best thing to do is keep track of your drivers yourself.

    1640 Windows 7 Driver Discussion if running Win7
    Dell Driver page for your system
     
    BatBoy, Sep 19, 2009
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  3. chewyeong90

    chewyeong90 Notebook Evangelist

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    Yea they do have the Support tools but it doesn't tell you which of your drivers are out-dated or any new updates are available. It would be so cumbersome to have every driver check 1 by 1 :S
     
    chewyeong90, Sep 19, 2009
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