Windows 10 driver advice

[fenderjaguar]

I own a P8P67 M Pro motherboard and I have windows 10 installed.

If I go to the Asus website, my boards sub section, there are no drivers for windows 10, they only go up to windows 8.1.

Now, I have to say, I don't really have any problems. And windows 10 seems to have all the drivers (of some form of another) installed.

I also installed generic intel chipset drivers and the generic intel rapid storage tech driver (I'm using raid 0 with 2 x SSD just at the moment).

I would just like to ask, to those who may know more than I, if there would be any better proceedure than this? ie, should I install the windows 8.1 drivers from the asus site etc?

[Revelene]

It doesn't have drivers because it doesn't support Windows 10.

[fenderjaguar]

Thanks. I'm not really interested in why it doesn't have drivers. I'm just wondering what the best course of action would be

[Revelene]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από fenderjaguar:

Thanks. I'm not really interested in why it doesn't have drivers. I'm just wondering what the best course of action would be

Hmm... I'd probably go ahead and install 8.1 drivers.

While they are not designed for 10, they stand more of a chance to run than the generic and more outdated drivers that Windows installs.

[fenderjaguar]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Bill S. Preston, Esquire:

Hmm... I'd probably go ahead and install 8.1 drivers.

While they are not designed for 10, they stand more of a chance to run than the generic and more outdated drivers that Windows installs.

That would be my thoughts as well. But when I have initiated the installation of the 8.1 drivers in the past, sometimes it tells me that the drivers vesion is older than the one currently installed.

Same with the chipset driver. I used intels driver update utility, then when I downloaded the 8.1 chipset driver from asus and tried to install it, it also warned me that the driver I already had was newer.

[Revelene]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από fenderjaguar:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Bill S. Preston, Esquire:

Hmm... I'd probably go ahead and install 8.1 drivers.

While they are not designed for 10, they stand more of a chance to run than the generic and more outdated drivers that Windows installs.

That would be my thoughts as well. But when I have initiated the installation of the 8.1 drivers in the past, sometimes it tells me that the drivers vesion is older than the one currently installed.

Same with the chipset driver. I used intels driver update utility, then when I downloaded the 8.1 chipset driver from asus and tried to install it, it also warned me that the driver I already had was newer.

Verify the dates yourself and install the latest.

Why don't you just go back to a supported OS?

[fenderjaguar]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Bill S. Preston, Esquire:

Why don't you just go back to a supported OS?

Yeah, it has crossed my mind to go back to 8.1. But even in that case, the drivers they have on the Asus site for 8.1 are just windows 7 x64 drivers anway, from what I can see.

But because everything seems to be working fine, I just thought I wanted the latest version of windows

[Bad 💀 Motha]

The Win10 Drivers for that would be here:

Intel Chipset INF
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/20775

Intel RST
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/25165

Realtek GBE Wired Ethernet LAN
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=13&PFid=5&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false

Realtek HD Audio
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads

[fenderjaguar]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Bad-Motha:

The Win10 Drivers for that would be here:

Intel Chipset INF
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/20775

Intel RST
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/25165

Realtek GBE Wired Ethernet LAN
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=13&PFid=5&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false

Realtek HD Audio
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads

I think I already have the intel ones.

Many thanks for posting the realtek ones :)

[Revelene]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Bad-Motha:

The Win10 Drivers for that would be here:

Intel Chipset INF
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/20775

Intel RST
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/25165

Realtek GBE Wired Ethernet LAN
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=13&PFid=5&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false

Realtek HD Audio
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads

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According to Microsoft, Sandy Bridge is not supported.

According to Asus, the motherboard is not supported.

Sadly, all signs point to no support... So, I doubt there is a Win10 P67 driver.

[fenderjaguar]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Bill S. Preston, Esquire:

According to Microsoft, Sandy Bridge is not supported.

According to Asus, the motherboard is not supported.

Sadly, all signs point to no support... So, I doubt there is a Win10 P67 driver.

I think it depends on your definition of the word "support". The P67 chipset isn't actually made by Asus or Microsoft. Clearly intel does have windows 10 drivers for the chipset, and they seem to function just fine.

[Revelene]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από fenderjaguar:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Bill S. Preston, Esquire:

According to Microsoft, Sandy Bridge is not supported.

According to Asus, the motherboard is not supported.

Sadly, all signs point to no support... So, I doubt there is a Win10 P67 driver.

