| Windows 7: Driver for my Processor Or Motherboard? |
13 Dec 2010
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#1 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 United States, Bangor, Maine, 04401 |
Driver for my Processor Or Motherboard? I am wondering. What should I look for new drivers for. So far I have only found that I should look for my graphics card, My sound card, My PCI card. That is it. Do I look for driver up dates for my processor. If so where is the one for mine exactly. I tried to find it on the AMD site. But I could not find it any where. It is a AMD Athlon(tm) X4 630 Processor. Could someone please give me the exact link if so. Also what else should I be looking for driver updates for. I have gone into my device drivers and tried doing them all in there by Google them. But I can not quite figure it out completely. | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion p6000 series/Model p6654y OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 CPU AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 630 Motherboard Socket AM3 (938) Memory DDR3 2048 MB's/ PC3-10600 (1,333 MHz) (2 Cards) Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4200 Sound Card Realtek High definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays PnP-Monitor (Standard) (I am using my Emerson TV) Screen Resolution 1024 x 768 pixels at 75 Hz in true colors (32-bit) Keyboard Logitech wireless wave combo MK550 (Came with mouse) Mouse Logitech wireless wave combo MK550 (Came with keyboard) PSU 250 Watts Case HP Cooling Fan Hard Drives 750.05 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
692.61 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
hp DVD-RAM GH60L SATA CdRom Device [Optical drive]
YMAX magicJack USB Device [Optical drive]
Generic- Compact Flash USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 2
Generic Internet Speed DSL Download speed 15.06-mb/s Upload .49-mb/s ping 45ms Other Info HP Wireless 802.11 b/g/n PCIe Card |
13 Dec 2010
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#2 | | Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
As an easy step you could try to update them in Device management (in Properties of the device). There is one for your board, but not for the CPU. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7 Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207 Keyboard with trackball - no mices Mouse Trackball mice Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals Internet Speed DSL 6000 |
13 Dec 2010
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#3 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 United States, Bangor, Maine, 04401 |
I could not find the one for my board on foxcon. My mother board is a Manufacturer=Foxcon model=2AB1. It came with my computer i did not make my computer. It came from best buy. It was not very expensive either. So I am thinking that maybe that is why. When I do that it never updates them to the newest update. I did it with my graphics card. It was like one I haven't even seen yet. The first number didn't even match. Like it was 6 or something. I have an 8 right now. I am just talking about the first number in the version number by the way. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion p6000 series/Model p6654y OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 CPU AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 630 Motherboard Socket AM3 (938) Memory DDR3 2048 MB's/ PC3-10600 (1,333 MHz) (2 Cards) Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4200 Sound Card Realtek High definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays PnP-Monitor (Standard) (I am using my Emerson TV) Screen Resolution 1024 x 768 pixels at 75 Hz in true colors (32-bit) Keyboard Logitech wireless wave combo MK550 (Came with mouse) Mouse Logitech wireless wave combo MK550 (Came with keyboard) PSU 250 Watts Case HP Cooling Fan Hard Drives 750.05 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
692.61 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
hp DVD-RAM GH60L SATA CdRom Device [Optical drive]
YMAX magicJack USB Device [Optical drive]
Generic- Compact Flash USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 2
Generic Internet Speed DSL Download speed 15.06-mb/s Upload .49-mb/s ping 45ms Other Info HP Wireless 802.11 b/g/n PCIe Card |
13 Dec 2010
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#4 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 United States, Bangor, Maine, 04401 |
I just did the update my video card. It brought it back to an older update. I just got done manually updating it. I tried it for the heck of it and it brought it back. Err | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion p6000 series/Model p6654y OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 CPU AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 630 Motherboard Socket AM3 (938) Memory DDR3 2048 MB's/ PC3-10600 (1,333 MHz) (2 Cards) Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4200 Sound Card Realtek High definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays PnP-Monitor (Standard) (I am using my Emerson TV) Screen Resolution 1024 x 768 pixels at 75 Hz in true colors (32-bit) Keyboard Logitech wireless wave combo MK550 (Came with mouse) Mouse Logitech wireless wave combo MK550 (Came with keyboard) PSU 250 Watts Case HP Cooling Fan Hard Drives 750.05 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
692.61 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
hp DVD-RAM GH60L SATA CdRom Device [Optical drive]
YMAX magicJack USB Device [Optical drive]
Generic- Compact Flash USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 2
Generic Internet Speed DSL Download speed 15.06-mb/s Upload .49-mb/s ping 45ms Other Info HP Wireless 802.11 b/g/n PCIe Card |
13 Dec 2010
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#5 | | Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
There is this old saying." If it ain't broke, don't fix it". If your system works, I would not worry about updating drivers. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7 Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207 Keyboard with trackball - no mices Mouse Trackball mice Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals Internet Speed DSL 6000 |
14 Dec 2010
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#6 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 Philadelphia, PA |
It sounds like you have an OEM system, at which point you'd be going right to the manufacturer's website for updates. | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 CPU Intel Core i7-2600 Motherboard Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3P-B3 Memory 12 GB Patriot Extreme DDR3-1333 Graphics Card Nvidia GTX 470 Monitor(s) Displays Dell UltraSharp 2209WA PSU OCZ ModStream 700W Case CoolerMaster HAF 912 Advanced Cooling CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Plus Hard Drives OCZ Agility3 240 GB, WD5001AALS, WD7501AALS |
14 Dec 2010
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#7 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 United States, Bangor, Maine, 04401 |
Yes I do have an OEM. What I mean is What drivers do I need to update. All I want to know is witch drivers do I need to update. That is all. Nothing else. I always get responds. But I never just get a simple answer to my questions. I even started numbering them. Thinking people might number there answers back. Nope, That did not work. All I want to know is witch drivers do I need to go to the Manufacturer and get updates for. Like Obviously my Graphics Driver. My audio driver. Is there any other driver I need to go to the Manufacturer and update? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion p6000 series/Model p6654y OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 CPU AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 630 Motherboard Socket AM3 (938) Memory DDR3 2048 MB's/ PC3-10600 (1,333 MHz) (2 Cards) Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4200 Sound Card Realtek High definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays PnP-Monitor (Standard) (I am using my Emerson TV) Screen Resolution 1024 x 768 pixels at 75 Hz in true colors (32-bit) Keyboard Logitech wireless wave combo MK550 (Came with mouse) Mouse Logitech wireless wave combo MK550 (Came with keyboard) PSU 250 Watts Case HP Cooling Fan Hard Drives 750.05 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
692.61 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
hp DVD-RAM GH60L SATA CdRom Device [Optical drive]
YMAX magicJack USB Device [Optical drive]
Generic- Compact Flash USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 2
Generic Internet Speed DSL Download speed 15.06-mb/s Upload .49-mb/s ping 45ms Other Info HP Wireless 802.11 b/g/n PCIe Card |
14 Dec 2010
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#8 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Illinois |
Not all updates fix everything.
