Freeware driver updater, Windows 7 w/ 32/64bit support

Device Doctor

New member
Local time
7:43 PM
Messages
13
We have just released the final beta of Device Doctor, freeware device update utility. It's got a great database of drivers that we're hosting on fast servers so that you don't have to wait for driver downloads to trickle in from Taiwan!

This is a free community app with no Pro version, no crapware, limitations or anything like that. Try it out at Free Driver Update Software - Device Doctor and let us know what you think!

Thanks,

Collin.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7
Does this differentiate between 32-bit and 64-bit drivers according to your system and download the correct one?
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
self built
OS
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
CPU
Intel E8400 3GHz
Motherboard
Intel DX48BT2
Memory
Kingston PC3-10700H 4Gb
Graphics Card(s)
XFX Radeon HD 5850 BlackEd.
Sound Card
Asus Xonar DG
Monitor(s) Displays
2x Samsung SM-T220HD 22"
Screen Resolution
1680x1050 on two monitors
Hard Drives
OCZ Vertex 2 120gb 3.5" (OS)
Seagate Momentus XT 500gb
Samsung F3 1Tb (games)
2x Samsung F1 1Tb
PSU
Thermaltake ToughPower 850w
Case
Thermaltake Armor
Cooling
Scythe Mugen II
Keyboard
Microsoft Comfort Curve USB
Mouse
Razer Diamondback 3G
Internet Speed
8128/443
Definitely, it does a proper hardware scan. Of course, it may find fewer 64-bit drivers that will work for you but more and more vendors are adding 64-bit support, we're adding drivers daily. The actual scan is very quick (a few seconds) so give it a try!
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7
Well this is the results from the scan:

dd1.JPG

Now for the first item it attempts to download this:

dd2.JPG
This seems to be a driver for XP

Second item thinks I have an AMD system when in fact its Intel:
dd3.JPG

This is for the Asus P6T6 WS Revolution board which I dont have. Mine is the native Intel DX48BT2.
 

Attachments

  • dd4.JPG
    dd4.JPG
    27.4 KB · Views: 49

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
self built
OS
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
CPU
Intel E8400 3GHz
Motherboard
Intel DX48BT2
Memory
Kingston PC3-10700H 4Gb
Graphics Card(s)
XFX Radeon HD 5850 BlackEd.
Sound Card
Asus Xonar DG
Monitor(s) Displays
2x Samsung SM-T220HD 22"
Screen Resolution
1680x1050 on two monitors
Hard Drives
OCZ Vertex 2 120gb 3.5" (OS)
Seagate Momentus XT 500gb
Samsung F3 1Tb (games)
2x Samsung F1 1Tb
PSU
Thermaltake ToughPower 850w
Case
Thermaltake Armor
Cooling
Scythe Mugen II
Keyboard
Microsoft Comfort Curve USB
Mouse
Razer Diamondback 3G
Internet Speed
8128/443
Oops.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build/Mod
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium x64
CPU
Intel QX9650 Extreme 4.0 GHz
Motherboard
ASUS Rampage Extreme Rev2
Memory
8GB (4x2) Corsair Dominator DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
2x Radeon R390X [8GB]
Sound Card
SupremeFX X-Fi
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell 2408WFP 26" Panel
Screen Resolution
1920x1200
Hard Drives
4x WD 2TB (8TB+ Total)
2x Crucial SSD 128GB (RAID-0)
1x LG Blu-ray read/write
1x Phillips LightScribe DVD read/write
PSU
Corsair HX1000
Case
CoolerMaster - Cosmos S
Cooling
Custom Liquid - 320mm rad w/ 3x 80mm fans, CPU/NB/SB Blocks
Keyboard
Logitech Illuminater Pro
Mouse
Logitech
Internet Speed
Fractional T1 - 125Mbps
Antivirus
ESET Security Suite / Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser
Cyberfox Intel x64
Other Info
OC'd to 5.0GHz @ 44c under full load
Not Good.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP Pavillion dv-7 1005 Tx
OS
Win 8 Release candidate 8400
CPU
[email protected]
Memory
4 gigs
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia 9600M
Sound Card
HD built-in
Monitor(s) Displays
17" Wxga
Screen Resolution
1440x900
Cooling
none
Internet Speed
45Mb down 5Mb up
I received similar results on testing it. Unfortunately this product does not seem ready for general consumption yet.