I think it depends on your definition of the word "support". The P67 chipset isn't actually made by Asus or Microsoft. Clearly intel does have windows 10 drivers for the chipset, and they seem to function just fine.

Support is exactly that, support. I'm not sure what you mean by "my definition". By normal definition, enable to function or act. We're talking official support.

Of course the chipset was made by Intel... You need to understand that this is a multi point level requiring collaboration from all parties. I merely listed sources from my findings, rather than pin point support structure.

Dug a little deeper. Intel has not made Win10 P67 drivers. The chipset driver utility linked above will not give you Win10 drivers, as they do not exist. Though, it should give one most up-to-date.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Bill S. Preston, Esquire:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από fenderjaguar:

I think it depends on your definition of the word "support". The P67 chipset isn't actually made by Asus or Microsoft. Clearly intel does have windows 10 drivers for the chipset, and they seem to function just fine.

Support is exactly that, support. I'm not sure what you mean by "my definition". By normal definition, enable to function or act. We're talking official support.

Of course the chipset was made by Intel... You need to understand that this is a multi point level requiring collaboration from all parties. I merely listed sources from my findings, rather than pin point support structure.

Dug a little deeper. Intel has not made Win10 P67 drivers. The chipset driver utility linked above will not give you Win10 drivers, as they do not exist. Though, it should give one most up-to-date.

Again u have no clues what you're talking about; I do this for a living, so I do know.

Win10 supports all the major Intel Chipsets from socket LGA-775 up to the newest ones. Intel Chipset INF Driver covers all those Intel Chipsets. As long as your Motherboard is actually Intel Chipset and not something else, such as NVIDIA nForce, which are fully un-supported in Win10

What is not supported fully however is if you are relying on Intel GPUs; Intel HD 3000 and older are not fully supported in Win10 and as a result may lack the ability to have certain features under this new OS, such as Intel Wireless Display (Intel WiDi). Aside from that there shouldn't be any real issues.



If you actually are to take a moment and look inside the Intel Chipset INF I linked; you would see this:


-<Device componentID="5907">

<!-- Source: production/Windows10-x64/SandyBridgeSystem.inf/SandyBridgeSystem.inf -->


<PCIInfo deviceID="0100" vendorID="8086"/>

<PCIInfo deviceID="0101" vendorID="8086"/>

<PCIInfo deviceID="0104" vendorID="8086"/>

<PCIInfo deviceID="0105" vendorID="8086"/>

<PCIInfo deviceID="0108" vendorID="8086"/>

<PCIInfo deviceID="0109" vendorID="8086"/>

<PCIInfo deviceID="010D" vendorID="8086"/>


-<Image version="10.1.1.14" type="DRVR">

<file>production/Windows10-x64/SandyBridgeSystem.inf/SandyBridgeSystem.inf</file>

<file>production/Windows10-x64/SandyBridgeSystem.inf/SandyBridge.cat</file>

</Image>

</Device>


-<Device componentID="5907">

<!-- Source: production/Windows10-x86/SandyBridgeSystem.inf/SandyBridgeSystem.inf -->


<PCIInfo deviceID="0100" vendorID="8086"/>

<PCIInfo deviceID="0101" vendorID="8086"/>

<PCIInfo deviceID="0104" vendorID="8086"/>

<PCIInfo deviceID="0105" vendorID="8086"/>

<PCIInfo deviceID="0108" vendorID="8086"/>

<PCIInfo deviceID="0109" vendorID="8086"/>

<PCIInfo deviceID="010D" vendorID="8086"/>


-<Image version="10.1.1.14" type="DRVR">

<file>production/Windows10-x86/SandyBridgeSystem.inf/SandyBridgeSystem.inf</file>

<file>production/Windows10-x86/SandyBridgeSystem.inf/SandyBridge.cat</file>

[Vox]

Yes, it's supported, Asus just sucks at updating it's software page, get the drivers from the respective manufacturer instead.

Hell even with latest boards, Asus is already showing outdated software. To add I had a P45 chipset that worked on Windows 8.1 and 10, no issues at all, despite the last updates were for Windows 7.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

A Motherboard maker will stop releasing driver to the product support page after 1-2 years is all; it's pretty much always been this way. You never needed the Drivers from ASUS anyways, as those would always be old.

[fenderjaguar]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Bad-Motha:

If you actually are to take a moment and look inside the Intel Chipset INF I linked; you would see this:

Interesting, thanks. I always suspected those intel drivers were 'good', because I couldn't imagine they would have even installed if they weren't correct