Can I install Windows 10 drivers on Windows 11?

[AndrePaulo]

I purchased my laptop almost 2 years ago, Defiance Series: 15.6" Matte.
And I just installed Windows 11 on this machine.
I went to check if there were drivers (https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/download-drivers/) for Windows 11, but the list is empty, they are available for Windows 10.

I already installed most drivers (Nvidia, Intel) from their software, but there are a few things I'm missing, like controlling the fans speed, some FN keys, fingerprint scanner, ...

Should I just install the Windows 10 version, or ask if they have a Windows 11 version for me to use?

 

[Martinr36]

Ask if they have windows 11 version

 

[AndrePaulo]

Ask if they have windows 11 version

Thank you. Sent an email as it would get pretty expensive to call them from Portugal.

 

[BlessedSquirrel]

Thank you. Sent an email as it would get pretty expensive to call them from Portugal.

Can you take a look on the underside of the laptop at the manufacturers label? It will tell you the model number, can you let us know that? It should also say if it's a clevo model or TongFang.

I think the defiance is a clevo model, and if you can let us know the model number, they have a public repository for drivers so should be able to get any up to date drivers from there. For clevo chassis, almost always, the windows 10 drivers (so long as they're the latest) will be fine on windows 11 if there aren't specific windows 11 drivers.

If it's a TongFang chassis, then it's only PCS who can supply them, and their drivers are more particular as to correct version for operating system.

 

[AndrePaulo]

Can you take a look on the underside of the laptop at the manufacturers label? It will tell you the model number, can you let us know that? It should also say if it's a clevo model or TongFang.

I think the defiance is a clevo model, and if you can let us know the model number, they have a public repository for drivers so should be able to get any up to date drivers from there. For clevo chassis, almost always, the windows 10 drivers (so long as they're the latest) will be fine on windows 11 if there aren't specific windows 11 drivers.

If it's a TongFang chassis, then it's only PCS who can supply them, and their drivers are more particular as to correct version for operating system.

It is Clevo and the model seems to bee PC50DD2

 

[BlessedSquirrel]

It is Clevo

In that case you can go to www.clevo.com.tw and download up to date drivers from there.

 

[AndrePaulo]

In that case you can go to www.clevo.com.tw and download up to date drivers from there.

Might be out of luck, those versions are still for W10, but they are slightly more updated than the ones provided on PCS download center

My model is: PC50DD2
And the best option I could find was PCxxDC-D / DD2 / DF1-D / DN2-D Series

 

[AndrePaulo]

I might chose the wrong option, the best one would be PCxxDC / DD2 / DF1 / DN2 Series but its still the same, no Windows 11 version and a bit more updated:

 

[BlessedSquirrel]

As above, with Clevo it doesn't matter if they're windows 11 or 10, so long as they're the latest version, it's only TongFang that matters what OS version.

 

[AndrePaulo]

I'll probably confirm with them and most likely end up installing those drivers.

Thank you very much for you help!

 

[BlessedSquirrel]

I'll probably confirm with them and most likely end up installing those drivers.

Thank you very much for you help!

With clevo, you shouldn't use the ones in your PCS account, they'll only be relevant when you buy the system. For clevo, you always use any from windows update, then should only need control center from clevo and nvidia from nvidia. But PCS don't supply clevo drivers.

TongFang is completely different, they're supplied by the System Integrators.

 

[Martinr36]

I'm quite happily running a W10 version of control center with W11 on the Clevo laptop in my signature