IMO, all driver detectors are terrible.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Zen Productions
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
Intel i7-860
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P
Memory
Corsair Dominator 1600Mhz, 8-8-8-24 1.65v 2x2GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon 5770 HD
Sound Card
Intel High Definition Sound
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung P2570HD
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Western Digital Caviar Black 500gb
PSU
Corsair CMPSU-750HX 750W
Case
Antec p183
Cooling
Corsair H50 Water Cooler
Keyboard
Logitech G110
Mouse
Logitech MX Revolution
Internet Speed
768 mb/s
Well this is the results from the scan:
...
This is for the Asus P6T6 WS Revolution board which I dont have. Mine is the native Intel DX48BT2.

We haven't had as much beta testing on 64-bit side so I appreciate you taking the time to run it. Feedback from our 32-bit testers has been really good across the board. I'll forward this to our programmer, the app actually logs recommendations so that it can automatically improve the process for everyone in the future (if you left that enabled on install).

Zen00: what happened when you tried it?
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7
Yeah,only good for backing up existing drivers that are being used when you do a fresh install.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell E520
OS
7600x64 RTM
CPU
Intel® Q6700, 2.66 GHz stock clock (upgraded)
Motherboard
Dell
Memory
4g (upgraded)
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire Radeon Toxic HD 3870 512MB GDDR4 (upgraded)
Sound Card
HT Omega Claro Plus (upgraded)
Monitor(s) Displays
22' , 40"
Screen Resolution
1050, 1080p
Hard Drives
1.5tb (upgraded)
PSU
Zalman 600w (upgraded)
Case
Dell
Cooling
stock Dell
Keyboard
dell
Mouse
dell
Internet Speed
100m Fiber optical
Other Info
Bought the Dell secondhand for cheap and upgraded cpu, vga, ram, soundcard, psu and HDD's.
Yeah,only good for backing up existing drivers that are being used when you do a fresh install.

We're hoping it will be useful for more than that once we're out of beta! :)

Collin
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7
When I ran it, again it tried giving me XP drivers for my Windows 7 system.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Zen Productions
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
Intel i7-860
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P
Memory
Corsair Dominator 1600Mhz, 8-8-8-24 1.65v 2x2GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon 5770 HD
Sound Card
Intel High Definition Sound
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung P2570HD
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Western Digital Caviar Black 500gb
PSU
Corsair CMPSU-750HX 750W
Case
Antec p183
Cooling
Corsair H50 Water Cooler
Keyboard
Logitech G110
Mouse
Logitech MX Revolution
Internet Speed
768 mb/s
win7 bulid 7127 x86:

Found driver for my Asus monitor, install it, works ok.

Found new driver for Realtek HD Audio controller, install it, work ok.

Everything else didn't found ok...

I don't have AMD, and I don't have P6T6 motherboard...

Program still don't work for Win7 exactly...
 

Attachments

  • amdchipset.jpg
    amdchipset.jpg
    21 KB · Views: 11
  • p6t6.jpg
    p6t6.jpg
    21.7 KB · Views: 11

My Computer

OS
Windows7 x86 build 7127
CPU
DualCore Intel Pentium E2220 @ 2748 MHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L
Memory
Patriot Memory 4096 MB (DDR2-800)
Graphics Card(s)
Gainward GeForce 9600 GT
Sound Card
onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
Asus VW222
Screen Resolution
1680 x 1050
Hard Drives
Seagate (300 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA-II)
Seagate (120 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA)
PSU
OCZ gameXstream 600W
Case
NZXT Hush
Cooling
-
Keyboard
-
Mouse
Logitech G5
Internet Speed
Down 4,05 Mb/s Up 0,26 Mb/s
Zen00 and Tony, thanks for your feedback too! We had our coder look at these issues and are already working on a fix and a way to improve our DB longer term too.

Best,

Collin
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7
I've just tried it, and it also tried giving me an AMD driver, uninstalling now.

Thanks anyway.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Sony Vaio FZ21Z
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 ®™
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo (2.2 GHz)
Motherboard
Sony (Intel Chipset)
Memory
2x 2GB Corsair (667 MHz)
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA 8600M GS (256MB)
Sound Card
Sigmatel
Monitor(s) Displays
15.4" TFT X-Black
Screen Resolution
1280x800
Hard Drives
Western Digital 300GB Scorpio Black (7200rpm)
Mouse
Logitech Anywhere MX
Internet Speed
Sky 5MB

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Black Shadow IV
OS
Win7 x64
CPU
i5-3570K
Motherboard
Asrock Z77 Extreme4
Memory
2x4GB Rip Jaws 8-9-9-24
Graphics Card(s)
Asus R9 280X
Sound Card
X-Fi Extreme Music
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell U2412M
Screen Resolution
1920x1200
Hard Drives
Samsung Evo 250GB /
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB
PSU
Seasonic 660XP2
Case
Fractal Design R4
Cooling
Noctua NH-U12S
After reading some of the posts about this program, about the only thing I have good to say about it is that unlike some of the others that do the same thing, this one doesn't insist on running all the time.

