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Article Number: 000126555

Dell Latitude 3460 Windows Driver Installation Guide

Summary: This page is a guide to installing Windows Drivers on a Dell Latitude 3460 Laptop

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Symptoms

This article is a reference guide on how to install device drivers after a fresh copy of Microsoft Windows has been installed.

Dell Latitude 3460 Windows Driver Installation Guide.

Overview

A device driver or software driver is a computer program allowing higher-level computer programs to interact with a hardware device. For Latitude 3460 systems, all the drivers installation for their devices are similar except that some system may have more devices than the other.

 

Note: Use this page as a reference on how Device Manager should look like before and after the drivers have been installed. Drivers can be downloaded from the www.dell.com/support/drivers

 

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.

 

Note: The drivers installation process for Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 are almost identical. (Most of the device drivers will be pre-installed during the Windows 8.1 and 10 installation process).

 

Use the table below to see which drivers are required for the applicable Windows version.

Device Drivers
Categories
Driver Name
Windows 7
Windows 8.1
Windows 10
Chipset Drivers Intel Chipset Software
✔
✔
✔
Intel Serial I/O
✔
✔
✔
Intel Management Engine Interface
✔
✔
✔
Intel Rapid Storage Technology
✔
✔
✔
Intel Rapid Storage Technology F6 DRV
✔
✔
✔
Intel USB 3.0 xHCI
✔
Not required as Windows will install the default native USB 3.0 driver.
Realtek RTS5170 Card Reader
✔
✔
✔
ST Microelectronics Free Fall Sensor
✔
✔
✔
Video Drivers Intel HD Graphics
✔
✔
✔
NVIDIA Graphics (Discrete)
✔
✔
✔
Audio Drivers Realtek ALC3234 Audio
✔
✔
✔
Network Drivers Realtek RTL8111G LAN Network Device
✔
✔
✔
Intel Dual Band Wireless 3165
✔
✔
✔
Intel Dual Band Wireless 7265
✔
✔
✔
Dell Wireless 1802
✔
✔
✔
Dell Airplane Mode Switch Driver
✔
✔
✔
Input Drivers Dell Synaptics Multi-Touch Touchpad
✔
Not required as Windows will install the default native touchpad driver.
Realtek IR Camera
Not available.
✔
Security Drivers NEXT Biometrics Fingerprint Reader
✔
✔
✔

 

System Drivers

Expand the sections below to reveal more information

Intel Chipset Software

Intel Chipset Software

Check if the chipset driver is installed by looking at Device Manager - shown below. Install the Intel chipset update from www.dell.com/support/drivers or by inserting the Dell Resource DVD.

Before Installation After Installation
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Intel Serial IO Driver

There is no change in the Device Manager after installation of the Serial IO Driver. Install the update from www.dell.com/support/drivers or by inserting the Dell Resource DVD.

Intel Management Engine Interface

Check if the Intel Management Engine Interface is installed by looking at Device Manager (shown below). Install the update from www.dell.com/support/drivers or by inserting the Dell Resource DVD.

Before Installation After Installation
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Intel Rapid Storage Technology

Check if the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver is installed by looking at Device Manager (shown below). Install the update from www.dell.com/support/drivers or by inserting the Dell Resource DVD.

Before Installation After Installation
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Intel Rapid Storage Technology F6 DRV

There is no change in the Device Manager after installation of the Intel Rapid Storage Technology F6 DRV. Install the update from www.dell.com/support/drivers or by inserting the Dell Resource DVD.

Realtek RTS5170 Memory Card Reader

Check if the media card driver is installed by looking at Device Manager (shown below). Install the media card driver update from www.dell.com/support/drivers or by inserting the Dell Resource DVD.

Before Installation After Installation
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ST Microelectronics Free Fall Sensor

Check if the ST Microelectronics Free Fall Sensor driver is installed by looking at Device Manager (shown below). Install the update from www.dell.com/support/drivers or by inserting the Dell Resource DVD.

Before Installation After Installation
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Intel HD Graphics

Check if the video driver is installed by looking at Device Manager (shown below). Install the video driver update from www.dell.com/support/drivers or by inserting the Dell Resource DVD.

Before Installation After Installation
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NVIDIA Graphics (Discrete)

Check if the video driver is installed by looking at Device Manager (shown below). Install the video driver update from www.dell.com/support/drivers or by inserting the Dell Resource DVD.

Before Installation After Installation
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Realtek ALC3234 Audio

By default Windows installed a generic audio driver for the Realtek chipset however do proceed with the Realtek 3234 Audio update from www.dell.com/support/drivers or by inserting the Dell Resource DVD.

Before Installation After Installation
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Realtek RTL8111G LAN Network Device

There is no change in the Device Manager after installation of the Realtek RTL8111G LAN driver. Install the update from www.dell.com/support/drivers or by inserting the Dell Resource DVD.

Intel Dual Band Wireless 3165

Note: The Latitude 3460 / 3560 supports a number of wireless cards. Below is an example of Device Manager changes after installing the driver

There is no change in the Device Manager after installation of the Intel Dual Band Wireless 3165 WLAN driver. Install the update from www.dell.com/support/drivers or by inserting the Dell Resource DVD.

Check if the Bluetooth driver is installed by looking at the Device Manager shown below. Install the update from www.dell.com/support/drivers

Before Installation After Installation
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Dell Airplane Mode Switch Driver

Check if the Dell Airplane Mode Switch Driver is installed by looking at Device Manager shown below. It will show an exclamation mark on other devices. Install the Dell Airplane Mode Switch Driver update from www.dell.com/support/drivers or by inserting the Dell Resource DVD.

Before Installation After Installation
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Realtek IR Camera

There is no change in the Device Manager after installation of the Realtek IR Camera driver. Install the update from www.dell.com/support/drivers or by inserting the Dell Resource DVD.

NEXT Biometric Fingerprint Reader

Check if the security driver is installed by looking at Device Manager (shown below). Install the update from www.dell.com/support/drivers or by inserting the Dell Resource DVD.

Before Installation After Installation
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Article Properties

Affected Product

Latitude 3460

Last Published Date

10 Apr 2021

Version

3

Article Type

Solution

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