Motherboard Drivers Win10

[lupi]

Am in the process of reinstalling software after swapping a machine to Win 10 for the first time (oh wow, looks so much different from even 8.1).

I have nothing in device manager that isn't showing as recognized and installed, do I still need to install motherboard drivers? Board is an asrock z68 so it's got some milage on it and while there are "Win 10" drivers, not sure if they are anything the OS doesn't already have due to MB age.

 

[Ketchup]

Have an older laptop that did this. Everything works, so I said "good enough." Something of Z68 age should have all major drivers in Windows 10, unless it has some one-off Asmedia controller in it.

I will note that, at least in the case of that laptop I mentioned, that some of the hardware listed has a pretty generic-sounding name. But since the machine came out about the time Windows 7 was hitting the market, I don't expect to find anything better.

Conversely, on the rig in my sig, I had to re-install the Asmedia and Realtek drivers for the hardware (two USB ports, second Ethernet port, and sound) to work properly. This was after an upgrade install. I did not install drivers for any devices that were working as expected.

 

[JackMDS]

If Device Manager does not show any Yellow Marks your are OK.

If you want to make sure and save the status as frame of reference, you can download and run this free portable App.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/pci_z.html

 

[SimMike2]

Strange that people freak out when all their devices get installed. This is the way it should be with a new OS. In fact, if it isn't broke, I stick with the built in Windows drivers. Printers I like to install manufacturer drivers because they have more settings, but most things I think the built in drivers are perfectly fine for most people.

 

[Puffnstuff]

The fact that it was able to find your drivers is a testament to how well it works.

 

[lupi]

Well looking at that utility, I don't see any Realtek driver loaded. Believe it's using an AMD in it's place. That seems to be only the major thing lacking other than the USB 3 boost util if I want to load that up.

 

[Ettitt]

That's the beauty of Windows 10. Maybe microsoft is trying minimize our worries as much as possible.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Strange that people freak out when all their devices get installed. This is the way it should be with a new OS. In fact, if it isn't broke, I stick with the built in Windows drivers. Printers I like to install manufacturer drivers because they have more settings, but most things I think the built in drivers are perfectly fine for most people.

Well, my old habits die hard, but although the new OS seems to install the chipset drivers itself, I always prefer to use the chipset driver provided by the mobo manufacturer. I apparently didn't have to do this with my old laptop.

I usually get the graphics driver from the manufacturer (NVidia) and install the newest over the WHQL driver provided by Windows. If the network controller is identifiable (such as Intel), I'll usually try and find the latest driver for that as well.

But it's really comforting to see Win 10 install all the necessary drivers and leave the Device Manager "clean" of any yellow "!" nodes.

 

[lupi]

On the first install win10 actually installed the radeon driver package for me. Then realized it initiated the new SSD as a MBR so I had to revise it as GPT and install again, this time I had to manually install the amd drivers as windows just used defaults.

 

[Essence_of_War]

Well, my old habits die hard, but although the new OS seems to install the chipset drivers itself, I always prefer to use the chipset driver provided by the mobo manufacturer. I apparently didn't have to do this with my old laptop.

Win10 pulled in all the most recent motherboard drivers for me.

 

[vailr]

I see no particular benefit from depending on simply using the Microsoft-supplied device drivers. There's several free driver update utilities:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/mg/sortname/driver_updaters.html
Iobit Driver Booster 3 is a fairly good example:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/driver_booster_3.html

 

[nerp]

Driver update utilities are kinda a middleman approach to getting things done. I tend to avoid them for a few reasons.

 

[freeskier93]

Windows 10 actually sources newer driver versions for my Asus Z-97 board then what Asus has on their website for some stuff.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Driver update utilities are kinda a middleman approach to getting things done. I tend to avoid them for a few reasons.

Oh, it's worse than that, for reasons similar to my avoidance of a Facebook membership.

The only websites I'd ever seen more likely to jump out at you with all sorts of solicitations and the potential to transfer malware were Publishers Clearing House and XXX-rated porno sites. [I don't frequent porno sites, but I know someone who did, and it took me a day or more to clean up his disaster of a computer.]

Here and there, I've used a general "drivers-download" web-site without mishap. But I always look at the hardware manufacturer or OEM first. I might even try drivers for the last version of the OS before I'd look further on those sites. But sometimes . . . ya gotta do what you gotta do.

 

[escrow4]

Oh, it's worse than that, for reasons similar to my avoidance of a Facebook membership.

The only websites I'd ever seen more likely to jump out at you with all sorts of solicitations and the potential to transfer malware were Publishers Clearing House and XXX-rated porno sites. [I don't frequent porno sites, but I know someone who did, and it took me a day or more to clean up his disaster of a computer.]

Here and there, I've used a general "drivers-download" web-site without mishap. But I always look at the hardware manufacturer or OEM first. I might even try drivers for the last version of the OS before I'd look further on those sites. But sometimes . . . ya gotta do what you gotta do.

From extensive experience, porn websites with an ad blocker don't give you malware. :sneaky: