Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 32 Bit Version Advice

SB1973 · 2 Jan 2011 at 03:41

I need some advise please if possible , i got Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 32 Bit Version on 30th December from a well know massive computer company in Ireland the same company i got my laptop from which is still in warranty , i did ask the salesman/tech if my laptop would run Windows 7 Home Premium which he said sure no problems, after installing it , i am getting problems with a few devices like touchpad , Bluetooth , Soundcard , Video Card. If i could not find drivers for Windows 7 for what i am missing , could i go back to the original salesman/tech and if he could not help me , could i demand a refund , my laptop was running Vista before with no problems or is it my problem

Emphacy · 2 Jan 2011 at 04:34

There should be no problem finding Windows 7 drivers for your laptop, generally hardware manufacturers release driver updates for newer operating systems within the range of it being released.

Use device manager to find your hardware and google it to find windows 7 drivers, if that's still not possible, download Uniblue Driverscanner or Game Booster to help with driver updates.

Since Installing a new OS is likely to void warranty, i'm not sure if it does or not, they may not give you a refund.

Mr-White · 2 Jan 2011 at 14:14

What model is the laptop ?

MW

robinbredin · 2 Jan 2011 at 14:43

If you have a Dell system, then installing a new OS, will not void your warranty. If your copy of Win 7 is retail, then you should have no problems with drivers, as Win 7 ships with a lot of drivers. What driver you can't get, can be found on your hardware vendor web site.

SB1973 · 2 Jan 2011 at 16:03

I have a Dell Inspiron 1720 , had it 3 years & i think its a great machine even better when you can attach 2 500GB 7200 hard drives

Dell are going to ring me tomorrow & i am going to email the salesman tonight about my driver problems . . .

4 main problems are as follows

SIGNATEL STAC 92XX C-Major HD Audio Rev A05
Dell Touchpad / Pointing Stick < It does work without drivers

Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Module
nVidia® GeForce™ Go 8600M GT < Think ive sorted

I wished i stayed with Vista now

avrc · 2 Jan 2011 at 17:00

edit - sorry

bsoltan · 2 Jan 2011 at 17:06

Vista drivers should work on Windows 7 as well.

Try selecting the ones you need from here:
http://support.dell.com/support/dow...bIndex=&scanSupported=False&scanConsent=False

SB1973 · 2 Jan 2011 at 17:10

bsoltan said:
Vista drivers should work on Windows 7 as well.

Try selecting the ones you need from here:
http://support.dell.com/support/dow...bIndex=&scanSupported=False&scanConsent=False

Might have a go later , thanks very much

SB1973 · 2 Jan 2011 at 19:01

SB1973 said:
I have a Dell Inspiron 1720 , had it 3 years & i think its a great machine even better when you can attach 2 500GB 7200 hard drives

Dell are going to ring me tomorrow & i am going to email the salesman tonight about my driver problems . . .

4 main problems are as follows

SIGNATEL STAC 92XX C-Major HD Audio Rev A05
Dell Touchpad / Pointing Stick < It does work without drivers
Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Module
Dell Touchpad / Pointing Stick < Think ive sorted

I wished i stayed with Vista now

Got following to work

Dell Touchpad / Pointing Stick

nVidia® GeForce™ Go 8600M GT

I done a search on google for SIGNATEL STAC 92XX C-Major HD Audio and has know problem with windows 7 , Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Module looks a problem .

TheHitMan-1973 · 3 Jan 2011 at 23:20

Good to see you have drivers now , the driver i am waiting for is SIGNATEL STAC 92XX C-Major HD Audio , as for bluetooth i never use it much so not that fussed , might buy a cheap dongle