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From: Davej on 4 Nov 2009 13:47 On Nov 4, 2:25 am, "Mike Easter" <Mi...(a)ster.invalid> wrote: > Davej wrote: > > Well, the question is -- how can you look at a system and tell if the > > drivers have been installed in the correct order > > No, that isn't the question. > > The question is, what does this mean? > > >> "Davej" wrote: > >>> Have a Dell laptop that is acting a little odd. The keyboard status LEDs remain on. The mute button doesn't work. The power button **sometimes** doesn't wake the unit up without repeated presses. It is as if the motherboard driver isn't working right.
From: Mike Easter on 5 Nov 2009 00:00 Davej wrote: > The keyboard status LEDs remain on. The mute button doesn't work. The > power button **sometimes** doesn't wake the unit up without repeated > presses. It is as if the motherboard driver isn't working right. .... or there is something wrong with the keyboard. Those sound like hardware inconsistencies to me rather than a driver problem. It is a Dell laptop. Things break in LTs. How well does everything on the keyboard work if you boot it up with some live CD? That way nothing about your OS install or its drivers matters. -- Mike Easter
From: John Doe on 5 Nov 2009 22:26 "TVeblen" <killtherobots(a)hal.net> wrote: > "Davej" <galt_57(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> Have a Dell laptop that is acting a little odd. After >> installing the OS and everything I learn that the drivers are >> supposed to be installed in a particular order. Has anyone >> dealt with this issue? > > > You normally install motherboard drivers, video drivers, LAN > drivers, and any other built in device driver first, generally > in that order. That does seem normal, but what if one of the less basic drivers steps on one of the more basic drivers. > More detailed explanation of the issue would be helpful in getting > intelligent responses. Definitely.
From: TVeblen on 6 Nov 2009 07:18 "John Doe" <jdoe(a)usenetlove.invalid> wrote in message news:0051d588$0$16919$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > "TVeblen" <killtherobots(a)hal.net> wrote: > >> "Davej" <galt_57(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > >>> Have a Dell laptop that is acting a little odd. After >>> installing the OS and everything I learn that the drivers are >>> supposed to be installed in a particular order. Has anyone >>> dealt with this issue? >> >> >> You normally install motherboard drivers, video drivers, LAN >> drivers, and any other built in device driver first, generally >> in that order. > > That does seem normal, but what if one of the less basic drivers > steps on one of the more basic drivers. > I guess that's where experience kicks in. You got to know your system and your OS or you are looking up at the learning curve. I'm getting ready to use W7, so I know I will soon be standing at the bottom of that hill. But it beats the hell out of crosswords. Often I will just load all the drivers on the MB disk (because it's too damned much work to take it out and put it back in the slot ;-)) and then the video. It has never made much of a difference either way. If one driver steps on another I curse the coding gods and then uninstall both and reinstall them the other way around!
From: Davej on 6 Nov 2009 17:28
On Nov 3, 5:31 pm, "TVeblen" <killtherob...(a)hal.net> wrote: > "Davej" <galt...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Have a Dell laptop that is acting a little odd. After installing the > > OS and everything I learn that the drivers are supposed to be > > installed in a particular order. Has anyone dealt with this issue? > > You normally install motherboard drivers, video drivers, LAN drivers, and > any other built in device driver first, generally in that order. If you are > installing SCSI drivers you do that before you install the OS (XP and > earlier). And if you must choose between Legacy IDE mode or SATA > mode you need to do that before you load the OS too. > More detailed explanation of the issue would be helpful in getting > intelligent responses. Ok, at first I didn't think the Device Manager offered an Uninstall option, but it does, but the problem I see now is figuring out which drivers were supplied by the OS and which ones were added by Dell. I know which Dell files I downloaded and executed but I don't know what files were unpacked and installed. Maybe I can find that information on the Dell site. Thanks. |