Dell XPS Notebook Reimage “How-To” Guide Dell Consumer Client Re-Image “How-To” Guide XPS Notebook Revision 1.
Dell XPS Notebook Reimage “How-To” Guide Content 1. Overview ................................................................................................................................................................................. 3 2. “How-To” ................................................................................................................................................................................. 3 2.1. Supported Operating Systems .........................................
Dell XPS Notebook Reimage “How-To” Guide 1. Overview The purpose of this document is to detail the required steps for re-imaging XPS notebooks. Dell XPS notebooks systems ship with Microsoft operating systems (see Chapter 2.1 for detail). These images include the Dell recommended software stack and settings, drivers, and applications which are tested and validated with the system. Drivers and applications must be installed on Dell XPS systems in a prescribed order to ensure optimal performance.
Dell XPS Notebook Reimage “How-To” Guide 2.2. XPS New Features & Image Impact Dell XPS systems feature new hardware technologies which require a new software stack, drivers, and/or applications. These products are not compatible with previous images built or installed on none XPS Dell products. Images between different XPS models are also not compatible Among these new hardware and technologies are: 2.2.1.
Dell XPS Notebook Reimage “How-To” Guide 2.4. Installation Sequence The list below is a general overview of drivers and applications that must be installed on Dell XPS systems in a prescribed order to ensure optimal performance. Actual system configurations may vary. Note: Dell Alienware, Inspiron, Studio, XPS and Vostro Laptops may have different installation sequence. Please refer to Dell Support Website for these Laptops. 2.4.1.
Dell XPS Notebook Reimage “How-To” Guide 2.4.2. Installation Sequence & Features at a Glance: 2.4.2.1. BIOS, Drivers and Firmware: BIOS Intel Chipset - Helps Windows control system board components and controllers.
Dell XPS Notebook Reimage “How-To” Guide 2.5. BIOS 2.5.1. SATA Operation: Dell recommends flashing the latest BIOS available to the system. This is posted on Dell’s driver & downloads support web site (support.dell.com) under the “BIOS” section. Some of the BIOS settings are critical to Operating System performance and installation.
Dell XPS Notebook Reimage “How-To” Guide 2.6. Recommended Drivers / Applications Installation Order For best results, Dell recommends installing drivers / applications in the following order: 2.6.1. Intel Chipset Device Software Microsoft Operating Systems might not include the updated Intel Chipset Device Software for Dell notebooks. The Intel Chipset Device Software is available on Dell’s driver & downloads support web site (support.dell.com) under the “Chipset” section. 2.6.2.
Dell XPS Notebook Reimage “How-To” Guide Follow these steps to install the IRST driver: 1) For Microsoft Windows 10 (64-Bit) Operating Systems: 2) Installing the Intel IRST driver after the installation of the Operating System Boot to the Operating System DVD or Boot from PXE , then start to load IRST driver for detecting PCIe Solid State Drive via below command and then installation OS Plug in Win10 Pure OS installation key to unit and then boot to USB key.
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Dell XPS Notebook Reimage “How-To” Guide Select Load driver Press “browse” to find IRST driver file(iastorAC.inf) and load It.
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Dell XPS Notebook Reimage “How-To” Guide Unit will detect the NVME SSD and then follow step by step to finish Win10 OS installation. After completing the OS installation, insert the Dell RDVD Select the IRST driver and follow the installation procedure Note: the latest IRST driver can also be obtained from support.dell.
Dell XPS Notebook Reimage “How-To” Guide 2.6.5. Graphics Microsoft Operating Systems include the VGA graphics drivers only. Therefore for optimum graphics performance, Dell recommends installing the Dell graphics driver applicable to their system available on Dell’s driver & downloads support web site (support.dell.com) under the “Video” section. 2.6.6. Audio Microsoft Operating Systems do not include the Audio driver recommended by Dell.
Dell XPS Notebook Reimage “How-To” Guide 2.6.9. Touchpad Microsoft Windows 10 Operating System includes the Touchpad drivers, users don’t need to install additional Touchpad drivers. 2.6.10. Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit Operating Systems include the USB 3.0 driver. 2.6.11. USB 3.0/3.1 Webcam Microsoft Windows 10 Operating System includes the Webcam drivers, users don’t need to install additional Webcam drivers.
Appendix Appendix A .NET Framework Requirements What is .NET Framework? The .NET Framework is a software framework from Microsoft, which is bundled with Windows operating systems. The .NET Framework is intended to be used by most applications created for the Microsoft Windows platform.
Appendix B Dell Dock WD15 What is the Dell Dock WD15? It is the Typec-C dock product for extension a lot of I/O device usage. Need User connect the dock via Type-C Cable. Dell Dock WD15 support document were web-post under Select a product/Electonics & Accessories/Docking Stations/Dell Dock WD15. http://www.dell.
Appendix C Dell Thunderbolt Dock TB15 What is the Dell Thunderbolt Dock TB15? It is the Type-C dock product for extension a lot of I/O device usage. Need User connect the dock via Type-C cable. Dell Thunderbolt Dock TB15 support document were web-post under Select a product/Electronics & Accessories/Docking Stations/Dell Thunderbolt Dock TB15. http://www.dell.
6) For Dell Thunderbolt Dock only, install ASMedia USB 3.0 Extended Host Controller Driver for Dell Thunderbolt Dock available to the system. This is posted on Dell’s driver & downloads support web site (dell.com/support) under the “Docks/Stands” section.. 7) For Dell Thunderbolt Dock only, install ASMedia USB 3.0 Extended Host Firmware Utility available to the system. This is posted on Dell’s driver & downloads support web site (dell.com/support) under the “Docks/Stands” section.
