Dell drivers or Intel drivers?

Nickos · 09-20-2005, 12:35 AM

Hi,
I'm shouting out to the AltirisAdmin oracle.

I'm building an unattended install point for a Dell Precision 670 workstation prior to sysprepping. The 670 has the Intel E7525 chipset.

Dells chipset drivers are about 18 months older than the drivers available from Intel.

Should I be using the Dell drivers, or the Intel drivers? What are the pros and cons?

Regards,
Jerome.

jpkishere · 09-20-2005, 08:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nickos

Hi,
I'm shouting out to the AltirisAdmin oracle.

I'm building an unattended install point for a Dell Precision 670 workstation prior to sysprepping. The 670 has the Intel E7525 chipset.

Dells chipset drivers are about 18 months older than the drivers available from Intel.

Should I be using the Dell drivers, or the Intel drivers? What are the pros and cons?

Regards,
Jerome.

I always as a habit use Intel drivers if they are available.. We never know what type of PC we are going to image and find the Intel drivers work fine and should work for any machine w/ the E7525 chipset -- i am not sure Dell's drivers would work for any model, might just be Dell specific?

Nick · 09-20-2005, 09:18 AM

I'll second that.

I like to use the Intel drivers as Dell typically appears to just rewrap these anyway.