Out dated drivers.  

Can out dated drivers that are not being used by the system cause problems?

Hi Layback bear

My name is Mohammed from DELL social media outreach team

In response to your recent query The outdated drivers will not cause any problem.But if the drivers are not updated the hardware component associated to the driver might not work at its best


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DELL_Mohammed_A
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My first post was a little lame on my part. Let me try again being more exact.
Marvel 6.0 has a old driver. I have nothing installed in the Marvel Sata 6.0 port. I use Intel Sata 3.0 port instead for my SSD. Will that Marvel driver that is not being used cause problems. Their is a update driver I haven't installed because I don't use Marvel 6.0 port.

Layback Bear said:

My first post was a little lame on my part. Let me try again being more exact.
Marvel 6.0 has a old driver. I have nothing installed in the Marvel Sata 6.0 port. I use Intel Sata 3.0 port instead for my SSD. Will that Marvel driver that is not being used cause problems. Their is a update driver I haven't installed because I don't use Marvel 6.0 port.

Hi LBB, Welcome to the forums () Have a look here Removing Unwanted Device Drivers this should help you ,I personnally think you will be OK as long as you do not envoke the Marvell driver

My understanding is no, it shouldn't be causing ( or cause) any problems. Is there a specific reason you ask this?

Well yes their is. When I use Marvel 6.0 Sata connection I get black screens for a few seconds, driver mv91xx. My bios indicate Marvel driver being 1.0.0.10.1016 and in Device Manager the driver is indicated as 11.22.3.9. With the previous problems I have had with my motherboard and it's bios I haven't decided what action I want to take. I just trying to get input to help make a choice what to do.

I'd suggest backing up a restore point, deleting the driver in question and if anything untoward happens roll it back.

I'm looking for a updated driver for 11.22.3.9 which I have now. The mv91xx is the problem, Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI). I have had no luck in finding one that I'm sure is correct. Things work fine using AHCI as long as I don't us Sata 6.0 port on the motherboard. Thanks all for the quick responses.