Updating Pc Drivers

uncle1967 · Jul 11, 2007, 02:44 AM

Hi gentlemen,i have been wanting to update the drivers of my chipset,cpu,gpu,soundcard and stuff,but after reading in variuos forums that messing with chipset/mobo drivers or bio's could lead to fatality or the pc dying.so if someone could just guide me exactly how to go about it and in which sequence,that would be awesome.i am posting my specs below.any help would be really appreaciated,excepting the gpu driver,the rest is all by default drivers as issued by the respected companies.thank you.

ASUS A8N-E MOBO
AMD X2 3800+ 2.0GHZ CPU
XFX 7900GT 256DDR3
COSAIR 2GB RAM
AUDIGY 4 SOUNDCARD
ASUS LITE ON DVD WRITER
200GB SATA 2 HD
26''LG LCD TV (DVI INPUT)
CREATIVE 5.1 SPEAKERS
CHIEFTECK SERVER CABINET/POWER SUPPLY 450 TRUE POWER

Dyre Straits · Jul 11, 2007, 04:11 AM

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Originally Posted by uncle1967

Hi gentlemen,i have been wanting to update the drivers of my chipset,cpu,gpu,soundcard and stuff,but after reading in variuos forums that messing with chipset/mobo drivers or bio's could lead to fatality or the pc dying.so if someone could just guide me exactly how to go about it and in which sequence,that would be awesome.i am posting my specs below.any help would be really appreaciated,excepting the gpu driver,the rest is all by default drivers as issued by the respected companies.thank you.

ASUS A8N-E MOBO
AMD X2 3800+ 2.0GHZ CPU
XFX 7900GT 256DDR3
COSAIR 2GB RAM
AUDIGY 4 SOUNDCARD
ASUS LITE ON DVD WRITER
200GB SATA 2 HD
26''LG LCD TV (DVI INPUT)
CREATIVE 5.1 SPEAKERS
CHIEFTECK SERVER CABINET/POWER SUPPLY 450 TRUE POWER

Greetings and welcome to DriverHeaven!

I'm not sure which forums you normally hang out on, but, updating motherboard chipset drivers -- and even the BIOS -- is 99 44/100% safe these days. You have an ASUS motherboard and using the Update Utility that comes from ASUS, you have just about as failsafe an operation as there is.

The MAIN thing is to follow the instructions to the letter when updating anything related to the motherboard.

I'd first start with updating the BIOS if there is one. BUT, it's not necessary to update the BIOS if you don't have certain devices installed that require the newer BIOS. So, read through the BIOS versions to see whether you even need to update it.

Next, as for the Drivers for the Motherboard (also called Chipset Drivers) those are as easy to install as the Windows Updates or any other device drivers.

If you're using onboard Audio, or any other onboard device, there will be drivers for those devices. Grab the latest versions and install them.

The best thing for you to do is to go to click the following link, go to the ASUS site for your motherboard, read the instructions and start downloading the files. Save them to a location on your Harddrive and then, if needed, print out the instructions so they'll be handy for reference.

http://support.asus.com/download/dow...us&model=A8N-E

Good luck!

uncle1967 · Jul 12, 2007, 03:12 AM

Thank you very much,i shall do as instructed,first BIOS then chipset,then the rest.can i take the liberty to ask one more question,pl.i updated my GPU to the latest drivers from nvidia,but Steam still says my drivers are otta date ??? any ideas.thank you.i did try the dhzeropoint drivers too but no luck,lots of artifacts,so went to the nvidia site and got their ones march version.

Dyre Straits · Jul 12, 2007, 03:41 AM

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Originally Posted by uncle1967

Thank you very much,i shall do as instructed,first BIOS then chipset,then the rest.can i take the liberty to ask one more question,pl.i updated my GPU to the latest drivers from nvidia,but Steam still says my drivers are otta date ??? any ideas.thank you.i did try the dhzeropoint drivers too but no luck,lots of artifacts,so went to the nvidia site and got their ones march version.

If you've installed the latest drivers available for your video card, then it's best to ignore the message from Steam.

However, it's best to double check to see if the latest drivers actually DID install correctly.