Dell Optiplex GX620: which drivers to install?

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http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/e...plex-gx620

Help: I am trying to help someone by installing XP on an old Optiplex GX620. XP SP2 installed just fine, I also installed SP3.

Now some drivers are missing. Video card is slow without drivers. some yellow question marks in System Profile. Oops, Device Manager.

Anyway, I see lots of choices for video drivers at dell.com

how do I know which one to use/choose?

I actaully need these (with yellow ? mark):

Ethernet Controller
Multimedia Audio Controller
SM Bus Controller
Video Controller
Video Controller (VGA Compatible)

should I open the thing and find out what video card is inside, or there is a better/easier way to tell?

Thanks

[C(-)ris]

Install them all.

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I found a serice tag on this computer, that seems to help a bit, I narrowed down the drivers somewhat.

[ztirffritz]

You might try this:

Dell Client System Update
http://downloads-us.dell.com/FOLDER00981....0_A00.EXE

It may or may not support the GX620. If it does, it is by far the fastest, easiest way to get all the updates.

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thanks, good to know. does that require the PC to be on the network? right now I download to my laptop and I moved files one at a time via USB stick. I can't connect this PC to the network (corporate firewall)

[ztirffritz]

You'll need internet access for it to work, and even with access, it may not work. I couldn't verify that it is in the list of supported machines. If you can, copy and install at least the network driver. Then the you might be able to get the rest of the updates.

[Sam3]

When we've needed to reinstall Windows on our Dells here at work, I've always used the Dell service tag to look up what drivers I need from Dell's web site.

[Filliam H. Muffman]

If it still has the OEM boot partition, you might be able to do a system restore so you can copy the original motherboard chipset drivers. Without them, it sometimes prevents all the hardware from being recognized properly. If that is not available, it might be possible to track down the type of chipset and install a compatible set of drivers from a motherboard manufacturer like Gigabyte or ASUS.

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Sam3 wrote:
When we've needed to reinstall Windows on our Dells here at work, I've always used the Dell service tag to look up what drivers I need from Dell's web site.

yes, that helped somewhat, instead of 7 drivers for the graphics card, that narrowed it down to 3. I was able to find the right drivers after all. The driver for the chip set didn't work. I found another thread on a dell forum with a link to a driver which worked.

[Carm]

I was able to install Windows 7 on one of those machines with a hacked bios. Works ok.

For the latest video drivers. Using the video chipset, search intel's site.