A Question About Drivers

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Alex

Member
My PC arrived today. :D
It's sitting beside me at the moment; I'll be setting it up on Friday afternoon.

Specs:

Case
InWIN DRAGON SLAYER BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X4 965 (3.40GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION
Motherboard
ASUS® M4A78LT-M: mATX MAINBOARD, DDR3, USB 2.0, SATA 3.0Gb/s
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
768MB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX460 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1.5TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD15EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W TX SERIES (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET PSU (£76)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB Options
4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 13 working days

But anyway, here's my question- are the drivers and OS pre-installed or will I need to install the content from each disk myself?

Thanks. :)
 
Matt00011

Matt00011

Silver Level Poster
Alex said:
My PC arrived today. :D
It's sitting beside me at the moment; I'll be setting it up on Friday afternoon.

Specs:

Case
InWIN DRAGON SLAYER BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X4 965 (3.40GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION
Motherboard
ASUS® M4A78LT-M: mATX MAINBOARD, DDR3, USB 2.0, SATA 3.0Gb/s
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
768MB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX460 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1.5TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD15EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W TX SERIES (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET PSU (£76)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB Options
4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 13 working days

But anyway, here's my question- are the drivers and OS pre-installed or will I need to install the content from each disk myself?

Thanks. :)
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The system comes with the OS pre installed, all that is required is for you to fill in your Windows 7 registration etc, the drivers should also be installed.

If your pre installed installation fails, you must re-install with the Windows 7 disk provided and re-install all drivers off your motherboard CD, however I'd recommend for your GPU that you download the latest version off the manufacturers website.

The welcome booklet will have all the information you need.
 
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Al.Neri

Super Star
I was thinking about this myself today. I'm looking at getting my new internet security software soon, and I was contemplating starting again on a clean sheet by doing a clean install. my old software, which was just a trial period, has become annoying with pop ups and other isues, so it would be beneficial I think just to reinstall and start afresh to make sure some aspects of it are not legt behind when uninstalled. I wouldn't be losing much becuase there isn't much I have done on my computer other than install a few games.

would it not be best to download all the latest drivers beforehand and put them onto a cd, or flash drive?
 
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Freeley

Well-known member
Yes it would make sense, i've got an external hd which i'm prepping now with essential software, backups and bits 'n' pieces ready for when my new pc comes
 
Matt00011

Matt00011

Silver Level Poster
Freeley said:
Yes it would make sense, i've got an external hd which i'm prepping now with essential software, backups and bits 'n' pieces ready for when my new pc comes
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Yep that's exactly what I do, I setup a drivers folder on my external and I also have my essential setup programs stored on there aswell incase my Windows 7 goes "pete tong" and I need to re-install.

I also write regular backups to data DVDs aswell, it's always best to have more than one backup.
 
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Al.Neri

Super Star
Matt00011 said:
Yep that's exactly what I do, I setup a drivers folder on my external and I also have my essential setup programs stored on there aswell incase my Windows 7 goes "pete tong" and I need to re-install.

I also write regular backups to data DVDs aswell, it's always best to have more than one backup.
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so what drivers would be the important ones to get the latest versions of first assuming I was going to reinstall my OS?

this is my config

I know stuff like keyboard and mouse etc can be done when everything is up and running, but which drivers should I be looking at getting to install imediately after installing the OS?
 
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PokerFace

Banned
Matt00011 said:
The system comes with the OS pre installed, all that is required is for you to fill in your Windows 7 registration etc, the drivers should also be installed.

If your pre installed installation fails, you must re-install with the Windows 7 disk provided and re-install all drivers off your motherboard CD, however I'd recommend for your GPU that you download the latest version off the manufacturers website.The welcome booklet will have all the information you need.
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How do you know if/when you need to update drivers (GPU or otherwise). I've just had my new PC delivered with HD6870 GPU. Should I be looking for latest drivers?
Also, my Dell 2408WFP monitor is a couple of years old. It seems fine, but again, should I be looking for latest drivers, and what benefits would it give?

As you may have guessed, I'm clueless about drivers :eek: (Is there a "Drivers for Dummies" book coming out soon? ;))
 
Matt00011

Matt00011

Silver Level Poster
Al.Neri said:
so what drivers would be the important ones to get the latest versions of first assuming I was going to reinstall my OS?

this is my config

I know stuff like keyboard and mouse etc can be done when everything is up and running, but which drivers should I be looking at getting to install imediately after installing the OS?
Click to expand...

The two drivers I have on my external harddrive is the GPU and my wireless adapter driver which I install straight after an install which get's my internet back up and running, without it Windows 7 simply can't detect it correctly. :)
 
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