What order should I install ASUS laptop drivers in?

[ianjthor]

ASUS N61JQ, Win 7.

I just did a fresh install of win 7 home Premium, and installed the windows updates that came up automatically. I'd like to keep this system free of bloat and I do NOT have the driver update/laptop install disc.

I have formatted the SSD twice now because (I think) I installed drivers in an improper order; I keep having different issues with unrecognized hardware or sound not working etc. This time around I have gone only with Win 7 updates and now I would like to install only what is necessary to get this back to gaming.

So what is the order I should go on? Here is the list of drivers available from ASUS:

https://www.asus.com/support/Download/3/217/0/3/ZfpnPRZ5UxVOtrHJ/30/

So is it chopset 1st... then restart... then GFX drivers+restart then... etc.

That is what I would like assistance with. Just getting this machine to work properly again

Thanks in advance

 

[Tradesman1]

Chipset drivers first, then the rest can be most any order and generally load GPU last

 

[ianjthor]

Which do I need to install? I know Chipset and GPU certainly... but what else? It seems like a lot of forums suggest that Win7 will take care of most. Is there a downside to skipping out on 90% of that driver list?

Also, thanks for your quick reply. I was going to post and sleep on it. I can get started tonight now.

 

[Tradesman1]

Yes - Win will load default drivers for much of a PC/laptop, but the manufacturers quite often will make changes to the basic drivers so that all is better compatibility wise with all the other components

 

[ianjthor]

Additionally, can i just DL the most recent driver straight off? Another thread recommended installing older drivers and working up from them. That sounds wrong to me, but I've been wrong before...

 

[Tradesman1]

Not something I'd recommend, older drivers have been upodated due to their being problems with them - often compatibility issues, if you have drivers, say ver 1, 2, 3, 4 then 4 will have the previous updates included as well as fixes to previous problems in the earlier versions. (keep in mind this is with drivers) the BIOS can be a different story, though seldom, occasionally they will have a specific update that calls for it to be an individual update