[cookiemonster]

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:

• R192569.EXE - Battery Meter
• R192570.EXE - Wireless Select Switch
• R192572.EXE - Intel Graphics Media 945GSE/GM965
• R192574.EXE - Intel (R) Mobile Chipset
• R192597.EXE - Synaptics TouchPad
• R193480.EXE - Creative Labs Integrated Camera
• R197390.EXE - Broadcom Arcadyne Wireless LAN
• R197392.EXE - Realtek ALC268 HD Audio
• R197393.EXE - Realtek LAN RTL8102EL
• R197396.EXE - Broadcom Bluetooth
• R200081.EXE - JMicron JMB385 Card Reader
• Dell_Wireless-5530-HSPA-Mini_A01_R212325.exe - Dell Wireless 5530 HSPA Mini-Card (Firmware)
  
• DELL_WIRELESS-5530-HSPA-MINI_A06_R220877.exe - Dell Wireless 5530 HSPA Mini-Card (Driver)
• DELL_WIRELESS-5530-HSPA-MINI_A00_R198215.exe - Dell Wireless 5530 HSPA Mini-Card (Application)
• DELL_MULTI-DEVICE_A05_R254208.exe - Dell Mobile Broadband Manager, Wireless 5540 HSPA Mini Card Application, Windows 7, A05
• DELL_WIRELESS-5540-HSPA-MINI_A08_R254204.exe - Dell Wireless 5540 HSPA Mini Card Driver, Windows 7, v.6.1.18.4, A08
• DELL_WIRELESS-5730-SPRINT-MO_A02_R240425.exe - Dell Wireless 5730 Sprint Mobile Broadband (EVDO Rev-A) MiniCard, Driver, Windows 7 32-bit, English, Multi System, v.2.10.52, A02

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.

• Synaptics Touchpad driver - discussion
• Hacked Bluetooth driver - discussion
• (added 2010.06.14) Broadcom WIDCOMM Bluetooth Vista/7 Driver v.6.3.0.4010
• (updated 2010.01.20) Broadcom Wireless Driver for Windows XP, version 5.60.18.35
• (updated 2010.08.06) Broadcom Wireless Driver for Windows 7, version 5.60.350.11
• (added 2010.06.14) Broadcom Wireless BCM43xx Driver v.5.100.9.141 for Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7
• (updated 2010.08.03) Realtek High Definition Audio (R2.51) driver (2000/XP ver. 5.10.0.6167; Vista/Win7 ver 6.0.1.6167), (too slow? See here. Alternate install method.)
• (updated 2010.08.27) JMicron JMB385 Card Reader, ver. 1.0.48.1
• (updated 2010.07.23) Realtek LAN driver (XP ver 5.764; Vista ver 6.241; Win 7 ver 7.023) (alternative link)
  
• (added 2009.3.29) Hitachi microdrive filter driver - makes your removable devices appear as fixed, useful if you've done the internal USB hack
• (added 2010.06.11) Webcam Driver, version 6.5853.77.14 - (Follow these instructions)
  

[somms]

Originally Posted by AbeEstrada

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!

[phifer8390]

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!!

[cookiemonster]

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.

[finale23]

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

http://www.filehippo.com/updatechecker/

[Sumanji]

Originally Posted by cookiemonster

Drivers for the Mini 9:

• R192569.EXE - Battery Meter[/*:m:1wmrd7l5]
• R192570.EXE - Wireless Select Switch[/*:m:1wmrd7l5]

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!

Cheers,

Suman

[edit] Also, I can't get the latest JMicron Card Reader driver to install for some reason?! After running the exe it just does nothing

[holmes4]

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

[NoahK17]

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!
noahk17@gmail.com

I have a Dell Mini 9, XP

[Sumanji]

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

[cookiemonster]

Originally Posted by NoahK17

Can anyone email me that .SYS file

Sent.

[Leeward]

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.