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Which Drivers Do I Need?

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Name: sneakazz
Date: July 2, 2006 at 05:43:09 Pacific
OS: Win XP
CPU/Ram: AMD 2200/1gb
Product: Cust
Comment:

Hi,

Can anyone confirm which Mobo/bios drivers I need?

I am using a ASRock K7S41GX. Im a bit nervous to change the bios so would just like it confirmed.

Thanks.



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Name: mosaddique
Date: July 2, 2006 at 07:27:43 Pacific
Reply:

First you should only update the BIOS if you are suffering from a problem that requires a BIOS update. If your system is working well then you do not need it.

K7S41GX BIOS & Drivers Page

The description column gives you the reason for change use it to to decide if you need it.

The latest BIOS version is:
2.60 6/16/2006 437.27KB


Read the instuctions, by clicking on the link provided in the column titled How to update. Follow the procedure described and you should be fine.


As for the drivers.
You need the ones identified for XP.

10/17/2003 WinXP 5.26MB SiS AGP driver ver:1.17
8/4/2003 WinXP 2.76MB AMR driver ver:12.0300.0018
10/22/2003 WinXP 20.22MB C-Media AC97 Audio Driver Version:UDA038_build03L
7/18/2002 WinXP 10.45MB SiS PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter Driver Version:1.16b
11/7/2003 WinXP 13.76MB SiS VGA driver Xminator II ver:3.54

Which ones you need will depend on which on board features you are actually using. These tend to be mostly switchable in the BIOS.

You may not need the AMR driver if you are not using the AMR slot.

The audio driver is only required if you are using the on-board audio and you have not disabled it in the BIOS because you are using an add on audio card.

The VGA driver may also not be necessary if you are using an add on AGP card instead of the on-board graphics (i.e. if you have disabled the on-board VGA in BIOS).

Hope it helps.


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Response Number 2
Name: JustinCS
Date: July 2, 2006 at 14:38:37 Pacific
Reply:

"First you should only update the BIOS if you are suffering from a problem that requires a BIOS update. If your system is working well then you do not need it."

I second that.

Don't fix your working things. A 1% increase in performance is not worth the risk of having to buy another mobo. (unless your mobo has an update feature, i'm even scared of that too)...The mobo's drivers are not like downloading video drivers ;]


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