What does everyone think about chipsets?

You can get lots of 3rd-party drivers from Microsoft--at Windows
Updates. While they've had the category at Windows Updates for eons,
they weren't really providing many until XP came out.

Not that I'm recommending this route. I've used drivers provided by MS
with no more problems than those inherent in any drivers, but others
have had much worse luck.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

"David H. Lipman" wrote in message
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You get Intel chip-set drivers from Intel. Not from MS.

--
Dave




"Bill in Co." wrote in message
...
| I do vaguely remember taking in an Intel Chipset Driver update from
the MS
| web site a couple of years ago, that turned out to be a very BAD
idea, and I
| HAD to either uninstall it and/or restore the registry from a
previous
| backup. (MS eventually pulled that supposed update (Intel driver)
off of
| their web site).
|
| I think PCR and a few others can fill in the details on that - it
was a
| couple of years ago, as I recall. So the moral to the story is:
be wary.
| Be very, very, wary - and aware of exactly what you are doing.
|
| Dan wrote:
| I was wondering if people suggest updating chipsets with an Intel
computer
| or
| is it generally a bad idea. What are the advantages and
disadvantages of
| updating Intel-based PC chipsets? Thanks in advance for the
feedback!
|
|

Exactly, David.

"David H. Lipman" wrote in message
...
: You get Intel chip-set drivers from Intel. Not from MS.
:
: --
: Dave
:
:
:
:
: "Bill in Co." wrote in message
: ...
: | I do vaguely remember taking in an Intel Chipset Driver update from the
MS
: | web site a couple of years ago, that turned out to be a very BAD idea,
and I
: | HAD to either uninstall it and/or restore the registry from a previous
: | backup. (MS eventually pulled that supposed update (Intel driver) off
of
: | their web site).
: |
: | I think PCR and a few others can fill in the details on that - it was a
: | couple of years ago, as I recall. So the moral to the story is: be
wary.
: | Be very, very, wary - and aware of exactly what you are doing.
: |
: | Dan wrote:
: | I was wondering if people suggest updating chipsets with an Intel
computer
: | or
: | is it generally a bad idea. What are the advantages and disadvantages
of
: | updating Intel-based PC chipsets? Thanks in advance for the feedback!
: |
: |
:
:

I highly suggest using the driver's from the original company rather than
Microsoft for more stability, support and features.

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
: You can get lots of 3rd-party drivers from Microsoft--at Windows
: Updates. While they've had the category at Windows Updates for eons,
: they weren't really providing many until XP came out.
:
: Not that I'm recommending this route. I've used drivers provided by MS
: with no more problems than those inherent in any drivers, but others
: have had much worse luck.
:
: --
: Gary S. Terhune
: MS MVP Shell/User
:
: "David H. Lipman" wrote in message
: ...
: You get Intel chip-set drivers from Intel. Not from MS.
:
: --
: Dave
:
:
:
:
: "Bill in Co." wrote in message
: ...
: | I do vaguely remember taking in an Intel Chipset Driver update from
: the MS
: | web site a couple of years ago, that turned out to be a very BAD
: idea, and I
: | HAD to either uninstall it and/or restore the registry from a
: previous
: | backup. (MS eventually pulled that supposed update (Intel driver)
: off of
: | their web site).
: |
: | I think PCR and a few others can fill in the details on that - it
: was a
: | couple of years ago, as I recall. So the moral to the story is:
: be wary.
: | Be very, very, wary - and aware of exactly what you are doing.
: |
: | Dan wrote:
: | I was wondering if people suggest updating chipsets with an Intel
: computer
: | or
: | is it generally a bad idea. What are the advantages and
: disadvantages of
: | updating Intel-based PC chipsets? Thanks in advance for the
: feedback!
: |
: |
:
:
: