What chipset drivers, etc to install on my new ASUS board?

[Ronin13]

Tomorrow or the day after I'll receive an ASUS P5GD1 Pro motherboard and a P4 540J CPU.

When building Intel based systems in the past, I seem to remember installing the 'Intel Application Accelerator' as well as Intel's chipset drivers.

Looking up Intel Application Accelerator it says that it isn't compatible with the 900 series of chipsets (the P5GD1 board has the 915P chipset).

So what am I looking at installing from this list of downloads for the P5GD1 Pro board and this list for chipset 915? (I'm using WinXP Home on this machine and will be using the on-board sound.)

And in which order?

Thanks for your help!

 

[airfoil]

Just pop in the CD that comes with the motherboard and install the drivers in the order they appear from the auto-run program.

Once you're familiar with the programs/drivers that need to be installed, go to the ASUS website to download the latest versions as and when they're available.

 

[Ronin13]

But wouldn't I be better off installing the newest versions from the beginning? At least this is how I've always done it before.

Of course, I could use the disk that comes with the mobo as a checklist...

My reason for asking, is that there seems to be a lot more files to consider than I'm used to.

Like the Realtek ALC861 Audio Driver in 3 parts on the ASUS site, at a combined 36.3Mb?

 

[Ronin13]

Have nobody here build an Intel rig recently and been through this installation process?

If not, could anybody guide me to a place that could help me out?

Thanks for your help!

 

[Conky]

Originally posted by: Ronin13
Have nobody here build an Intel rig recently and been through this installation process?

If not, could anybody guide me to a place that could help me out?

Thanks for your help!

It's not real critical in either case. Install the drivers that came with the mobo or get the latest. You can install your O/S regardless and update or change the mobo drivers whenever and it won't make a bit of difference.

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