AB350 Pro4 motherboard, need assistance with drivers, first computer build!

[crazedmalgrain]

I rin windows 10(64) for my OS. There are a lot of driver downloads here and I'm not sure which ones are worth getting and which ones are just bulk and/or not useful for me. Anyone with more knowledge on this able to assist?

http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/AB350%20Pro4/#osW1064

 

[Paul NZ]

The all in one drivers,. If Win10 installs LAN and audio drivers you dont need them

Dont install appcharger, or A-tuning. All it'll do is crash your system.

If you want this RGB led thing whatever it is you'll have to install this

I take it youre using a separate GPU?

 

[mazboy]

It's been my experience that, except for discreet GPUs, Win10 does a very good job of installing the proper drivers for almost all devices. If you have a discreet GPU, always go to the manufacturer's website to download and install the latest driver (but check first: Win10 may have done that for you already).

 

[crazedmalgrain]

I have a separate GPU, yeah.

 

[Paul NZ]

WIn10 may install the right drivers for the GPU. I wouldnt bother getting the ones off the Nvidia site if it's Nvidia

The latest versions have always been buggy. And will probably crash on you

 

[mazboy]

I have a separate GPU, yeah.

I always check the version of GPU driver I have installed before I go looking for a newer driver. Again, most of the time, on startup, Win10 goes out into the world and does the searching for you. It's just that GPUs have such an outsized affect on output that it never hurts to always be on the lookout for the next best thing (NBT...)

 

[crazedmalgrain]

I have a separate GPU, yeah.

I always check the version of GPU driver I have installed before I go looking for a newer driver. Again, most of the time, on startup, Win10 goes out into the world and does the searching for you. It's just that GPUs have such an outsized affect on output that it never hurts to always be on the lookout for the next best thing (NBT...)

Nice! So things should be fine to be left alone for the most part, let windows do its updates and such? Aside from checking what my GPU version is just to be sure. Stuff like the motherboard should handle itself with Win10?

 

[Paul NZ]

Yup the only thing I installed on the other desktop / an Intel was the chipset drivers

Win10 installed the video drivers, the LAN and audio. All 3 work fine.

If anything shows a ? or ! in device manager, dbl click on it. Driver / update driver

Windows 10 may install a driver for it

 

[crazedmalgrain]

Yup the only thing I installed on the other desktop / an Intel was the chipset drivers

Win10 installed the video drivers, the LAN and audio. All 3 work fine.

If anything shows a ? or ! in device manager, dbl click on it. Driver / update driver

Windows 10 may install a driver for it

Nice. ^^ I was looking for a chipset driver before because people kept mentioning it- but I'm not quite sure where to find that or if that even goes with my computer given how new I am to all of this. Just spent the last like 6 hours building the PC and now I'm trying to make sure I get it running properly, first ever big project. XD

 

[Paul NZ]

I think it's the all in one driver - the chipset drivers, in the link you posted