Updating Processor Drivers

[IanTheSloth]

Id like some help cause im honestly stumped, im still quite a novice to changing parts.

I had an i5 2.67 ghz processor and just today i put in an i7 860 @2.80GHz processor. It started up and everything seems to be working fine, however i checked under my device manager and the i5 drivers are still there.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xfexu1btphxd7zr/Screenshot%202015-09-03%2014.23.11.png?dl=0

I figure this is affecting performance, as the intel processor id utility is still reporting 2.67 ghz. I tried looking online, updating through the device manager, and using intel's driver updator but nothings worked.

Id like to update my drivers but i honestly dont know how to. Any advice would be a great help

 

[Ray Tsou]

You shouldn't be worried unless it is causing any problems. You don't need to download any CPU drivers (in fact, I don't even think you can), windows updates takes care of that for you. Just update your windows and it will be fine.

 

[GhislainG]

Id like some help cause im honestly stumped, im still quite a novice to changing parts.

I had an i5 2.67 ghz processor and just today i put in an i7 860 @2.80GHz processor. It started up and everything seems to be working fine, however i checked under my device manager and the i5 drivers are still there.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xfexu1btphxd7zr/Screenshot%202015-09-03%2014.23.11.png?dl=0

I figure this is affecting performance, as the intel processor id utility is still reporting 2.67 ghz. I tried looking online, updating through the device manager, and using intel's driver updator but nothings worked.

Id like to update my drivers but i honestly dont know how to. Any advice would be a great help

It isn't the i5 drivers that you see, but after replacing the CPU you failed to complete the last step. In Device Manager, delete all 4 processors and reboot. Windows will then detect the new CPU and Device Manager will then display all 8 i7 processors.

 

[GhislainG]

You shouldn't be worried unless it is causing any problems. You don't need to download any CPU drivers (in fact, I don't even think you can), windows updates takes care of that for you. Just update your windows and it will be fine.

He should because Windows uses 4 threads instead of 8 threads.