Hi,
I've had issues with my computer that I can't really figure out the cause of. Someone recommended updating my chipset drivers, after updating my GPU drivers didn't help (among other things I tried). I am slightly unsure about how to go about this in a safe manner where I won't regret it. I am especially paranoid since I've just done a clean install of Windows and it took several days before I got it working properly, and I read some thread where people had issues with the AMD chipset drivers.
My PC:
Seagate 1 TB
Radeon RX 480
Corsair VS650 650W
MSI LGA1151 H110M PRO-VH
Intel core i5-6500
Crucial DDR4 2133MHz 8GB
Windows 8.1 Pro 64
I am also unsure of which device to look for the version in my device manager, but it definitely seems older than the one on AMD's site that I found.
This is on their website which I think is the correct one (?):
https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/H110M-PRO-VH#down-driver&Win8.1 64
It says it's version 10.1.1.45 of the Intel chipset driver.
When I look at Intel management engine interface in my device manager it says it's version 11.0.0.1181 from 2016, but I don't know if that's the one I'm supposed to look at?
It seems most people recommend downloading and installing these drivers through the manufacturer's website rather than through Windows, so that was my plan. I suspect it is fine since I could choose windows 8.1 in the roll down menu on the driver's webpage.
I am also unsure about how to go about the whole installation. I suspect I need to delete the old drivers first (?). If so, which ones? And does the one file in the download update all the chipset drivers?
I noticed a roll back option in the device manager. If things go wrong, does it usually work to use that? I do not want to undo all the work from the last few days and be forced to reinstall or something as tedious, if I can avoid it. I have already made sure to make a restore point.
Should I maybe even hold off on updating these drivers before I've excluded things like memory issues? I play games a lot, and it seems updating the chipset drivers is something that is good to do... I'm reading some say to not mess around with it if it isn't broken. The problem is I don't know if that's what causing issues or not. I suppose my chipset drivers are also somewhat old, seeing as the date on the one I checked was 2016.
As you can tell I know nothing about this, so any advice is appreciated. Sorry for the wall of text.
Thanks
I've had issues with my computer that I can't really figure out the cause of. Someone recommended updating my chipset drivers, after updating my GPU drivers didn't help (among other things I tried). I am slightly unsure about how to go about this in a safe manner where I won't regret it. I am especially paranoid since I've just done a clean install of Windows and it took several days before I got it working properly, and I read some thread where people had issues with the AMD chipset drivers.
My PC:
Seagate 1 TB
Radeon RX 480
Corsair VS650 650W
MSI LGA1151 H110M PRO-VH
Intel core i5-6500
Crucial DDR4 2133MHz 8GB
Windows 8.1 Pro 64
I am also unsure of which device to look for the version in my device manager, but it definitely seems older than the one on AMD's site that I found.
This is on their website which I think is the correct one (?):
https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/H110M-PRO-VH#down-driver&Win8.1 64
It says it's version 10.1.1.45 of the Intel chipset driver.
When I look at Intel management engine interface in my device manager it says it's version 11.0.0.1181 from 2016, but I don't know if that's the one I'm supposed to look at?
It seems most people recommend downloading and installing these drivers through the manufacturer's website rather than through Windows, so that was my plan. I suspect it is fine since I could choose windows 8.1 in the roll down menu on the driver's webpage.
I am also unsure about how to go about the whole installation. I suspect I need to delete the old drivers first (?). If so, which ones? And does the one file in the download update all the chipset drivers?
I noticed a roll back option in the device manager. If things go wrong, does it usually work to use that? I do not want to undo all the work from the last few days and be forced to reinstall or something as tedious, if I can avoid it. I have already made sure to make a restore point.
Should I maybe even hold off on updating these drivers before I've excluded things like memory issues? I play games a lot, and it seems updating the chipset drivers is something that is good to do... I'm reading some say to not mess around with it if it isn't broken. The problem is I don't know if that's what causing issues or not. I suppose my chipset drivers are also somewhat old, seeing as the date on the one I checked was 2016.
As you can tell I know nothing about this, so any advice is appreciated. Sorry for the wall of text.
Thanks