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by cookiemonster 01-20-2009, 04:36 PM

I know I have at times been quite confused as to which drivers were for what hardware, and there has especially been some confusion over the different drivers for the Battery Meter/Wireless Select Switch thing. I therefore decided to compile a list of the various drivers together with their filename. All links are to Dell's ftp site, for direct file download. BTW, these are listed as Windows XP drivers on their site to download drivers. Ubuntu drivers are built-in to the kernel (so, you don't need these).

Drivers for the Mini 9, taken from Dell's website:
Recommended order to install these drivers

Finally, you can sign up on Dell's website to be notified by email whenever a new driver is released (including new BIOS releases). You will need to be signed in to "Create a New Subscription." The rest should be pretty straightforward.

I hope people find this post useful! Maybe it can be made a sticky... hint, hint

Edit: Due to popular demand, I will list drivers from sources other than Dell which have been reported to work with the Mini.

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Default Re: Drivers for Dell Inspiron Mini 9 (910) - 03-16-2009, 04:58 PM

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There is a new update for the Realtek 8102/8103 Ethernet PCI-E

This is the downloads page from Realtek
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false

[attachment=0:379ba36j]http://mydellmini.com/forum/download/fi ... ew&id=1109[/attachment:379ba36j]
FWIW: Couldn't locate the driver at the link you provided but was able to update the NIC under XP by right-clicking the Realtek NIC under device manager and selecting Update Driver... then selecting Yes, this time only and clicked thru prompts...XP downloaded and install this v5.716.226.2009 driver automatically...TY for heads-up!
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Default Re: Drivers for Dell Inspiron Mini 9 (910) - 03-23-2009, 12:15 PM

Thanks...

The only thing better would have been a zipped file instead of so many files to download. Then again I guess a begger should not try to be a chooser!!


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Default Re: Drivers for Dell Inspiron Mini 9 (910) - 03-23-2009, 03:39 PM

The thing is, there are so many files from different sources, that it wouldn't be practical to do that. Plus, I'd have to find a place to upload the file.

If you download from Dell's website, you can add the files you want to a "My Downloads" list, and get them as a single zip file, like you mentioned.
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Default Re: Drivers for Dell Inspiron Mini 9 (910) - 03-24-2009, 06:45 PM

Also, UpdateChecker is a great, free windows utility app to keep all your drivers and applications up to date.

http://www.filehippo.com/updatechecker/
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Default Re: Drivers for Dell Inspiron Mini 9 (910) - 03-25-2009, 07:46 PM

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Drivers for the Mini 9:
Hey,

What's the difference between those two? The latter is not listed on my Dell support page, but the the former is listed as "Dell Battery Meter/Wireless Select Switch"... does one of them provide on screen display for volume & screen brightness by any chance? I would love the driver for that!

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Default Re: Drivers for Dell Inspiron Mini 9 (910) - 03-25-2009, 09:56 PM

The second one really is the battery meter application - it is mislabeled. Neither provides on-screen volume or brightness controls.


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Default Re: Drivers for Dell Inspiron Mini 9 (910) - 03-26-2009, 06:19 PM

So I accidentally deleted "c:\windows\system32\drivers\EMSC.sys", and now I need it again.

Can anyone email me that .SYS file, or direct me to whichever driver update link I need to visit from the first post in order to correct this issue?

Thanks so much!
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I have a Dell Mini 9, XP
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Default Re: Drivers for Dell Inspiron Mini 9 (910) - 03-27-2009, 12:05 AM

Tried to send it, but got a failed delivery message dude...



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Default Re: Drivers for Dell Inspiron Mini 9 (910) - 03-27-2009, 04:37 AM

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Can anyone email me that .SYS file
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Default Re: Drivers for Dell Inspiron Mini 9 (910) - 03-28-2009, 09:42 PM

Re: Windows Drivers

While I don't understand the need for a driver that supplies OSD for screen brightness, I found It would be nice to have OSD for:
- audio mute (need to tell if it's muted or just turned down)
- caps lock (helps you see you have caps lock on BEFORE you type, as opposed to finding out after you start typing)

These types of OSD functions are usually provided by the keyboard driver.

Solution:
If you install the Microsoft Intellitype Pro keyboard drivers you get audio and caps lock OSD.

Download the latest intellitype pro Drivers here:
Download the drivers for the "Wireless Keyboard 2000"
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/downl ... ategory=MK

Note: if you install this incorrectly, your keyboard and touchpad will stop working.....
I installed the M$ intellitype driver, then BEFORE I REBOOTED, reselected the generic "standard 101/102 key" keyboard driver using device manager.
The trick here is not using the actual keyboard driver, you use the software that is included with it.

once you reboot you should have a "microsoft keyboard" icon on the desktop.
Click that and select WIRELESS KEYBOARD 2000 under the "key settings tab"
The hardware tab should be left as "standard 101/102 key......"

You should now have volume/mute and CAPSLOCK OSD.
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