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December 11th, 2013 15:00
Ethernet Adapter Driver for Win8.1
I have a Studio XPS 8100. I have had problems (corrupted files) with OEM Win7 Ult and switched To Win 8.1 Pro. Since then my Ethernet adapter (Broadcom NetLink Gigabit Ethernet) gets disabled occasionally for no reason that I can pinpoint.
The currently installed driver is version 15.6.1.2. When I ask Dell to check my driver for an update, I think it assumes that I am still running Win7 and recommends version12.2.2.
Was the currently installed version installed by Win8.1? Should I revert back to version 12.2.2 as recommended by Dell?
Thanks in advance
pasparawlu
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Philip_Yip
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December 14th, 2013 10:00
Dell has no Windows 8/8.1 drivers for the XPS 8100. Windows 8.1 has a newer driver than the old drivers Dell offers for Windows 7. Their driver is from 2010.
I would not use any Dell update utility as they won't take into account a Windows 8.1 install.
The driver Windows 8.1 includes is even later than the one listed on the Broadcom website:
http://www.broadcom.com/support/ethernet_nic/netlink_k57.php
It should work fine.
It could be good to install the latest Intel Chipset drivers however to help your system run more stable:
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchResult.aspx?lang=eng&keyword=intel%20chipset%20Software%20Installation%20Utility
pasparawlu
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December 14th, 2013 18:00
Thanks for the info.
I will try and locate the relevant chipset and install.