Via 4-in-1 drivers, are they necessary for a k7m??

[OneOfTheseDays]

i have an asus k7m motherboard r.104. do i need to install the via 4 in 1 drivers. if so, which ones do i install.

 

[Rand]

Just install the latest version of the Via 4 in 1 drivers.

 

[Budman]

DO NOT,I repeat DO NOT install Via drivers on a AMD chipset board.

Goto Amd & get the drivers there.

The K7M is an AMD chipset board Get drivers here.

 

[Noriaki]

You can download the Via 4in1 drivers, but don't install all of them.

One of the 4 is an AGP mini-port driver, and the K7M doesn't have a via AGP.

You should use the Via IDE BusMaster drivers, and the Updated Machine.INF, and maybe the IRQ Router, though I haven't used it.

 

[Budman]

Do not use any VIA drivers , IT'S A AMD-751 chipset board !!!!

Get your drivers at AMD or Here at Asus.

 

[Bakwetu]

Listen to Budman-don't install any of the 4in1 via drivers

 

[Noriaki]

The Asus K7M has a AMD751 Northbridge paired with a Via 686A Southbridge.

Therefore using drivers that are specific to the southbridge (ex: IDE BusMaster drivers) are perfectly valid, and the ones I downloaded from Asus's site are exactly the same as one subdirectory if you unzip the Via 4 in 1 installer.

The machine.INF is just an INF file, it gives windows information about the Via chipsets, windwos will not find information about your northbridge there and will ignore that part.

Absolutely do not use the AGP one though those are northbridge only.

Go download the busmaster driver's from Asus's site if it will make you feel better, they are exactly the same as the ones that come in the Via 4in1.
And now that I think about it, I think Win98 and newer come with the INFs for Via chipsets...

 

[Deeko]

Ha silly guy. No 4 in one for you. I think I downloaded all of the drivers from Asus' website.