Is there a big difference between the Intel chipset and the ATI chipset on a Dell D610 motherboard

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All drivers for Windows XP for this laptop can be found here:
Product Support Dell US
If under the category heading you specify "video" then the list will give you 2 drivers - both in the form of executable files - which can be downloaded and installed onto the computer. One of the files is for the Intel graphics chipset, and the other for the ATI graphics chipset. You need to make sure of the chipset you have otherwise the drivers will not work properly, if at all.
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Hi
All drivers for Windows XP for this laptop can be found here:
Product Support Dell US
If under the category heading you specify "video" then the list will give you 2 drivers - both in the form of executable files - which can be downloaded and installed onto the computer. One of the files is for the Intel graphics chipset, and the other for the ATI graphics chipset. You need to make sure of the chipset you have otherwise the drivers will not work properly, if at all.
Hope this is helpful, if so would you please register that with Fixya
Cheers

The motherboard has been changed. The code is motherboard specific , and , for this laptop, it may mean you need different drivers , since more than 1 chipset was used in production. Go to Dell.com , click on support, and enter the actual service tag number, not the one on the outside to verify drivers.

Sorry Jimmy, the Dell Latitude D610 Notebook PC uses Integrated Graphics.
There is no graphics card to upgrade.

Your Dell either came with a form of the Intel GMA graphics chipset , or the ATI Radeon Mobility X300 graphics chipset.

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/latd610/en/ug_en/specs.htm

Either/Or

The way Dell states it, (And also this is for a LOT of laptop manufacturers), is that you have either the option when purchasing, of having an Intel GMA chipset for graphics, or discrete graphics of the ATI Radeon Mobility X300, for graphics.

Discrete being the word that fools people. Makes them think it has a dedicated, removable graphics card, when in reality it is a graphics chipset soldered directly to the motherboard, and is not upgradeable.

Primer:
GPU
Graphics Processing Unit,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPU

Essentially the 'graphics engine'.

A GPU can be installed directly on the motherboard, (Integrated Graphics), OR installed on a removable graphics adapter card. (Graphics Card is shortened for graphics adapter card)

Integrated Graphics borrows from the system resources. The Processor and Ram Memory.
This is why programs, for example games, that use a lot of graphics 'power', do not perform well on a computer with Integrated Graphics.

{Read - programs that use a lot of graphics power. Such as some of the newer games. Integrated graphics, depending on what graphics chipset it is, CAN run some games. Ones that are not very graphics intensive}

A dedicated graphics card has it's own processor, and graphics ram memory. Does not need to borrow from the system resources.

Chip and Chipset are slang terms for I.C.
Integrated Circuit,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_circuit

The graphics chipset in your Dell Latitude, is mounted to the motherboard with a BGA surface mount.
Ball Grid Array

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_grid_array

To explain the BGA surface mount;
Let's use the older Intel Pentium 4 processor that uses a Socket 478 processor socket.
The bottom of the processor has contact pins. (478 of 'em)
The processor socket has matching socket holes for the contact pins. (478 of 'em)

With the BGA surface mount there are no contact pins. In place of them are Solder Balls.
There is no socket, or socket holes on the motherboard.
There are Copper Pads.

The graphics chipset is set into place with the Solder Balls lining up on the motherboard's Copper Pads.
Then heat is applied at a specified temperature, and length of time.

The solder balls melt which solders the graphics chipset to the motherboard. (To the Copper Pads)

Removal and replacement is properly performed with a BGA Rework Machine.
Costly, and not something you'll find a local shop performing.
{The machine is costly, and the operator needs to be S-K-I-L-L-E-D. Cost of having a chipset replaced is Ouch!}

There are two ways you can upgrade your graphics.

1) If you have the motherboard model with a form of Intel GMA chipset attached, you can purchase the motherboard that has the ATI Radeon Mobility X300, and install it.

2) Purchase a laptop with better graphics.

{Not trying to be snide}

For additional questions please post in a Comment.

Regards,
joecoolvette

Yes, there are two different connectors one for the ati chipset and the other for the intel chipset.

Not sure if they are different because of the chipsets those are just the two different connectors I have encountered.

You need to be specific as to the system make and model the motherboard originally came in. Motherboards have different footprints and yet the same board numbers. one may have a NVIDIA graphics chipset and another with the same model number may have an ATI or even a INTEL graphics chipset. If you ordered the board direct from intel , then you have to assume INTEL will have a full support list of the drivers you need.
More detailed information must be provided in order to accurately answer this question.

Windows 7, by default, should have microsoft tested and approved driver inf's for all intel usb controllers. If you are having trouble installing drivers for windows 7, then contact microsoft. MS has tons of drivers built in to 7, and the d610 uses either the intel chipset or the broadcom chipset, and they are generic USB hubs. You can try using the "generic" usb driver when prompted, and that should work. I think the usb on a 610 is version 2.0, but it may yet be 1.1. 1.1 is rather old though, and went out with the pentium 3. Most p4's have 2.0 now, and should not be a big issue. If you call Dell, or check the dell site, you can see the usb chipset mfr for that chipset, then, contact the chip mfr (such as intel) and see if they have downloadable 7 drivers.

According to DELL, the compatible processors with this unit are the Intel T7700, T7500 & T2750, also model T1300

I know this is answering an old question... but I have searched and searched and just solved this problem myself. Hopefully someone else will find this question and my answer.

My emachines T3504 is an Intel motherboard and CPU, with ATI chipset and some other parts. Anyways, at the downloads section of the intel website, if you search for desktop motherboard D101GGC it will bring up the downloads for that board, you choose your OS, which for me is XP home, and there they are!! the drivers needed, and the one for that stupid SM bus controller problem.
Chipset: ATI Radeon* Xpress 200 Installs the chipset driver version 5.10.1000.7 for Intel® Desktop Boards with the ATI Radeon* Xpress 200 chipset.

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Legacy/Pages/integrated_mce-xp.aspx?type=2.7&product=2.7.5.3.3&lang=English