Motherboard driver installation

[Captainblackops]

Guys,
My new motherboard is Gigabyte B150m D3H. The disc that came with it has drivers and quiet few softwares. Now it is best to install it or to download latest drivers from Gigabyte site itself ? Is there any difference ?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Yes get them from the site , not the disc. Current ones will be on the site.

 

[Captainblackops]

Okay mate..Is there any reason not to install from disc ?

 

[Wolfshadw]

Usually because they're outdated. Newer ones are typically available from the web site. If you do not have internet access on your new build, then go ahead and install the LAN driver from the disc, but then get everything else from the web site.

-Wolf sends

 

[Captainblackops]

Okay mate. Now when i searched in website there are updates for Chipset,SATA,Sound etc under Driver and utilities. Which are the very important ones to install and which are optional ? Can you help me out a bit here. Link http://www.gigabyte.in/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5491#driver . My OS is Windows 10 64bit

 

[Wolfshadw]

You should update the following:

Chipset
SATA
Audio
LAN
Video/VGA

-Wolf sends

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Video driver needs to come from manufactures site. AMD or Nvidia

 

[Wolfshadw]

Video driver needs to come from manufactures site. AMD or Nvidia

I meant the on-board Intel graphics driver.

-Wolf sends

 

[Calvin7]

Your link refers to the Utility section of downloads. You don't need to install any of them if you don't know what they are for.

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http://gigabytedaily.blogspot.com/2016/04/heres-guide-to-gigabytes-3d-osd.html

You wrote, "OS is Windows 10 64bit". If you already installed it then check the Device Manager to see if you are missing any software for your hardware. Many drivers are already included in the Windows 10 library.

 

[Captainblackops]

Wolfshadw - Okay mate. Now under SATA there are two drivers of different versions listed. Should i install both or recent one is enough ? Also today im installing an MSI Gaming X rx480 GPU. So there is no need to install Intel graphics driver because i will download AMD drivers. Right ?

 

[Captainblackops]

SR-71 Blackbird - Okay mate. Since im installing rx480 i wont be installing on-board Intel graphics driver. Now under display adapter in Device manager it is shown 'Microsoft basic display adapter'. Should i uninstall it before installing AMD drivers or just leave it and fix the GPU then install AMD drivers ?

 

[Captainblackops]

Calvin7 - Okay mate. I read those utilities. Incase if i dont install them will it cause any performance issue or any other issues?

 

[Wolfshadw]

Wolfshadw - Okay mate. Now under SATA there are two drivers of different versions listed. Should i install both or recent one is enough ? Also today im installing an MSI Gaming X rx480 GPU. So there is no need to install Intel graphics driver because i will download AMD drivers. Right ?

You should only install the latest SATA driver version. As for the Intel graphic drivers, it's not going to hurt anything to go ahead and install them. It will not affect your RX480 graphic driver installation or it's performance. Should the RX480 fail, however, your on-board graphics would be up to date.

-Wolf sends

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Windows usually installs the needed SATA drivers.

 

[Captainblackops]

Sorry guys.Not able to reply since my state got hit by a cyclone so everything was down for past 2 days

 

[Captainblackops]

Wolfshadw - But i read some people saying the on board graphics drivers and GPU drivers will conflict each other ? Im confused ! Also under Display adapter in Device manager it is shown 'Microsoft basic display adapter'. Should i uninstall it before installing AMD drivers or just leave it and fix the GPU,switch on PC then install AMD drivers and im good to go?

 

[Wolfshadw]

They won't conflict with each other. You do not need to uninstall anything before installing the latest drivers.

-Wolf sends

 

[Captainblackops]

Wolfshadw - Okay mate then i should install latest onboard Intel graphics driver,finish process, then switch off PC. Then i should fix the new GPU physically,switch on PC, then install latest AMD driver and im good to go. Right ?

 

[Wolfshadw]

Sorry for the delay in responding. I've been offline for a few days.

If you haven't figured it out yet, you have the correct procedure down.

-Wolf sends

 

[Captainblackops]

Wolfshadw - No worries . Installed everything and its up and running