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Contents
Installation overview......................................................................................................... 5
Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 6
Order of reinstallation ...................................................................................................... 7
Updating or Resetting the BIOS ........................................................................................ 9
Flashing the BIOS .......................................................................................................... 9
Clearing CMOS settings................................................................................................. 9
Trusted Platform Module (TPM) security ................................................................... 10
Reinstalling the operating system................................................................................... 11
Reinstalling Drivers and Applications.............................................................................. 12
Displaying drivers and applications on your computer............................................... 12
Reinstallation sequence for drivers and applications ..................................................... 13
1 Intel chipset device software ................................................................................... 13
Downloading and installing these chipset drivers................................................... 13
2 Critical Microsoft Quick Fix Engineering (QFE) updates........................................... 14
3 Media-card reader driver......................................................................................... 14
Downloading and installing the media-card reader driver ..................................... 14
4 Intel Rapid Storage Technology (IRST) ..................................................................... 15
Downloading and installing the IRST driver ............................................................ 15
5 Graphics ................................................................................................................... 16
Downloading and installing the Dell graphics driver............................................... 16
6 Audio........................................................................................................................ 17
Downloading and installing the Dell audio driver ................................................... 17
7 Dell ControlVault2 Driver and Firmware.................................................................. 17
Downloading and installing Dell ControlVault2 ...................................................... 17
8 Wireless Local Network (WLAN) drivers and applications ....................................... 18
Downloading and installing the Wi-Fi driver........................................................... 18
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