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Computer drivers from third-party

Unfortunately, the company you need drivers for has either gone out of business, their web page is no longer available, and/or no longer provides drivers for this product. This means we are unable to provide you with a direct link to the manufacturer's page or their driver page. 

Thankfully, there are several third-party companies and individuals who have made many of the hardware manufacturers' drivers and information available through their web pages. We recommend that you visit our driver sites section for a complete list of these companies as well as a brief description of their services. 

Notice: When downloading drivers from a third-party company, it is important that you ensure you are downloading the proper drivers. Below we have listed our recommended steps of what what you should verify.

  1. First and most importantly, verify the manufacturer, make, and/or model of the hardware device. Because you are not downloading the drivers directly from the manufacturer, it is possible the driver site may not list the proper device for your computer. Below is a listing of methods of how to determine the type of hardware device in your computer.

    CH000258: How do I determine what type of video card I have?
    CH000495: How do I determine what type of CD Drive I have?
    CH000497: How do I determine what type of hard drive I have?
    CH000498: How do I determine what type of modem I have?
    CH000500: How do I determine what type of network card I have?
    CH000501: How do I determine what type of printer I have?
    CH000502: How to determine what type of scanner I have?
    CH000503: How do I determine what type of sound card I have?

  2. Second, verify that you download the drivers that were designed or compatible for your operating system and not another operating system. For example, Microsoft Windows 98 drivers are not going to work with Windows NT.

  3. If instructions for the drivers are found on the driver web page or the drivers include instructions, be sure to follow those instructions. Otherwise additional help with installing computer drivers can be found on document CH000834.

  4. Make sure that your computer virus protection program is up-to-date in case the drivers contain a virus.

Click here to visit a listing of driver sites

 

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Computer Drivers

 

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