One thing i would like to see you change, change the default "automatically install updates" changed. I can see lots of people that don't know any better (the "yes, click, OK, click, OK click" crowd) getting into trouble by installing an update that they shouldn't have.

Would also be a very good idea to provide a link to any updates so that people can see what the update actually is for; release notes, etc. Too many that rely on this sort of program have no idea what they are doing, only that it says there is an update available, not whether it is actually need or not.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Me
OS
Win 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
FX-8350 @ 4.6 GHz so far
Motherboard
Asus M5A97 EVO
Memory
ADATA XPG V1 Series Black 8GB DDR3 1600
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire R9 270x Dual-X
Sound Card
Xonar DGX w/ Corsair Vengence 1300
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer S232HL Abid
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
120 GB OCZ Vertex 3
500 GB Seagate 7200.12
PSU
Antec Earthwatts 650W Green
Case
Antec Three Hundred
Cooling
Cooler Master 212 EVO
Keyboard
Logitech G510
Mouse
Logitech G500s
Internet Speed
35000/3000
After seeing the posted results, how on earth can this be called a final beta??!! :shock:

Suggesting AMD drivers for Intel systems and XP drivers for Win7? :confused:

You guys have some work ahead of you before this program can be taken seriously by anyone.

Hope you get it sorted.

Good luck
 

My Computer

OS
Win7 Build 7600 x86
CPU
Pentium II 300MHz
Motherboard
Asus
Memory
32mb EDO RAM
Graphics Card(s)
Diamond Viper
Sound Card
Soundblaster 16
Monitor(s) Displays
14" AOC CRT 16K color
Screen Resolution
800x600
Hard Drives
300mb Quantum fireball
PSU
110 Watts
Cooling
Passive
Keyboard
Trust Ergonomic
Mouse
Generic
Internet Speed
256K u 128K d
I'll give it a try on an XP HTPC I'm building next week. We'll see how well it does on that.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Zen Productions
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
Intel i7-860
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P
Memory
Corsair Dominator 1600Mhz, 8-8-8-24 1.65v 2x2GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon 5770 HD
Sound Card
Intel High Definition Sound
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung P2570HD
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Western Digital Caviar Black 500gb
PSU
Corsair CMPSU-750HX 750W
Case
Antec p183
Cooling
Corsair H50 Water Cooler
Keyboard
Logitech G110
Mouse
Logitech MX Revolution
Internet Speed
768 mb/s
I'll give it a try on an XP HTPC I'm building next week. We'll see how well it does on that.

Just did that on an old ECS L7S7A2, SiS based Socket A system, and it is offering/telling me to update the USB2 driver. Wouldn't be so bad I guess if it wasn't for the fact that the driver comes with Windows (running XP SP3), and that the driver comes from Asus and has this to say in theReadMe,

Windows 2000 USB2.0 Driver Installation
========================================

Please using Windows 2000 SP4 (Service Pack 4) or later versions, you DO NOT need to
install this driver, because they already contain software support for USB 2.0.

So why is it even being offered in the first place?
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Me
OS
Win 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
FX-8350 @ 4.6 GHz so far
Motherboard
Asus M5A97 EVO
Memory
ADATA XPG V1 Series Black 8GB DDR3 1600
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire R9 270x Dual-X
Sound Card
Xonar DGX w/ Corsair Vengence 1300
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer S232HL Abid
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
120 GB OCZ Vertex 3
500 GB Seagate 7200.12
PSU
Antec Earthwatts 650W Green
Case
Antec Three Hundred
Cooling
Cooler Master 212 EVO
Keyboard
Logitech G510
Mouse
Logitech G500s
Internet Speed
35000/3000
Thanks all for the feedback, we are days away from another release that will be a lot less aggressive with system-level drivers. The reason a lot of you are seeing this is that our beta was focused on consumer market: to put it simply, we want to make it easy for our moms to fix their sound or video without anyone's help. Members of this forum are a lot more sophisticated and push their hardware and OS to the limit so we're getting a ton of interesting info.

If any of you are interested in giving us feedback directly we do have a forum at Device Doctor Forum

Thanks again,

Collin
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7
Back
Top