Updating 4 in 1 Drivers Question Please.....

Sgt Soso · Jul 11, 2005, 02:39 AM

HI

Tried updating my drivers for an Asus A8V Deluxe. Rebooted and tried firing up a game and got a black screen.

Thank God for System Restore, or the developers who created it anyway.

When updating 4 in 1 driver sets, is there uninstalling involved of old version? Or just overwrite?

Thanks

Rayder · Jul 11, 2005, 02:57 AM

As far as I've ever been able to determine, just overwrite. Even older ones seem to work that way.....in other words, if you stick in a new set of 4in1's and they don't work out for you, just install the older set and you're good.

Case in point.....

With the 5.00 4in1's The Bard's Tale would have sound issues during movies. I installed the 4.53 4in1's and now all is well.

mkk · Jul 11, 2005, 03:52 AM

I'd just like to add that most VIA based systems running WinXP+SP2 seem to do fine without updating the chipset drivers, and that in fact not much is really changed when performing the update on top of SP2. Try just installing/updating the other devices as needed, like SATA or LAN.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jul 11, 2005, 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sgt Soso

HI

Tried updating my drivers for an Asus A8V Deluxe. Rebooted and tried firing up a game and got a black screen.

Thank God for System Restore, or the developers who created it anyway.

When updating 4 in 1 driver sets, is there uninstalling involved of old version? Or just overwrite?

Thanks

useally you just over write

Quote:

Originally Posted by mkk

I'd just like to add that most VIA based systems running WinXP+SP2 seem to do fine without updating the chipset drivers, and that in fact not much is really changed when performing the update on top of SP2. Try just installing/updating the other devices as needed, like SATA or LAN.

Still needs to be done for best operation / performance / stabilty

Sgt Soso · Jul 11, 2005, 03:01 PM

Thanks much to all.

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Jul 11, 2005, 03:01 PM	Thread Starter #5
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Jul 11, 2005, 02:57 AM	#2
Rayder Mostly lurking lately.... Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 2,161 Rep Power: 73	As far as I've ever been able to determine, just overwrite. Even older ones seem to work that way.....in other words, if you stick in a new set of 4in1's and they don't work out for you, just install the older set and you're good. Case in point..... With the 5.00 4in1's The Bard's Tale would have sound issues during movies. I installed the 4.53 4in1's and now all is well.

Jul 11, 2005, 03:52 AM	#3
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,495 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	I'd just like to add that most VIA based systems running WinXP+SP2 seem to do fine without updating the chipset drivers, and that in fact not much is really changed when performing the update on top of SP2. Try just installing/updating the other devices as needed, like SATA or LAN.