which drivers do i install?? New at this..please help

[piski]

I have an inteld850GB mobo. I am wanting to install new drivers. when i go to the website there are like 4 different drivers for XP. DO i install them all or what?
thanks

 

[bozo1]

Yes, you install all of them - the INF file, Intel Application Accelerator, audio driver and lan driver.

Reboot after installing each one and do the INF file first. The order doesn't matter for the other ones.

Good luck!

 

[piski]

is the inf file called infinst_enu?

 

[bozo1]

Yes

 

[piski]

i just installed the drivers for my chipset. I installed the inf then restarted. Then i installed the application accelorator. Then I tried to install the lan one and that didnt work. Then I installed the windows updates and now when i restart the computer crashes
what is going on I am really scared now

 

[piski]

okay now i had windows start with the last known working config. everything is working fine. I then installed the application accelerator and the computer is crashing again..whats that mean?

 

[Jyoung24]

Ive had many problem with the aplication accelerator , Don't install it. It isn't required to run your hard drives. Window's provides the basic drivers you will need. Install the other INF's but forget the Accelerator.

 

[piski]

you said the other inf's. I only see one. there was the infins_enu (i think thats what it was called). Then there is one intel32 (what is that?) another called WinXP (no clue what that does either) and then there was a driver for the lan. What do these all do?

 

[Jyoung24]

This is my two cents and not everyone would agree but the fact is if your running Windows XP it has a large database of drivers allready. You really needent install any INF's for things to run properly. All your hardware should run fine with the drivers XP provides and if they don't then go the website of the hardware manufacturer and get the latest drivers for it otherwise don't worry about installing every INF under the sun. You should be okay.