Home / Driver Updater / Dell
No Wi-Fi, no sound, a touchpad that ignores gestures, Fn keys that do nothing: on a Dell laptop these almost always come down to drivers Windows did not install on its own. The scan identifies your exact Dell model and shows which drivers it needs.
Your PC is currently running: Windows
Windows is fresh, but the network adapter or the audio chip has no driver, so the laptop cannot even get online to look for one.
Hotkeys, screen brightness and touchpad gestures depend on Dell system drivers that a plain Windows image does not include.
“Unknown device”, “PCI device”, “SM Bus Controller”: typical leftovers after reinstalling Windows on a Dell (Inspiron, Latitude, Vostro, XPS).
It worked yesterday; after an update the webcam, Bluetooth or the fingerprint reader is gone.
A free scan can identify the installed hardware and show available driver information.
These are the standard Windows checks - they take a few minutes and sometimes do the trick:
The weak spot of the manual route: at the "Update driver" step Windows searches only its own catalog, which is often missing or outdated for the exact model - it can report that the best driver is already installed even when a newer one exists. The free scan checks your devices against a database of 1,000,000+ drivers, so one pass shows whether better versions are available.
The application identifies the hardware installed on your PC and checks the current driver information.
See detected devices, installed driver versions and available updates. Nothing changes during the scan.
Review the results and decide which available updates you want to apply.
A license is required only if you choose to apply the available updates.
| Searching manually | Automatic detection |
|---|---|
| −Find the exact device model | ✓Installed hardware is identified |
| −Search by Hardware ID | ✓No Hardware ID required |
| −Compare versions and architecture | ✓System and driver details are shown |
| −Check devices separately | ✓Multiple devices are checked together |
The scan identifies the hardware Windows reports: the Wi-Fi adapter, audio chip, touchpad, graphics and system devices of your Dell (Inspiron, Latitude, Vostro, XPS and other lines). You do not need to type in the model name.
Connect the laptop with a network cable, or share your phone's internet over USB - that works without a Wi-Fi driver. Then download and run the scan.
No. The devices are detected automatically. The serial number is only needed on the manufacturer's site if you prefer to look up every driver by hand.
No. Nothing changes during the scan. Driver updates are applied only after you review the results and choose what to update.
Yes. Each detected item can be reviewed, applied or skipped individually. Backup and restore options are available before updates are applied, so a previous driver version can be restored if necessary.
The button downloads Outbyte Driver Updater, a Windows desktop application. The website itself does not scan your computer in the browser - the check runs in the application after you install and start it.
The scan and results are free. A license is required only if you choose to download and apply the available updates. Current pricing and license terms are shown before purchase.
Supports Windows 11 and 10 · Uninstall anytime via Settings → Apps · If no updates are found, the scan still shows the current driver state of your devices.
Run a free scan to check the drivers this PC is using and see available updates.