pcguy9441
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....or at least "good enough" drivers?
I just did a fresh Win10 install on a 10 yr old system with a Gigabyte GA-G41MT-ES2L motherboard.
Google tells me Windows will install all the right drivers but some say not the most current drivers. Problem is when I go to the Gigabyte download site the best they have is Win7 Pro with driver revs dated from 2010. So I see little point in installing them.
Further, when I did download the chipset drivers they are all .exe's not zips and try to unpack on themselves with file names the same as the "mother" file being unzipped. Some sort of incestuous infinite loop thing going on. Also, the original motherboard DVD will not load because the system thinks it's a Win98 disc, although 10 yrs ago it ran fine under Win7 Pro. Rock and a hard place comes to mind. The system does seem to run fine from what I see so far with just installing Office and Malwarebytes.
So, if I can just trust what the Win10 install delivered, I'll call it a day, pour myself a nice IPA and move on.
Thanks for any comments.
I just did a fresh Win10 install on a 10 yr old system with a Gigabyte GA-G41MT-ES2L motherboard.
Google tells me Windows will install all the right drivers but some say not the most current drivers. Problem is when I go to the Gigabyte download site the best they have is Win7 Pro with driver revs dated from 2010. So I see little point in installing them.
Further, when I did download the chipset drivers they are all .exe's not zips and try to unpack on themselves with file names the same as the "mother" file being unzipped. Some sort of incestuous infinite loop thing going on. Also, the original motherboard DVD will not load because the system thinks it's a Win98 disc, although 10 yrs ago it ran fine under Win7 Pro. Rock and a hard place comes to mind. The system does seem to run fine from what I see so far with just installing Office and Malwarebytes.
So, if I can just trust what the Win10 install delivered, I'll call it a day, pour myself a nice IPA and move on.
Thanks for any comments.