Install all drivers correctly. Types of driver settings

When purchasing a new computer or after reinstalling the operating system, the computer refuses to work normally. Most often, the reason for this is the lack of drivers. What exactly is a driver and why is it so important?

You should know that your computer is not one complete device, but a whole set of components. In order for the system to clearly understand what kind of device is in front of it and how to work with it, a special software. This is the driver.

It turns out that without drivers the computer will not be able to work. Therefore, it is imperative to install them. Some drivers should be installed automatically, but some drivers, especially current ones, must be installed separately.

Before we move on to installing important software, let's figure out how to find out about the need to install drivers. How to understand which ones are not currently installed. For this we need:

What are the drivers?

There is no clear boundary for dividing drivers, but they can still be divided into several groups:

• The first group is the system component driver. Simply put, the most important. For example, a driver for the normal operation of the processor or other important elements. It is better not to experiment with such drivers or touch them;
• the second is drivers for cards. First of all – drivers for video cards, sound cards and some others. They cannot be classified in the first category, because in some system units there is no video card, no sound card, or any other. As a rule, these are simple, office computers;
• third - drivers external devices- Drivers for any gadgets that are additionally connected to the computer and do not affect its operation in any way, but only expand its capabilities. For example, a printer driver.

The process of installing drivers from disk

Of course, for such an important system element as a driver, there are several installation options.

The simplest and most basic way is using a driver disk. After purchasing a computer, you should have several disks left - from motherboard and from the video card (if you have one), at a minimum.

But it is not uncommon for disks with important software to be lost or damaged. And some computers don't even have a disk drive. What to do in such a situation?

The process of installing drivers from the Internet

In a similar way, you can install drivers via the Internet. The difference will be that the installer will not be launched from the disk, but taken from the Internet. To do this:

1. We write the brand and model of your motherboard in a search engine and go to the official website.

   

2. We look for the drivers tab there and go into it.

   

3. Download the software for your operating system and open the file.

   

4. Next, the program will identify missing drivers and offer to update them.

   

5. Left click on the downloaded archive.

   

6. In the open window, find and launch by double-clicking the mouse installation file. It may be called "setup.exe" or "install.exe".

   

7. The installer should then appear. Read the information and click on the “Next” button. The installation process is simple, read the instructions and follow the recommended steps. Once the installation is complete, restart your PC.

   

   

Note! A similar method can be used not only with motherboard, but also with absolutely any other device. On the Internet, as a rule, you can find drivers for any components and external devices.

Comprehensive driver installation

Step 1. Open the Start menu, write “Device Manager”. Click on the result shown.

Step 2. Right-click on the device name and click on “Update Drivers”.

Step 3. A window with two options will open in front of you.

Note! In some cases, the system cannot find the driver, then you need to use a manual search. To start this option, you need to first download required driver on the Internet.

1. Go to the website of the hardware developer, in our case the video card.

   

2. Click on the Drivers and Support tab.

   

3. There are three ways to find the required driver: automatic search; search form; Latest drivers available for download. We used the last option.

   

4. Find the appropriate driver that matches your system and download it.

   

5. Click on the downloaded file and wait for installation.

   

   

6. Return to Device Manager and select the second search option.

   

   

7. Click the Browse button and locate the driver.

   

8. Click Next.

   

9. After installation, restart your PC.

Finding and installing drivers using DriverPack Solution

You can install the necessary software quickly and conveniently using a powerful program - DriverPack Solution.

This is completely free application, which will automatically find missing or outdated drivers and install new ones. This is the program that many computer technicians use to configure devices. Over the years of its presence on the market, it has managed to prove itself to be excellent.

This is because installing drivers is very simple, because your participation in this procedure is not required. All you need is:

1. Download the DriverPack installer from the official website https://drp.su/ru.

   

2. Install it and open it on your computer.

   

   

   

3. Select automatic installation and wait until the program itself installs all the software necessary for normal operation.

   

4. After this procedure, your computer should start working fully.

Installing drivers manually using DriverPack Solution

To configure installation settings manually, do the following:

1. On home page program, click on the “Expert Mode” section.

   

2. You need the “Drivers” section, but before you go to it, you need to uncheck the software in other sections, which DriverPack offers additionally. Open the “Software” section, uncheck unnecessary programs.

   

3. Open the “Protection and Cleaning” section and uncheck the suggested software.

   

4. Return to the “Drivers” section, make active the sliders in the “Show alternative and installed drivers" and "Show additional information."

   

5. Check and install or uncheck the suggested drivers, if you are sure that everything is correct, click “Install all”.

   

Important! DriverPack Solution allows you to download a special image with drivers onto a removable drive and install drivers even on those computers that do not have access to the Internet or do not have a driver for the network card.

Video - How to install all drivers on your computer

Installation using Update Center

Is it worth updating drivers?

What if your computer is working fine, but you suddenly wonder if you should update your drivers.

