Hi, guys. I have a Dell INSPIRON 1525 on Vista 32bit and for some time now, It has been running slow and MAYBE I have a mother board problem but I thought reinstalling
Vista to the factory settings would be a good idea to see If that helps. So I reinstalled Vista with the reinstallation DVD. It worked but now I have a new problem.
I have problems with the dell drives. (No touchpad, Internet ect)
I open Device Manager and get a yellow triangle with an (!) on the following
Display adapters = Standard VGA Graphics Adapter
Other devices = Base System Device - Base System Device - Base System Device - Ethernet Controller - Network Controller - Video Controller
So I went to my other computer to go to dell website and put my tag number In an downloaded all the drivers to an external HARD drive.
Putting the external hard drive In the laptop with problems thinking I could double click and Install the drivers. But get the message
Application download did not succeed, check your network connection, or contact your system administrator or network service provider.
The only discs I have for my laptop are Microsoft works 9, Dell MediaDirect 3.5 and Windows Vista home premium 32bit.
I called Dell thinking I still had warranty but got told It had ran out and got put to the warranty expired people who told me my problem would be fixed In 15 minuets but would cost £69.99. I really think £70 for 15 minuets Is a bit much so hope you guys might be able to help me out.
Sorry for the long post and thank you for any help.There is no reason you shouldn't be able to download the drivers on any system. Try again. Once you're successful, install the chipset driver first followed by the others.

Remember,  you can always download the drivers on a different computer and copy them to a flash drive.Thanks for your reply.

Like I said, "So I went to my other computer to go to dell website and put my tag number In an downloaded all the drivers to an external hard drive.
Putting the external hard drive In the laptop with problems thinking I could double click and Install the drivers. But get the message
Application download did not succeed, check your network connection, or contact your system administrator or network service provider."

I really am stuck here.I read what you said. And I said it should work and you should try again. The download process from the Dell Driver Download site should be very straightforward - I've done it literally dozens of times.I can not go online with the laptop In question so I have to go online with a different laptop and put the files on a flash drive but I still can not open It In my other laptop. I have been trying for over 11 hours to sort this out but am still banging my head on the wall.

Thanks for your reply.Okay, now I'm confused. First you say you're getting an error that says the download failed and now you're saying that you can't "open it in my other laptop".

Please explain EXACTLY what is going on. Thank you. Quote from: Allan on October 25, 2010, 04:22:23 PM

Okay, now I'm confused. First you say you're getting an error that says the download failed and now you're saying that you can't "open it in my other laptop".

Please explain EXACTLY what is going on. Thank you.