How to Install Motherboard Drivers Correctly?
If you don't know how important a motherboard driver is, you need to read this article. We wrote the article in 3 parts: importance of motherboard drivers, how to confirm model of the motherboard chipset, and how to install motherboard drivers. This article is suitable for beginners and you can read it to get more knowledge about computer drivers.
The importance of the motherboard drivers
Hardware replacement nowadats is much faster than the speed of the software, so a new motherboard tends to bring a range of compatibility issues. For example, many motherboard chipsets can not be correctly identified by operating system, which could directly occur the new technology cannot be used and a lot of compatibility issues arise. In this case, the major chip manufacturers provide some relevant motherboard drivers to use with the operating system. It has two functions: First, let operating system to correctly identify the new chipset and make full use of it, the second is let the operating system support the new technology of the new chipset.
Motherboard drivers not only to solve hardware and software compatibility issues, but optimize the overall system or subsystem performance. The motherboard's performance has a great deal to do with the degree of perfection of its drivers.
Confirm the model of the motherboard chipset
Currently, the motherboard chipset are Intel, NVIDIA, VIA, ATI, SiS, ULi etc., and they have their own motherboard drivers. Therefore, before installing the motherboard drivers, you to identify brand and model of the current chipset motherboard. If you still have the motherboard box and instruction, you can learn by looking at the mainboard information. Of course, you can also scan your computers with Driver Updater to confirm the information.
Install the motherboard driver
Here, I use the Intel chipset to illustrate motherboard driver installation. Intel chipset in know as excellent stability and compatibility, together with its own CPU, the performance factastic. So now it has the largest number of users.
1. Intel motherboard driver profile
Intel motherboard drivers called the "Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility", support for Windows 9X/Me/2000/XP/Win7. Via motherboard drivers, you can correctly identify the various models of Intel chipsets.
2 Install the motherboard drivers
First, download the motherboard driver, double-click the installation file Setup.exe to run. In the Welcome dialog box, click the "Next" button. You need to restart the computer after installation is complete.
After restarting the computer, right-click "My Computer", select "Properties" command, open the "System Properties" dialog box. Click the "Hardware" tab, then click on "Device Manager" button to open the corresponding dialog box. In the Device Manager to check if the motherboard driver has been successfully installed, click on "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers" option, you can see the "Intel (R) 82801DB..." option, which indicater that the installation was successful.
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