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Windows 7: Mobo Drivers - MS or vendors?

02 Nov 2009   #1

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Mobo Drivers - MS or vendors?

If device manager is happy that Windows 7 has managed to find drivers for everything automatically, would the team recommend leaving well alone or going for the mobo vendors drivers?

(I ask because all was well until I installed the Asus Windows 7 drivers for my P5Q...)



Steve
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02 Nov 2009   #2

Windows 7 Professional x64
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Personally, I would get the latest drivers I could from the manufacturer. If anything goes wrong, uninstall them and let Windows Update install automatically.
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02 Nov 2009   #3

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Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by Jonathan King View Post
Personally, I would get the latest drivers I could from the manufacturer. If anything goes wrong, uninstall them and let Windows Update install automatically.
Ahh. So if I uninstall them, Windows 7 will go back to its defaults??
Hadn't realised that.
Thanks
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02 Nov 2009   #4

Windows 7 Professional x64
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Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by sclg View Post
Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by Jonathan King View Post
Personally, I would get the latest drivers I could from the manufacturer. If anything goes wrong, uninstall them and let Windows Update install automatically.
Ahh. So if I uninstall them, Windows 7 will go back to its defaults??
Hadn't realised that.
Thanks
If Windows detects hardware without drivers, it will attempt to automatically install them from Windows Update.
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