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Windows 7: windows drivers vs vendor drivers

14 Nov 2009   #1

Windows 7 Pro x64 Build 7600
 
 
windows drivers vs vendor drivers

Have one question, When I installed Windows 7 the only drivers I have installed were my video and audio which are not part of the motherboard (not onboard). My computer runs fine but 1 game but more or less I never installed any driver for my motherboard. Normally you install the motherboards nforce drivers, raid SATA/IDE drivers etc... Do I need to go back to my motherboard vendor and find updates for windows 7 or just leave it they way it is, or should I install the drivers off the motherboard CD I have here? My mobo doesn't have any windows 7 updates btw there all windowsXP based drivers.

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14 Nov 2009   #2

Win 7 Ultimate x64
St. Louis, MO USA
 
 

If you did a boot drive format and install of Windows 7 you'll need to go to the mobo makers website and download the latest drivers from there. You might also need a BIOS flash, but I hesitate to mention that as only the very experienced should do it. We'll need full system specs to help any further.
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14 Nov 2009   #3

Windows 7 Pro x64 Build 7600
 
 

Updated My System Specs. Yes its a fresh install of Windows7.
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15 Nov 2009   #4

Win 7 Ultimate x64
St. Louis, MO USA
 
 

Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by burger View Post
Updated My System Specs. Yes its a fresh install of Windows7.
Go to ECS website, download and install latest mobo drivers. Let us know how it goes.
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15 Nov 2009   #5

Win 7 Ultimate x64
Etobicoke, Ontario
 
 

I wouldn't bother going to ECS as they haven't posted anything newer than XP drivers (most from 2006),

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As far as getting them directly from Nvidia, best your going to get for that chipset (GeForce 6100 & nForce 410) is a Vista driver,

NVIDIA DRIVERS 15.26 WHQL

In your case if everything is working as expected with the Windows drivers, I wuold just leave it alone.
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