A device driver or software driver is a computer program allowing higher-level computer programs to interact with a hardware device. For the Precision 3431, all the drivers installation for their devices are similar except that some system may have more devices than the other.
After a clean installation of the Microsoft® Windows 10 operating system, you must install the following drivers / software packages:
After a fresh copy of windows is installed, always install the Intel chipset driver utility first. After that, you can install the rest of the devices' drivers in any sequence. However we would recommend you follow the convention below.
Categories | Driver Name | Small Form Factor (SFF) |
---|---|---|
Chipset Drivers | Intel Chipset Device Software Driver | ✔ |
Chipset Drivers | Intel Management Engine Components Installer | ✔ |
Chipset Drivers | Intel Serial I/O Driver | ✔ |
Chipset Drivers | Realtek Memory Card Reader Driver | ✔ |
Chipset Drivers | Cypress USB Connector Manager Class Extension UcmCx | ✔ |
Video Drivers | Intel UHD Graphics 610/630 Series DCH Driver | ✔ |
Video Drivers | Teradici 2 Dual Host Card Firmware Update | ✔ |
Video Drivers | AMD Radeon Pro Desktop Graphics Driver | ✔ |
Video Drivers | nVIDIA Quadro Graphics Driver | ✔ |
Audio Drivers | Realtek High Definition Audio Driver | ✔ |
Network Drivers | Intel l2xx/825XX Gigabit Ethernet Network Controller Driver | ✔ |
Network Drivers | Intel Ax200/AX201/9560/9260 WiFi and Bluetooth Universal Windows Driver | ✔ |
Network Drivers | Qualcomm QCA61x4A, QCA6174A-XR, and QCA9377 WiFi and Bluetooth Driver | ✔ |
Storage | Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver | ✔ |
Check if the chipset driver is installed by looking at Device Manager. If you can't see it then Install the latest chipset update from the Support Site.
Chipset > Intel Chipset Device Software Driver.
Check if the Serial I/O is installed by looking at Device Manager. If you can't see it then Install the latest Driver update.
Chipset > Intel Serial I/O Driver
Check if the management engine is installed by looking at Device Manager. If you can't see it then Install the latest Driver update.
Chipset > Intel Management Engine Components Installer
Check if the memory card driver is installed by looking at Device Manager. If you can't see it then Install the latest Driver update.
Chipset > Realtek Memory Card Reader Driver
Check if the Cypress USB manager is installed by looking at Device Manager. If you can't see it then Install the latest Driver update.
Chipset > Cypress USB Connector Manager Class Extension UcmCx
Check if the Rapid Storage Driver Title is installed by looking at Device Manager. If you can't see it then Install the latest Driver update.
Serial ATA > Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver
Check if the video driver is installed by looking at Device Manager. If you can't see it then Install the latest Driver update from the Support Site.
Video > Intel UHD Graphics 610/630 Series DCH Driver
Check if the video driver is installed by looking at Device Manager. If you can't see it then Install the latest Driver update from the Support Site.
Video > Teradici 2 Dual Host Card Firmware Update
Video > nVIDIA Quadro Graphics Driver
Video > AMD Radeon Pro Desktop Graphics Driver
Check if the audio driver is installed by looking at Device Manager. If you can't see it then Install the latest Driver update from the Support Site.
Audio > Realtek High Definition Audio Driver
Audio > Waves MaxxAudio Pro Application
Check if the Network Controller driver is installed by looking at Device Manager. If you can't see it then Install the latest Driver update from the Support Site.
Network > Intel l2xx/825xx Gigabit Ethernet Network Controller Driver
Check if the Wireless/Bluetooth card drivers are installed by looking at Device Manager. If you can't see it then Install the latest Driver update from the Support Site.
Network > Intel AX200/AX201/9560/9260 WiFi and Bluetooth Universal Windows Driver
Network > Qualcomm QCA61x4A, QCA6174A QCA9377 WiFi and Bluetooth Driver