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Chipset and every other driver yes
Above everything, don't touch BIOS unless you have to. That is high risk activities.
They check motherboard sites for updates not device manufacturer sites and often do not get latest driver because the motherboard site is a little behind releases. Still best to get them yourself.
You never need or should be using any Discs or Auto Updaters.
Handle everything manually when it comes to something like Drivers.
If you can figure out how to install an OS by making your own boot media and going through that whole process, handling Drivers on your own is not really much of a chore. But like anything else you just need to do it and retain the "how to" regarding that and remember to do it every so often in order to keep them up to date to help both performance and to patch security holes.
Most drivers you never can or need to get them from the Motherboard maker; as Motherboard and Laptop makers are usually only going to have a list of updated drivers for 1-3 years after product releases to market. After this its all on you to handle that. So don't even both looking there unless maybe you need a specific piece of software from them; like Lighting or Fan control software for a Laptop for example, or the TouchPad Driver + Software. Pretty much anything else you can get directly from the Chipset makers website; such as Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, Realtek, Creative, etc...
Precisely why they asked and are getting comments about the best way to do stuff. Manually from manufacturer is the BEST way to do it. If OP doesn't understand where to find them and how to install them they can ask any plenty of users here will help.
It doesn't not matter, a few people still doesn't know how to do it themselves.
Bad advice. Always download the chipset drivers from AMD or Intel website.
But it DOES. The best way is to download direct from Manufacturer. If OP doesn't understand how to install drivers that way they can ask just like they are already asking.
Suggesting alternative methods like automatic installation/updates is recommending inferior methods and potentially methods that screw things up. If they want inferior and bug prone methods for convenience that's fine as they can ask for it. But suggesting them for convenience without pointing out the flaws is BAD advice.
You're giving out BAD advice and anyone is free to point that out and so they should or OP may listen to your BAD advice.
If you don't like the fact users point out your advice is BAD...................
He is correct about the bios though, if it ain't broke don't touch it.
Have no problem with jamesbond for the most part, particularly the Bios part. It's the dismissive comments that bother me. Like what he says is the way it should be done, disregarding what others have said.
Downloading and installing yourself is means you know it's done right. By all means use auto updaters if you want but know that issues can arise from them. How often depends on the updater obviously.
No issue with recommending auto updaters provided the potential risks are pointed out in advance and not implying they are 'better' than doing it yourself.
I pulled is comment because the irony of what he wrote in the following comment
Should take his own advice and deal with the comment he dislikes and move on