How can I tell if correct chipset driver is installed

[Ballie]

Hi, How can I tell if correct chipset driver is installed for my mo/bo (ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO) the chipset is the AMD 785G/SB710. I have looked in device manager under system devices but I cant see anything that says AMD or 785G/SB710. I am concerned that win7 might have installed its own drivers.

 

[grimreaper]

Control Panel>System and Security>System
or
CPUID

 

[Fantail]

I would go to the ASUS suport page for your board and download the correct driver/chipset for 7 should let you select 32 or 64 bit to match your OS. And then install them.
Unless I'm not understanding your question and you've done that already and just want to confirm what drivers your using.

 

[grimreaper]

i bet he has the native drivers still

 

[Ballie]

i bet he has the native drivers still

Yes this is what I want to check, has the update worked or is win 7 still using native drivers

 

[Ballie]

Control Panel>System and Security>System
or
CPUID

control panel> there is no System and Security but there is a system but where does it tell me in there?

 

[grimreaper]

i believe your using the native drivers....
here's the link,,,sorry for the delay
ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO

Go to Download>choose your operating system>Chipset

do you see Version 1.3.0.49
AMD Chipset Driver V1.3.0.49 for Windows Vista 32bit/64bit & Windows 7 32bit/64bit--(WHQL).

 

[Ballie]

i believe your using the native drivers....
here's the link,,,sorry for the delay
ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO

Go to Download>choose your operating system>Chipset

Ok thanks I have now down loaded latest drivers for everything I did use the Asus mo/bo cd to install drivers after fitting new board but I am not sure they installed I will try installing the ones just down loaded and then see if anything has changed (still like to know how to check if right ones are installed though)

On another matter how come the Asus VGA drivers are 320mb !!! as the on board graphics are ATI 4200 GPU and and ATI driver for that card (or chip) is only about 60mb. Or is the VGA not the same as the graphics card ? sorry to sound so dense.

 

[grimreaper]

Correction:
VGA drivers alone is 326.69MB + chipset, and extras, my bad
once you install this, reboot, and let me know if you can find the proper drivers in device manager (display adapters>Properties>driver info)for VGA display drivers version 8.660.0.0, and check System Devices before or after

i dont even use those discs, i go straight to their site, likely more updated.

Hope this helps

 

[grimreaper]

Let me know how everything went, ok?
Ill be around to help

 

[stormy13]

Or if you want the latest and not the nearly 7 month old version that Asus has go here,

Drivers & Support | GAME.AMD.COM

click on Motherboard/Integrated Drivers, then under Individual Drivers (Motherboard/Chipset) select your version of 7 (32 or 64 bit) and download the Southbridge driver. You only need the RAID or AHCI driver if you are using either of them (needs to be set in the bios first).

The older Asus driver has all of them in a single download and will only install the parts necessary.

 

[grimreaper]

Or if you want the latest and not the nearly 7 month old version that Asus has go here

Why the 7 months difference? wow ehh?
Don't these companies "chat" with one another?

 

[stormy13]

Asus is one of those that hasn't been known for keeping their download pages the most up to date. With newer components it has almost always been better to go to the chipset or GPU manufacturer's site to get the latest drivers.

Also the drivers they have for his board were released a month before the board came out, and are also the exact same one's that Asus has for my board (slightly older M4A78 Pro with the 780G/SB700).

 

[aem]

I would have thought, you would first identify the type of chipset your mobo has, by usung this tool "Intel® Chipset Identification Utility"

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchResult.aspx?lang=eng&ProductFamily=Chipsets&ProductLine=Chipset+Software&ProductProduct=Intel%c2%ae+Chipset+Identification+Utility&ProdId=861&LineId=1090&FamilyId=40

Then you download each chipset device drivers that matches that chipset type and install them.

 

[stormy13]

I would have thought, you would first identify the type of chipset your mobo has, by usung this tool "Intel® Chipset Identification Utility"

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Sea...on+Utility&ProdId=861&LineId=1090&FamilyId=40

Then you download each chipset device drivers that matches that chipset type and install them.

Nice idea but only works with Intel chipset based motherboards, the OP has an AMD based (785G/SB710) motherboard.

 

[grimreaper]

Asus is one of those that hasn't been known for keeping their download pages the most up to date. With newer components it has almost always been better to go to the chipset or GPU manufacturer's site to get the latest drivers.

Also the drivers they have for his board were released a month before the board came out, and are also the exact same one's that Asus has for my board (slightly older M4A78 Pro with the 780G/SB700).

For as long as I can remember, ASUS was always a little behind on updating their downloading page(s), so yes, I can see it's definitely better to go visit the chip-set manufacture's (AMD/Intel/NVIDIA) website.
Just when I thought ASUS would keep up
Now i know.

 

[grimreaper]

I would have thought, you would first identify the type of chipset your mobo has, by usung this tool "Intel® Chipset Identification Utility"

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Sea...on+Utility&ProdId=861&LineId=1090&FamilyId=40

Then you download each chipset device drivers that matches that chipset type and install them.

Nice idea but only works with Intel chipset based motherboards, the OP has an AMD based (785G/SB710) motherboard.

If there's ever a program to tell me everything about a computer's hardware, it's this program.

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