The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Where can I download Samsung Series 9 drivers w/o using SW Update?

    Discussion in 'Samsung' started by leland, Sep 8, 2013.

  1. leland

    leland Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    67
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    SW Update isn't working for me, and I'd like to download the drivers that I need for Windows 8.

    There has to be a way do this. Anyone?

    Thanks!
     
    leland, Sep 8, 2013
    #1
  2. Dannemand

    Dannemand Decidedly Moderate Super Moderator

    Reputations:
    11,330
    Messages:
    4,414
    Likes Received:
    2,164
    Trophy Points:
    231
    As far as I know you can't. Samsung stopped posting drivers on their website about a year ago (for some models even longer), and all drivers must be pulled from their database using SW Update.

    Why can't you use it? If it doesn't detect your model properly (a few have reported this), you should still be able to use Find Model and save the drivers locally using Export.

    You can uninstall SW Update afterwards if you don't like to keep it running.
     
    Dannemand, Sep 9, 2013
    #2
  3. oled

    oled Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    221
    Messages:
    587
    Likes Received:
    33
    Trophy Points:
    41
    Try a different PC or a virtual machine. SW Update runs on any computer. You don't need a Samsung for downloading drivers.
     
    oled, Sep 9, 2013
    #3
  4. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

    Reputations:
    7,197
    Messages:
    28,841
    Likes Received:
    2,165
    Trophy Points:
    581
    The server that SW Update connects to occasionally has problems (but far fewer now than 6 months or so ago). Keep trying.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Sep 9, 2013
    #4