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| Thread ID: 71997 | 2006-08-25 01:21:00 | What is the correct way to install mobo drivers | lazydog (148) | Press F1 |
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| 480651 | 2006-08-25 01:21:00 | What is the correct way to install motherboard drivers after a reformat? Before reformatting the computer i downloaded and saved to cd the motherboard drivers for the agp, onboard sound, lan. On startup after the reinstall the computer hardware wizard popped up looking for the drivers for agp, onboard sound and lan. When i tried to direct it to the files/drivers on the cd it wouldn't recognise them. I then tried to install them through the Device manager with still no luck. What am i doing wrong? The computer is a P4 2.8mhz with a sis motherboard. T.I.A. |
lazydog (148) | ||
| 480652 | 2006-08-25 01:27:00 | Are they zipped? Or self extracting .exes? Windows install looks for inf files. Just run the .exes ro whatever and it will install them and Windows will shut up. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 480653 | 2006-08-25 01:56:00 | They came in zip form from the SIS site so after having no luck trying to install them as is i also tried unzipping them to thier separate respective folders and stored them in My Documents to see if they would be rcognised but still no joy. I went through the files/drivers and found an install file for the realtec sound and installed that one ok but the Lan and the agp didn't have any .exe install files included in them. So i need to look for a .inf file for it to load. This is the second computer i've had trouble with when trying to install the mobo drivers. Is it just me or can they be a pain at times? Also, Does the computer need to be in safe mode to load the drivers?. Would it help?. |
lazydog (148) | ||
| 480654 | 2006-08-25 04:21:00 | Unzip the file/s. And see if theres a setup.exe file in the zipped files. If there is, dbl click on it to run it. Cant say I've seen inf files for mobo drivers. Only modem/monitor. The LAN and sound are also usually exe files (setup.exe) within the zipped file. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 480655 | 2006-08-25 08:09:00 | Yeah, the Realteck sound drivers had a setup.exe install file which i used to load them. They work now but still having trouble with the lan and agp. Theres no setup files included in there. How would i install those ones? |
lazydog (148) | ||
| 480656 | 2006-08-25 08:36:00 | Post a pic of each file unzipped. So, we can see what files are in the zipped files. The AGP and LAN SHOULD have setup.exe or may have install.exe files in them? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 480657 | 2006-08-26 01:29:00 | Are motherboard, as opposed to hardware drivers, actually needed in a Windows, or any other OS, installation? I'm about to replace my good old BX chipset board with a new Gigabyte GA-51GM, AMD X2 CPU. I never installed mobo drivers with the old board, so do I need to with the new one? What do these drivers (supplied with the board on a CD) usually do? | rumpty (2863) | ||
| 480658 | 2006-08-26 02:32:00 | Mobo drivers are needed if theyre on cd . You usually install these after a format, then u install the other drivers . ie: LAN/Sound/Video etc They make things work properly and most probably keep things stable . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 480659 | 2006-08-26 17:24:00 | I've often wondered about this, because despite having assembled quite a few machines and done heaps of reformats and reinstalls, I've never installed mobo drivers. | Greg (193) | ||
| 480660 | 2006-08-26 19:17:00 | Well, thats true Greg . This PC I'm on has the mobo drivers on the CD . But the other which is a P4P8x (ASUS), I got for $70 down the road, (I replaced a SIS based mobo - they suck), with an Intel based one . Because it was cheap, it didnt come with a CD . I had to go to the ASUS site and download the drivers I needed, and I couldnt see / find the mobo drivers . I suppose I could use the P4P800 drivers, since these 2 mobos are pretty much identical . You can even flash the P4P8x's BIOS, with the P4P800's BIOS (this PC) . And get a dramatic increase in speed (on the P4P8x) . On this PC (If you go to device managwer (or maybe even other PC's), if u see a SMB controller entry with a ? this (I think), relates to the mobo drivers . And if this entry shows in device manager, then the mobo drivers should be installed . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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