Chipset driver. Is it really necessary?

jstar said:

Tews said:

Which chipset do you have??

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i7 920

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That is your processor, not your chipset ... do as Kari has recommended...

ok thanks for the help. sorry for the confusion

A question for the OP, and I don't mean this as sarcasm, but sincere advise.

If you have no clue what you are doing, why are you trying to install an OS all by your self?

You took or will take driving lessons before you drive a car I pressume?

Have someone with the proper knowledge do the installing for you, or at least assist you, talking you through the basics.

We are here to help people with problems, but you can't expect us to run you through the whole process of setting up your system.
We do have lives, well at least some of us.

Next you will need to setup your network, or you run into trouble, and then what?

So, find a nerdy friend or go out and get to know one.

Greetz, and good luck.

PS: There are quite a few nerds in Amsterdam, but they are all under the influence of dubious substances, so I can't really recommend one for you.

Ask yourself this, would you be happy with a generic microsoft driver or one made by the manufacturer of that board which could run better.

cheeriokilla, download and install this

Confirm Download

It is the latest Intel Chipset Install Utility, it supports the following chipsets :

Intel® 3 Series Chipsets
Intel® 4 Series Chipset
Intel® 5 Series Chipset
Intel® 6300ESB I/O Controller Hub
Intel® 848P Chipset
Intel® 865 Chipset Family
Intel® 875P Chipset
Intel® 910 Express Chipset Family
Intel® 915 Express Chipset Family
Intel® 925X Express Chipset Family
Intel® 945 Express Chipset Family
Intel® 946 Express Chipset Family
Intel® 955X Express Chipset
Intel® 965 Express Chipset Family
Intel® 975X Express Chipset
Intel® Centrino® Processor Technology
Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility
Intel® E7210 Chipset
Intel® E7221 Chipset
Intel® E7230 Chipset
Intel® E7320 Chipset
Intel® E7520 Chipset
Intel® E7525 Chipset
Intel® E8500 Chipset
Intel® E8501 Chipset
Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family
Mobile Intel® 5 Series Chipset
Mobile Intel® 910GML Express Chipset
Mobile Intel® 915 Express Chipset Family
Mobile Intel® 945 Express Chipset Family

(your chipset is x58 express = Intel 5 Series chipset, i made it red color in the list )

Hi, icoola77, it can't be that up to date, because I just tried your download link and this is what I got when it started to install.

Well you must have got hold of the newest one i guess, but on Intel's site the latest one listed is 9.1.1.1019, the one i posted the link to.

However, on Station-Drivers.com they have a newer one that they say is official 9.1.1.1020

http://downloadmirror.intel.com/10884/a08/INF_allOS_9.1.1.1020_PV.exe

So i guess Intel have not updated their site's download section yet.

I suppose so, anyway thanks for the link, it's good to have them to hand.

Thank god ASUS has Windows 7 drivers available for all of their mobo's.

Thanks for all the help you guys.

cheeriokilla said:

Thank god ASUS has Windows 7 drivers available for all of their mobo's.

Thanks for all the help you guys.

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If only that were true. Asus has relatively few Win7 drivers available. I have had no difficulty locating them elsewhere, however.

Antman said:

cheeriokilla said:

Thank god ASUS has Windows 7 drivers available for all of their mobo's.

Thanks for all the help you guys.

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If only that were true. Asus has relatively few Win7 drivers available. I have had no difficulty locating them elsewhere, however.

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For sure. And that Google plugin can shure be a great help with their site that runs in the rural speed zone.

Oops, my bad, I really thought ASUS had released Win 7 drivers for all their mobo's.

I guess I'm a lucky SOB.

Yeah sucks too cuz i have an ASUS mobo its relatively new, and i can't even install the disk it came with because it either doesn't support my Win7 or my 64bit. Either way says my OS isn't supported and that sucks. The only thing i could even use on the disk was the probe tool which is pretty ugly lol but it works very nicely!

Criminal Fetus said:

Yeah sucks too cuz i have an ASUS mobo its relatively new, and i can't even install the disk it came with because it either doesn't support my Win7 or my 64bit. Either way says my OS isn't supported and that sucks. The only thing i could even use on the disk was the probe tool which is pretty ugly lol but it works very nicely!

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Me too Criminal, I really thought that running the DVD under Win 7 wouldn't give me any problems. Wrong!.

There's a Win 7 compatible version of Probe over at asus.com. Go check it out.

cheeriokilla said:

Criminal Fetus said:

Yeah sucks too cuz i have an ASUS mobo its relatively new, and i can't even install the disk it came with because it either doesn't support my Win7 or my 64bit. Either way says my OS isn't supported and that sucks. The only thing i could even use on the disk was the probe tool which is pretty ugly lol but it works very nicely!

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Me too Criminal, I really thought that running the DVD under Win 7 wouldn't give me any problems. Wrong!.

There's a Win 7 compatible version of Probe over at asus.com. Go check it out.

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I really wish i could skin the damn thing. lol There's no Rainmeter or gadget that gives me all the info Probe gave me. But thanks i'll check it out now.

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There's no Rainmeter or gadget that gives me all the info Probe gave me. But thanks i'll check it out now.

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I wish Everest could be linked to Rainmeter.

squonksc said:

Criminal Fetus said:

There's no Rainmeter or gadget that gives me all the info Probe gave me. But thanks i'll check it out now.

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I wish Everest could be linked to Rainmeter.

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Just looked that up and yeah it'd be great if stuff like that could me more visually appealing
I'd rather use that than the Probe tool lol

Criminal Fetus said:

squonksc said:

Criminal Fetus said:

There's no Rainmeter or gadget that gives me all the info Probe gave me. But thanks i'll check it out now.

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I wish Everest could be linked to Rainmeter.

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Just looked that up and yeah it'd be great if stuff like that could me more visually appealing
I'd rather use that than the Probe tool lol

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Yes, Everest goes way beyond probe. which is the same piece of cr*p it was 10 yrs ago.

Asus makes technically very good boards, but development of drivers and software at Asus has always been a disgrace, for such high end products.

They are way to slow on updated drivers, and they abandon the product way too soon.

By the time all the bugs are out, a new OS has already been introduced.

But it's the same story for all hardware manufacturers.
Sell and Abandon.

Greetz