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A device driver or software driver is a computer program allowing higher-level computer programs to interact with a hardware device. For the Dell Latitude 3490 Notebook, 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 device drivers in any sequence. You can view the screenshots of before and after the driver installation below the table.
Warning: Before attempting to install Windows 7 or 8, check your processor type. Systems with 7th Generation Intel Core i7. Processors are not eligible for Windows 7/8/8.1 downgrades.
Check if the chipset driver is installed by looking at Device Manager > System Devices. If you can't see it then Install the latest chipset update from: www.dell.com/support/drivers.
Chipset > Intel Chipset Device Software Driver.
Check if the Intel Management Engine installer driver is installed by looking at Device Manager > System Devices. If you can't see it then Install the latest Driver update.
Chipset > Intel Management Engine Components Installer
Check if the Intel Dynamic Platform and Thermal framework Driver is installed by looking at Device Manager > Intel Dynamic Platform and Thermal framework. If you can't see it then Install the latest Driver update.
Chipset > Intel Dynamic Platform and Thermal Framework
Check if the HID Event Filter Driver is installed by looking at Device Manager > Human Interface Devices. If you can't see it then Install the latest Driver update.
Chipset > Intel HID Event Filter Driver
Check if the Intel Serial IO Drive is installed by looking at Device Manager > System Devices. If you can't see it then Install the latest Driver update.
Chipset > Intel Serial IO Driver
Check if the Realtek Memory Card Reader Driver is installed by looking at Device Manager > Universal Serial Bus controllers. If you can't see it then Install the latest Driver update.
Chipset > Realtek Memory Card Reader Driver
Check if the STMicro Accelerometer for Free Fall Data Protection Driver is installed by looking at Device Manager > System Devices. If you can't see it then Install the latest Driver update.
Chipset > STMicro Accelerometer for Free Fall Data Protection Driver
Check if the Rapid Storage Driver is installed by looking at Device Manager > Storage Controllers. If you can't see it then Install the latest Driver update.
Serial ATA > Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver and Management Console
Check if the Free Fall Sensor Driver is installed by looking at Device Manager > System Devices. If you can't see it then Install the latest Driver update.
Chipset > STMicro Accelerometer for Free Fall Data Protection
Check if the onboard video driver is installed by looking at Device Manager > Display adapters. If you can't see it then Install the latest Driver update from: www.dell.com/support/drivers.
Video > Intel HD Graphics Driver
Check if the discrete video driver is installed by looking at Device Manager > Display adapters. If you can't see it then Install the latest Driver update from: www.dell.com/support/drivers.
Video > AMD Radeon 530 Driver
Check if the audio driver is installed by looking at Device Manager > Sound, video and game controllers. If you can't see it then Install the latest Driver update from: www.dell.com/support/drivers.
Audio > Realtek Audio ALC3246 Driver
Before network drivers are installed, the Microsoft Windows operating system does not recognize the integrated LAN and sets the device up as an Ethernet Controller under Other devices. Once you install the network drivers, it is recognized properly under Network adapters.
Check if the Ethernet Network Controller driver is installed by looking at Device Manager > Network adapters. If you can't see it then Install the latest Driver update from: www.dell.com/support/drivers.
Network > Realtek PCIe Ethernet Controller Driver
Check if the Intel Wireless card drivers are installed by looking at Device Manager > Network adapters. If you can't see it then Install the latest Driver update from: www.dell.com/support/drivers.
Network > Intel 3165 7265 8260 8265 Wi-Fi Driver
Check if the Intel Bluetooth card drivers are installed by looking at Device Manager > Network adapters and Bluetooth. If you can't see it then Install the latest Driver update from: www.dell.com/support/drivers
Network > Intel 3160 7260 3165 7265 8260 8265 Bluetooth Driver
Check if the Qualcomm Combo Wireless / Bluetooth card drivers are installed by looking at Device Manager. If you can't see it then Install the latest Driver update from: www.dell.com/support/drivers.
Network > Qualcomm QCA61x4A QCA6174A-XR QCA937 Wifi and Bluetooth Driver
Check if the Security Software is installed by looking at Device Manager. If not Install the Driver Package from www.dell.com/support/drivers.
Security > Dell ControlVault2 Driver and Firmware
Security > Trusted Platform Module 2.0
Check if the Input driver is installed by looking at Device Manager > Mice and other pointing devices. If you can't see it then Install the latest touchpad driver from www.dell.com/support/drivers.
Mouse, Keyboard and Input Devices > Dell Touchpad Driver
There are some drivers that depend on the hardware configuration you purchased. You can see them on the www.dell.com/support/drivers.
Mouse, Keyboard and Input Drivers > Realtek IR Camera Driver
Latitude 3490
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