Best order for driver installation?

[JKing76]

I'm putting together a new machine next week:

ASUS P4PE (Gigabit LAN, SATA, SoundMAX audio, Firewire, RAID)
P4 2.4B
ATI All-in-Wonder 9700 Pro
Adaptec 29160 SCSI Adapter
18 GB 15K RPM Seagate Cheeta
180 GB IBM DeskStar 180GXP

What would be the best order in which to install the various drivers?

 

[JKing76]

*bump*

And, this will be a WinXP machine, if that matters.

 

[Spac3d]

Originally posted by: JKing76
*bump*

And, this will be a WinXP machine, if that matters.

I usually do network card first, but it looks like that will already be installed when you load XP.

I would do video next to make sure everything is fine and dandy... then whatever else needs a driver.

BTW, that sounds like a sweet machine 😀

Spac3d

 

[RaymondY]

My personal experience is:

WinXP
Chipset drivers
SP1
Video Drivers
Etc.

 

[Jeff7]

I do WinXP, then SP1 - that way the OS is mostly out of the way. Next is the NIC if it doesn't get drivers from WinXP, then I get all the updates from Windowsupdate. Next come video drivers, then chipset, then plugin cards (including updated drivers for the NIC), and then any other peripherals.
I always use drivers from the companies' websites, as they are almost always the most recent. The only exception I've come across is Cmedia - the drivers at Windowsupdate are always a few months ahead of what's posted on their website.

 

[Sid59]

XP
Chipset
Video
Sound
LAN
SP1
GHOST

woo.