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    L702x Drivers Missing

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by mpalandr, Dec 26, 2011.

  1. mpalandr

    mpalandr Notebook Consultant

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    I thought I'd reinstall Windows and apps on my L702x over the holidays using all the latest drivers. When I went to the Dell Driver page, I found only a handful of drivers. Some of the drivers and apps I expected to see but were not there are:

    Accelerometer
    Chipset (there's only a JMicron card reader)
    Touchpad
    Intel Rapid Storage Technology
    USB 3.0
    Intel Turboboost monitor

    I think there were several others, those are just the ones I can remember.

    The drivers that were there had odd file names that don't follow the normal Rnnnnn.exe naming convention.

    Anyone know where these are stored now?
     
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    c:\drivers
     
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  3. mpalandr

    mpalandr Notebook Consultant

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    My laptop is about 8 months old, so I'm looking for the most current versions at the Dell site. When I first did a clean install after getting the laptop, the Dell site had every conceivable driver, now it has just a handful.
     
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    They are all there Drivers and Downloads | Dell [United States]

    For example, the Accelerometer is ST Microelectronics-Driver under System Utilities; Touchpad is Synaptics-Driver under Input; and quite a few you mentioned are under Chipset.

    The safest bet is down them all, exact under the same directory. Then for everything under device driver, run update driver, even if they are "working properly".
     
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    mpalandr Notebook Consultant

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    Thank you!

    I didn't even notice the All Files tab, I was only on the tab with my service tag on it. (I had searched for drivers by entering my service tag.) Strange that the tab with my service tag only shows nine drivers. The All Files tab has 53. I don't need all 53, but I need more than 9.

    Anyway, thanks for making me take another look. Going to clean my glasses now.
     
    mpalandr, Dec 26, 2011
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