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Regarding the Realtek Link it does say to check for drivers from then Mobo's downloads - which I did.
Plus when I click on next (in the Realtek page), I get this:
Object moved to here.
Latest Intel Chipset Device Software
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New #103
Hello,
anyone has found a way to fix intel chipset problem on Windows 7 yet?
Regards
Jehanzeb
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New #104
I'm surprised that throughout all 11 pages of this thread, no-one has pointed out that these chipset "drivers" are not drivers at all. What you are downloading is the "Chipset Device Software". It does not contain any drivers at all, it is it's just a collection of INF files that tell Windows the correct descriptive names of the devices to show in Device Manager:
That's all it does. Windows 7 does this automatically, so the only reason you would need this software is if you had messed up your computer somehow and the devices were not showing. You do not need this software on a fresh OS install.
More from Intel:
Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility - What is the Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility?
The Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility (also known as the Intel® Chipset Device Software) is often referred to as the chipset driver or chipset drivers. This is a common misconception.
What is a driver?
A driver is a program that allows a computer to communicate (or talk to) a piece of hardware. The Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility, however, is not a driver, nor does it include drivers. It contains information files (INFs).
What is an INF?
An INF is a text file that provides the operating system with information about a piece of hardware on the system. In the case of the current Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility, that information is primarily the product name for the piece of hardware. This allows the operating system to show the correct name for that piece of hardware in Device Manager.
If a chipset is released well after an operating system, the INF allows the operating system to identify all the pieces of the chipset. Intel and Microsoft* work together to include information on both current and future chipsets in new operating systems so, in many cases, the operating system will recognize all the pieces of the chipset even without the INF.
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New #105
Alrighty then...the next time my friend installs XP on his X58 chipset and his USB devices and the sort do not work...I'm surprised that throughout all 11 pages of this thread, no-one has pointed out that these chipset "drivers" are not drivers at all. What you are downloading is the "Chipset Device Software". It does not contain any drivers at all, it is it's just a collection of INF files that tell Windows the correct descriptive names of the devices to show in Device Manager:
That's all it does. Windows 7 does this automatically, so the only reason you would need this software is if you had messed up your computer somehow and the devices were not showing. You do not need this software on a fresh OS install.
More from Intel:
Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility - What is the Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility?
The Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility (also known as the Intel® Chipset Device Software) is often referred to as the chipset driver or chipset drivers. This is a common misconception.
What is a driver?
A driver is a program that allows a computer to communicate (or talk to) a piece of hardware. The Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility, however, is not a driver, nor does it include drivers. It contains information files (INFs).
What is an INF?
An INF is a text file that provides the operating system with information about a piece of hardware on the system. In the case of the current Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility, that information is primarily the product name for the piece of hardware. This allows the operating system to show the correct name for that piece of hardware in Device Manager.
If a chipset is released well after an operating system, the INF allows the operating system to identify all the pieces of the chipset. Intel and Microsoft* work together to include information on both current and future chipsets in new operating systems so, in many cases, the operating system will recognize all the pieces of the chipset even without the INF.
I will tell him that updating the chipset from intel won't make a difference...
Seriously though...intel is undercutting the fact that the chipset does more than provides you a meaningful name to Device Manager
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New #106
If he is installing current generation chipset in a 9 year old OS, then he may need this software in order that XP can display the device names correctly. But this is a Windows 7 forum, and 7 can display the correct device names for all current intel chipsets, without the need for this software utility. It is simply unnecessary.Alrighty then...the next time my friend installs XP on his X58 chipset and his USB devices and the sort do not work...
I will tell him that updating the chipset from intel won't make a difference...
Seriously though...intel is undercutting the fact that the chipset does more than provides you a meaningful name to Device Manager
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New #107
Codify -
So, then no need to update the Intel Chipset?
Prior to posting here, I went to ASUS (my mobo) website. Downloaded what I thought was a intel chipset driver and it ended up turning off the front port (Maybe others) head phone port- I got no sound from the front of my PC tower.
here is the weblink:
ASUSTeK Computer Inc.-Support-
for
Intel Chipset Inf Update Program V9.1.1.1014 for Windows XP 32bit/XP 64bit/Vista 32bit/Vista 64bit Win7 32bit/64bit.
So what your saying is the above install is not neccessary ( and is not an actual driver) if my Device Mgr is working fine?
I thought I saw a Intel update months ago when my machine was runnning under Vista. If there was one, its now off the ASUS site. I wonder what it was.
And in other words – leave it alone.
I also noticed something else the other day and which I thought was connected to this Intel chipset deal, is that when I connect my iPod Nano, a menu pops up as if it was a USB device.
AND I don’t have that checked in the iTunes setting – about using the Nano as a manual driver (sorry at work so forgot the actual lingo).
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New #108
Quote from readme on Intel's site.The Intel(R) Chipset Device Software installs Windows*
INF files to the target system. These files outline to
the operating system how to configure the Intel(R) chipset
components in order to ensure that the following features
function properly:
- Core PCI and ISAPNP Services
- PCIe Support
- IDE/ATA33/ATA66/ATA100 Storage Support
- SATA Storage Support
- USB Support
- Identification of Intel(R) Chipset Components in
the Device Manager
And yes you can choose not to install them(but loosing the functions of your mobo)
SO YES EVERYONE SHOULD INSTALL THEM!
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New #110
THANK YOU!!!
That guys post above would have people think that updating a chipset isn't necessary...
Why the hell would intel update a chipset if all it did was make Device Manager show correctly? By his logic they could put out a version of the chipset per each OS once and be done with it
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