It's usually suggested that you install the latest drivers, but if you're not having a problem and all is well, then as said in a previous post, if it's not broken, don't fix it.
I updated XP from SP2 to SP3 and installed all the updates and noticed that IE took forever to appear. This happened more than once and on more than one computer. With over 80 updates even after SP3, who knows what got screwed up.
The device manager shows you what you need to install.
I would suggest updating the sound card, graphics and ethernet drivers.
I haven't heard of updates to the CPU.
People flash the bios to address CPU compatibility and RAM issues, but if you're not experiencing
any CPU or RAM issues, then you should be fine.
I believe that the Windows 7 64 bit OS uses signed drivers, which minimizes crashes.
So many of the best drivers have already been installed. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self-built OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit CPU Intel Core i7-3770 Motherboard MSI Z77A-G45 Memory G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 F3-10666CL9D-8GBNT Graphics Card Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6670 Sound Card On-Board Realtek Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster P2370HD, Dell 1703FPT Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080, 1280 x 1024 Keyboard Logitech K270 Mouse Logitech M705 PSU SeaSonic M12II SS-500GM Case Lian Li PC-9F Cooling Zalman CNPS9900ALED Hard Drives Samsung HD103SJ Internet Speed 16 Mbps Other Info Bose Companion 2 Multimedia Speakers |
15 Dec 2010
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#9 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 United States, Bangor, Maine, 04401 |
Yes I forgot my Ethernet Driver. I have done those three and that is it. So I guess I have done good. Okay, Will keep it that way. Thank you. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion p6000 series/Model p6654y OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 CPU AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 630 Motherboard Socket AM3 (938) Memory DDR3 2048 MB's/ PC3-10600 (1,333 MHz) (2 Cards) Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4200 Sound Card Realtek High definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays PnP-Monitor (Standard) (I am using my Emerson TV) Screen Resolution 1024 x 768 pixels at 75 Hz in true colors (32-bit) Keyboard Logitech wireless wave combo MK550 (Came with mouse) Mouse Logitech wireless wave combo MK550 (Came with keyboard) PSU 250 Watts Case HP Cooling Fan Hard Drives 750.05 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
692.61 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
hp DVD-RAM GH60L SATA CdRom Device [Optical drive]
YMAX magicJack USB Device [Optical drive]
Generic- Compact Flash USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 2
Generic Internet Speed DSL Download speed 15.06-mb/s Upload .49-mb/s ping 45ms Other Info HP Wireless 802.11 b/g/n PCIe Card |
16 Dec 2010
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#10 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 United States, Bangor, Maine, 04401 |
I will just keep it this way then. I like that concept. Then I do not have to worry about accidentally doing something I will regret. I am not exactly a computer Guru. Though I want to go to school for computers. I have decided this is what I want to do. Pretty much what goes on in these forums. I want to know everything about computers and how they work. I want to know how to fix anything. I do not want to design I want to work with them inside and out. I am getting my GED right now then I plan on trying to go to school for it. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion p6000 series/Model p6654y OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 CPU AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 630 Motherboard Socket AM3 (938) Memory DDR3 2048 MB's/ PC3-10600 (1,333 MHz) (2 Cards) Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4200 Sound Card Realtek High definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays PnP-Monitor (Standard) (I am using my Emerson TV) Screen Resolution 1024 x 768 pixels at 75 Hz in true colors (32-bit) Keyboard Logitech wireless wave combo MK550 (Came with mouse) Mouse Logitech wireless wave combo MK550 (Came with keyboard) PSU 250 Watts Case HP Cooling Fan Hard Drives 750.05 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
692.61 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
hp DVD-RAM GH60L SATA CdRom Device [Optical drive]
YMAX magicJack USB Device [Optical drive]
Generic- Compact Flash USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 2
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