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Thanks Phillip, I was aware of this but recently saw Acer recommending for the Aspire E3-111-C5NY that the Intel Serial IO driver is installed before the Chipset Driver so wasn't sure if this was always the case? I think that after these two the Intel Management Interface and Intel Rapid...

I'm doing a clean Windows install on a Dell laptop with an Intel motherboard. I've downloaded all the drivers, etc. but I'm not sure of the Intel driver installation order, particularly whether to install the Intel Serial IO Driver before the Intel Chipset Driver (INF)? Apologies if I'm not...

Thanks Phillip, I've seen this but he hasn't removed the battery and I'm not sure whether not removing the battery is going to cause any problems.

I have an Asus S200E laptop and I'm thinking of upgrading the SATA HD to an SSD but the battery can't be removed from this model. Ordinarily I wouldn't work in a laptop without removing the battery but in this case there doesn't seem to be much choice. Has anyone done this and had any problems?

Thanks for both replies, all the info much appreciated.

I'm about to replace the SATA hard drive in a new Dell Inspiron 3542 laptop with a Samsung 840 Evo SSD. The laptop has an Intel board and came with Intel Engine Management Components pre-installed. The laptop doesn't have Intel Rapid Storage Technology installed which from what I've read can...