Question Do I need to install a chipset driver for an old Intel board?

[Chicken76]

I've done a clean reinstall of Windows 10 on a Haswell-generation computer and the motherboard manufacturer's support page provides a chipset driver from 2014.
Now I'm wondering if it's a good idea to install such an old driver or does Windows (version 2004) install a newer driver automatically?

 

[VirtualLarry]

The in-box Windows 10 driver should be newer. NEVER (*) install drivers OLDER than the OS release date, if they would replace drivers INCLUDED with the OS.

(*) Unless the in-box drivers are themselves crashing, or lack features compared to older drivers (say, installing Win7 drivers into Win10 for a printer or video card, because the Win10 in-box drivers are stripped-down feature-wise or crashing).

 

[BarkingGhostar]

You might want to consider Intel's website and see if they have a newer chipset driver than what the motherboard manufacture is offering. Doubtful, but who knows you might get lucky.

 

[AnitaPeterson]

The in-box Windows 10 driver should be newer. NEVER (*) install drivers OLDER than the OS release date, if they would replace drivers INCLUDED with the OS.

(*) Unless the in-box drivers are themselves crashing, or lack features compared to older drivers (say, installing Win7 drivers into Win10 for a printer or video card, because the Win10 in-box drivers are stripped-down feature-wise or crashing).

Interesting advice. I could see how that applies with Windows 10, but Win7 still needed corrections 🙂

 

[Leeea]

Sometimes it is just an .inf "driver", and I would say a person should install that.

An .inf driver is just a text file that tells windows what hardware is on the board. Windows will usually do the rest then.