[SOLVED] Motherboard drivers

[Mellor81]

Almost ready to start building my new pc, my problem, motherboard came with cd but new case doest have room or ability to fit a cd rom drive, so, i actually have a cdrom in an older pc so my question is can i just connect the cd rom to my new motherboard from out side of the case just to install the drivers? And do i need to do this BEFORE installing a windows 10 OS? Thanks for any help

 

[jay32267]

Yes you can connect it that way.
...and Windows gets installed before the MB drivers.

 

[punkncat]

Just go to the website and download them.

 

[Mellor81]

Yes you can connect it that way.
...and Windows gets installed before the MB drivers.

Ok brilliant, thanks jay ill install windows first then the drives thanks again 👍🏻

 

[Mellor81]

Just go to the website and download them.

Im lazy and the cd would be quicker lol

 

[jay32267]

Ok brilliant, thanks jay ill install windows first then the drives thanks again 👍🏻

You're welcome.

 

[DMAN999]

Im lazy and the cd would be quicker lol

Usually the MB Drivers on the CD/DVD are old.
I would absolutely look on your MB's Support page and Install the newest/recommended MB Drivers from there.

 

[Mellor81]

Usually the MB Drivers on the CD/DVD are old.
I would absolutely look on your MB's Support page and Install the newest/recommended MB Drivers from there.

Oh ok thanks, is there a way to check the versions it has before i go to the site?

 

[DMAN999]

Oh ok thanks, is there a way to check the versions it has before i go to the site?

What EXACT MB do you have ?

 

[Mellor81]

What EXACT MB do you have ?

Its a GIGABYTE B450M GAMING AM4 and came ryzen 3000 ready (apparently so bios shouldnt need touching)

 

[DMAN999]

Look on the CD and see what driver versions it has.
Then look here and see if these are newer:
https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/B450M-GAMING-rev-10/support#support-dl-driver-audio
https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/B450M-GAMING-rev-10/support#support-dl-driver-chipset
https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/B450M-GAMING-rev-10/support#support-dl-driver-lan

Also,
What CPU do you have ?
If it a Ryzen 3000 CPU you might want to update to the newest BIOS if it doesn't already have it.

 

[Mellor81]

Look on the CD and see what driver versions it has.
Then look here and see if these are newer:
https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/B450M-GAMING-rev-10/support#support-dl-driver-audio
https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/B450M-GAMING-rev-10/support#support-dl-driver-chipset
https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/B450M-GAMING-rev-10/support#support-dl-driver-lan

Also,
What CPU do you have ?
If it a Ryzen 3000 CPU you might want to update to the newest BIOS if it doesn't already have it.

Will do thanks dman

Look on the CD and see what driver versions it has.
Then look here and see if these are newer:
https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/B450M-GAMING-rev-10/support#support-dl-driver-audio
https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/B450M-GAMING-rev-10/support#support-dl-driver-chipset
https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/B450M-GAMING-rev-10/support#support-dl-driver-lan

Also,
What CPU do you have ?
If it a Ryzen 3000 CPU you might want to update to the newest BIOS if it doesn't already have it.

will do thanks dman and yes its a ryzen 5 3600 but the box does say its 3000 ready so the bios update has been done already