Contents Installation overview..................................................................................................... 5 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 6 Order of reinstallation .................................................................................................. 7 ........................................................................... 9 Flashing the BIOS ...........................
Downloading and installing the DPM .................................................................. 19 9 Wireless Local Network (WLAN) drivers and applications ................................... 20 Downloading and installing the Wi-Fi driver ....................................................... 20 10 Dell docking station WD15 ................................................................................. 21 11 Dell Thunderbolt dock TB16 ................................................................
Installation overview • • • • 5
Introduction 6
Order of reinstallation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 – – * * * 8 9 – – 7
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Flashing the BIOS 1 2 3 4 → 5 6 7 8 9 Clearing CMOS settings 9
Trusted Platform Module (TPM) security 1 2 → 3 → 4 – – – – 5 10
Reinstalling the operating system 11
Reinstalling Drivers and Applications Displaying drivers and applications on your computer 1 2 3 4 → 5 12
Reinstallation sequence for drivers and applications 1 Intel chipset device software Downloading and installing these chipset drivers 1 2 3 13
4 5 6 7 8 2 Critical Microsoft Quick Fix Engineering (QFE) updates 3 Media-card reader driver Downloading and installing the media-card reader driver 1 2 14
3 4 5 6 7 8 4 Intel Rapid Storage Technology (IRST) • • Downloading and installing the IRST driver 1 2 15
3 4 5 6 7 8 5 Graphics Downloading and installing the Dell graphics driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 16
6 Audio Downloading and installing the Dell audio driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 7.
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8 Dell Power Manager Service (DPM) • • • • • • • • Downloading and installing the DPM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 19
9 Wireless Local Network (WLAN) drivers and applications Downloading and installing the Wi-Fi driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 20
10 Dell docking station WD15 11 Dell Thunderbolt dock TB16 21
NET Framework 22
Getting help and contacting Dell Self-help resources 23
