windows drivers vs vendor drivers

burger

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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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Custom
OS
Windows 7 Pro x64 Build 7600
CPU
AMD64
Motherboard
ECS C51G-M754
Memory
Kingston Hyper X
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia 9800GT
Sound Card
Creative X-FI Xtreme Music
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Acer H213H
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1920x1080
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Sata Maxtor
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PSU
350W
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Antec
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AMD
Keyboard
Logitech
Mouse
Logitech MX518
If you did a boot drive format and install of Win7 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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OS
Win 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
i5-750
Motherboard
ASUS P7P55D-E
Memory
2 x 2GB Corsair DDR3 1600
Graphics Card(s)
eVGA 260 Core 216
Sound Card
X-FI Fatal1ty
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung 21" S-PVA
Screen Resolution
1600x1200
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OCZ Vertex Turbo 60GB SSD, WD VelociRaptor
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Antec Signature 850W
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Lian-Li PC-80B
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CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Plus, OCZ Freeze
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Saitek Gamer
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MS Wheel Mouse Optical
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Updated My System Specs. Yes its a fresh install of Windows7.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom
OS
Windows 7 Pro x64 Build 7600
CPU
AMD64
Motherboard
ECS C51G-M754
Memory
Kingston Hyper X
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia 9800GT
Sound Card
Creative X-FI Xtreme Music
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer H213H
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Sata Maxtor
Sata WD
IDE WD
PSU
350W
Case
Antec
Cooling
AMD
Keyboard
Logitech
Mouse
Logitech MX518
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.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Built by OpSysWiz
OS
Win 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
i5-750
Motherboard
ASUS P7P55D-E
Memory
2 x 2GB Corsair DDR3 1600
Graphics Card(s)
eVGA 260 Core 216
Sound Card
X-FI Fatal1ty
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung 21" S-PVA
Screen Resolution
1600x1200
Hard Drives
OCZ Vertex Turbo 60GB SSD, WD VelociRaptor
PSU
Antec Signature 850W
Case
Lian-Li PC-80B
Cooling
CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Plus, OCZ Freeze
Keyboard
Saitek Gamer
Mouse
MS Wheel Mouse Optical
Internet Speed
3Mb/sec
I wouldn't bother going to ECS as they haven't posted anything newer than XP drivers (most from 2006),

ECS Web Site

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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PC/Desktop
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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
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35000/3000
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