My System:
i7-2700K
Asus P8Z68-v pro/gen3 motherboard
Radeon HD 7950 GPU (catalyst software suite and drivers installed)
8GB RAM
Windows 8.1 Pro
My Question:
Do I need to manually install the Asus motherboard drivers or has Windows done that for me?
My Dilemma:
After upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 8, I immediately went to the Asus website to download my motherboard drivers; I simultaneously opened up Device Manager. Before downloading or installing anything manually, however, I noticed Device Manager wasn't reporting any unknown hardware. I checked through the motherboard devices specifically (lan, sound, etc...) and observed that the motherboard devices were already installed.
If you go to the Asus website, there is a list of drivers indexed for this motherboard, and I'm having a difficult time figuring out which of these I need now that Windows auto-installed them - or, which of these I need to override because Windows didn't install the correct drivers.
Ignore the BIOS updates and utility crap. I got that under control. Let's just focus on Chipset, Audio, VGA, LAN, and SATA.
Chipset: Management Engine Interface (I don't even know what this is... should I install this from Asus or did Windows handle it?)
Audio: The Realtek Audio drivers and utility are pretty straightforward. If I want the realtek drivers and software I can download it. Should I, though? Sometimes it seems like with all these proprietary hardware managers, it conflicts with Windows' built-in hardware utilities and causes problems.
VGA: Intel Graphics Accelerator Driver - Do I need this since I have a dedicated GPU? Plus, I assume Windows already installed it.
LAN: Device Manager installed Intel 82579V Gigabit Network Connection. Asus is offering Intel LAN Driver V18.5.54.0. Are those the same? Should I install the Asus drivers? Obviously, I have network access.
SATA: Asus is offering the Intel Drivers plus the Rapid Storage thing. I just use AHCI and have no intention of a RAID setup. My impression is to not install the Intel Rapid Storage crap because I won't use it, but it might be useful. I don't know. Any information here would be great.
Finally, when I tried to run the LAN driver autorun (the Asus readme said to do that), Windows asked me to unpack folders before installation. I declined to unpack and the install failed. I never had to do that in Windows 7. Why did it ask me that, and what should I do?
i7-2700K
Asus P8Z68-v pro/gen3 motherboard
Radeon HD 7950 GPU (catalyst software suite and drivers installed)
8GB RAM
Windows 8.1 Pro
My Question:
Do I need to manually install the Asus motherboard drivers or has Windows done that for me?
My Dilemma:
After upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 8, I immediately went to the Asus website to download my motherboard drivers; I simultaneously opened up Device Manager. Before downloading or installing anything manually, however, I noticed Device Manager wasn't reporting any unknown hardware. I checked through the motherboard devices specifically (lan, sound, etc...) and observed that the motherboard devices were already installed.
If you go to the Asus website, there is a list of drivers indexed for this motherboard, and I'm having a difficult time figuring out which of these I need now that Windows auto-installed them - or, which of these I need to override because Windows didn't install the correct drivers.
Ignore the BIOS updates and utility crap. I got that under control. Let's just focus on Chipset, Audio, VGA, LAN, and SATA.
Chipset: Management Engine Interface (I don't even know what this is... should I install this from Asus or did Windows handle it?)
Audio: The Realtek Audio drivers and utility are pretty straightforward. If I want the realtek drivers and software I can download it. Should I, though? Sometimes it seems like with all these proprietary hardware managers, it conflicts with Windows' built-in hardware utilities and causes problems.
VGA: Intel Graphics Accelerator Driver - Do I need this since I have a dedicated GPU? Plus, I assume Windows already installed it.
LAN: Device Manager installed Intel 82579V Gigabit Network Connection. Asus is offering Intel LAN Driver V18.5.54.0. Are those the same? Should I install the Asus drivers? Obviously, I have network access.
SATA: Asus is offering the Intel Drivers plus the Rapid Storage thing. I just use AHCI and have no intention of a RAID setup. My impression is to not install the Intel Rapid Storage crap because I won't use it, but it might be useful. I don't know. Any information here would be great.
Finally, when I tried to run the LAN driver autorun (the Asus readme said to do that), Windows asked me to unpack folders before installation. I declined to unpack and the install failed. I never had to do that in Windows 7. Why did it ask me that, and what should I do?
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