Via or M'soft drivers?

[Neos]

I have the Pro 2, and it is doing pretty good, running at 800 (650 Duron).
In getting it to this place, I had to piddle to get it working good, and it reloaded the Microsoft drivers, I think ...as there is no indication in system/device manager of IRQ miniport that is mentioned in the book.
I am pretty sure that it was all there (the Via stuff from the CD) before all the fixin' took place.
The question is ..should I load/reload the drivers from the CD ...chipset drivers first..then sound drivers, or should I leave well enough alone? Is there a great advantage to having it like the book says?
I had a Super 7 Soyo system that never worked right with the Via driver pack that came with the board, but would work fine with the M'soft.
Thanks for any help.
Neos (Andrew in AL)

 

[Mem]

You don`t say what OS or drivers you are using,anyway my own MSI K7T PRO came with old VIA 4.19 drivers & I installed the 4.24 & 4.25a drivers afterwards with no problems(using Win98 os1) anyway if you have 4.24 drivers you will not see a big improvement on 4.25a drivers,as to your question should I try the latest Via drivers? well I always install the latest drivers,very few people get problems with KT133 boards (Via driver wise) once it`s stable, when they upgrade them.

 

[Davegod75]

go get the new via4.26 and install those...you mine as well put that cd away. it's outdated when you get it.

 

[Neos]

Thanks for the reply.
I have 98 SE.
The last four (and the only Via)that are there in device manager/system devices.

Via Tech CPU to AGP Controller (no driver details avail./greyed out)
Via Tech Standard CPU to PCI Bridge (no driver details)
Via Tech VT82686 PCI to ISA Bridge (ISAPNP.VXD driver)
Via Tech VT 82686 Power Management Controller (no driver details)

Thats it. Like I said, it is doing fine. I just want the best performance I can get, and once in spell I have a lockup ...but I have thought it to be software related.
Thanks again for the reply.
Neos

 

[Neos]

Ok..I will go look for the 4.26. I guess you are telling me to load it right on top of what I have ...right? Thats what I have done in the past.
Neos

 

[Neos]

I found the 4.25 pack at the Via site ...downloaded..unzipped and installed. It came to one file that I could not find ..on the MSI CD or in the 4.25 program. I finally hit cancel ..on that file. Did that kill the whole install, as it looks the same as it did in device manager?

Thanks
Neos

 

[Mem]

I had this happen once, I rebooted the PC & it found the file & installed itself after I had cancelled that part when it could not find it.Yes I just upgrade them over the top of the old ones since the installation knows what to install etc.


BTW the leaked 4.26 drivers Davegod75 talks about are not official yet that`s why they are not on the Via website,also if the Via driver installation cannot find that file you mention don`t worry about it,since this has happened a few times to other Members here,just play a quick 3d game to make sure everything works ok.

 

[Technonut]

I build systems for a living, and when using Win98SE or 2000, I NEVER install the 4 in 1's. I only install the VIA AGP driver in Turbo mode. Out of many VIA chipset systems built, It has by far been the most stable builds that I have had. Don't just take my word on it, try it and see for yourself.