Dell OptiPlex GX280 driver for Windows 7 WDD

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mehdi_le_boss Posted messages 19 Status Member -  
 minijuju -
Hello,

I am looking for the WDDM video driver for a Dell Optiplex GX280 running Windows 7

Configuration: Windows 7 / Firefox 9.0.1

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  1. kaneagle Posted messages 86285 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   14 682
     
    For 32-bit, try this --> driver
    But not sure it will work?

    Unzip it and install it manually:
    Go to Device Manager
    Right-click the device in question
    Update driver
    Browse my computer for driver software
    Let me pick from a list or a specific location
    Don't search
    They provide a disk
    Browse
    Go to the unzipped folder
    Select the file --> igxp32.inf
    Restart.

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  2. CCMclaude Posted messages 27560 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   741
     
    Good evening Mehdi,
    I don’t think it’s possible...
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    (1) Links concerning the searched-for driver.
    Compatibility of older Intel® graphics controllers with Microsoft Windows 7*
    URL address shown under the previous link:
    https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005521/graphics.html
    Windows 7* drivers are not available for the following older Intel® graphics controllers:
    * Intel® 915GM/GMS, 910GML Express family for laptops
    * Intel® 82915G/82910GL Express family
    * etc
    This download is also valid for the products listed below. Use the links below for additional product downloads:
    * Intel 910GML Express for laptops
    * Intel® 830 Chipset
    * Intel® 82810 Graphics Controller and Memory Controller Hub (GMCH)
    * (...)
    * Intel® 910 Express chipset family
    * Intel® 915 Express chipset family for laptops
    * Intel® 915GM/GMS and 910GML Express for laptops
    * etc
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    (2)
    Does Intel provide WDDM graphics drivers for older graphics controllers?

    WDDM graphics drivers are not available due to hardware limitations in the older Intel® graphics controllers. The overall hardware architecture and design of these older graphics controllers were finalized before the Microsoft release of details and specifications on WDDM drivers and running the Aero user interface. Some hardware limitations limit graphics performance and memory capabilities when attempting to run a WDDM driver on Windows 7 operating system with these older graphics controllers.

    Intel addressed these hardware limitations in the integrated graphics controllers of the desktop and mobile Intel® 945 Express Chipset families. WDDM graphics drivers are available beginning with the Intel 945 Express Chipset families.

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    (3)
    I don’t know if it’s physically possible to replace on your Dell Optiplex gx280 your Intel® 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family with an Intel® 945 Express Chipset or newer.

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    1. kaneagle Posted messages 86285 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   14 682
       
      Well spotted CCMclaude, that's exactly what I was going to explain to him.

      Thanks and see you later"
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  3. kaneagle Posted messages 86285 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   14 682
     
    Hello,

    Look --> here

    There are no drivers for Windows 7!

    Go to this --> site <<--

    At the bottom of the page, click on --> Launch detection and accept the plugin.

    A search will be performed, then a list will appear indicating the installed drivers and those that are available.

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  4. mehdi_le_boss Posted messages 19 Status Member 2
     
    no sorry I already tried that it doesn't work thanks.
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  5. kaneagle Posted messages 86285 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   14 682
     
    Go to Device Manager, right-click the device, Properties, Details, and give the hardware ID number.

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  6. mehdi_le_boss Posted messages 19 Status Member 2
     
    Intel(R) 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family (Microsoft Corporation - XDDM) I would like the same in (WDDM) please.
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  7. kaneagle Posted messages 86285 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   14 682
     
    This is not the hardware ID!

    Right-click the device
    Properties
    Details tab
    Hardware ID

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  8. mehdi_le_boss Posted messages 19 Status Member 2
     
    PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2782&SUBSYS_01791028&REV_04
    PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2782&SUBSYS_01791028
    PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2782&CC_038000
    PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2782&CC_0380

    is that it?
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  9. mehdi_le_boss Posted messages 19 Status Member 2
     
    Sorry. but I would like a driver that supports Aero themes
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  10. minijuju
     
    I have exactly the same problem except that I don’t even have the driver
    I have the basic one compatible with .... nothing
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