If you are completely satisfied with the operation of your computer, it boots normally, does not freeze, and does not have any problems with connected devices, then there is simply no need to update drivers. There is no need to try to fix something that is already working properly, especially if you are not good at it. Along with useful software, there is a risk of downloading unnecessary software or even malicious software.

If you have complaints about the operation of the device, then perhaps updating the drivers to the latest ones will help solve the problem. But still, please note that updating drivers most often does not solve serious operational problems. To improve performance, it would be much more logical to improve the system by purchasing SSD drive or other new components. If this is not possible, then try simply cleaning the system of debris.

Rollback and removal

It would seem that updating drivers always brings only benefits and improvements in the operation of the system and equipment. But, unfortunately, this is not always the case. In some cases, it is after updating the driver that a device stops working stably, degrades system performance, or even fails. If you find yourself in such a situation and think what exactly new driver caused problems, it is recommended to roll it back or remove it altogether. To do this you need:

After the rollback, the driver will return to its previous state. Most likely, after this, the system will function normally. Just like before.

If you delete the driver, you will have to reinstall it, but it will be a driver that will ensure full operation of the corresponding device.

So, we have learned how to identify devices for which the driver is not installed and install software for them. In addition, we learned when it is better not to update drivers and how to roll back to a previous driver version. Now you can safely configure your computer and additional equipment for it.

Video - How to find and install drivers on a PC or laptop manually

Hello dear reader of my blog! Stable operation of the operating room Windows systems depends on how correctly your device driver is installed.

In this article, I will tell you how to install a device driver in the Windows operating system in several ways.

A driver is a program with which the Windows operating system gains access to a specific computer device (video card, network card, printer, etc.).

Conclusion

Well, now you know how to install a device driver in several ways, including a driver update program. The stable operation of your operating system and your overall mood depend on the correct installation of the driver. You can ask all questions about how to install the driver below in the comments.

Finally, you can watch a video on how to install drivers using DriverPack Solution

Well, in the next article I will tell you about the free program.

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It's called a driver special program, necessary for every device to interact with a computer. Such devices include the chipset (control circuit) of the motherboard, sound card, network card, video card, disk controllers, etc.

Windows contains many drivers for various devices required for initial installation and starting the operating system. But usually they are simplified and outdated, and some modern devices are not detected and do not work at all. Therefore, after installation Windows first The first thing you need to do is install all the necessary drivers.

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2. Installing drivers from disk

The easiest way to install drivers is from the motherboard disk that came with the computer when you purchased it. Place the disc in the drive and wait until the installation menu appears. In Windows 7 and higher, startup confirmation may still be required installation program from disk.

If the menu does not appear, then right-click on the disk in Explorer and select “Install or run a program from media”, “Open Autorun...” or something similar.

You can also open the disk in Explorer and independently run the file “Autorun.exe”, “Setup.exe”, “AsusSetup.exe” or similar.

But the previous method is better, since the system itself will launch the correct file.

The installation menu may look different. We are interested in drivers for the chipset, sound card and network card.

The first step is to install the drivers for the chipset and restart the computer. Then you can install the remaining drivers. If you are not in a big hurry, I recommend restarting your computer after installing each driver. If you are in a hurry, then reboot after installing the driver on the chipset, and then install everything without rebooting, in most cases everything will be fine.

There may be many more different programs and utilities on the disk, but usually they are not particularly necessary and they only slow down the computer. Therefore, I recommend installing only what you really need and know how to use it. It’s better to first look for information on the Internet about why this or that program is needed. Some of them are designed for overclocking and can harm your computer if used incorrectly.

3. Download drivers from the motherboard website

If you don't have installation disk or the computer was purchased a long time ago and the drivers on the disk could be outdated, then the best option Drivers will be downloaded from the motherboard manufacturer's website.

If your computer is connected to the Internet by cable or via Wi-Fi, then you should already have a driver for the network card or Wi-Fi adapter. Download this driver in advance, because if Windows does not have a driver for the network card, you will not be able to access the Internet.

If you connect via a USB modem, then drivers are usually installed automatically when you connect the modem to the PC or from the included disk.

Please also note that drivers can be large (up to 1 GB), so you might want to download them all in advance, especially if you have a slow Internet connection.

So, we installed Windows and immediately go to the motherboard manufacturer’s website for drivers. On the site you need to find the “Service”, “Support” or something similar section. But so that you don’t have to search for a long time, I have compiled a list of addresses that will immediately take you to the desired section. You can download this list in the “” section.

After going to the site, enter the exact model of your motherboard in the search field.

The model is indicated on the box and on the motherboard itself. You can also find out the manufacturer and model of the motherboard using the “CPU-Z” program, which you can also download in the “” section.

After the model is found on the manufacturer’s website, you need to go to the “Downloads” or “Drivers” tab and select the version and Windows bit depth, which you install.

You will see a list containing many different files.

Everything related to your motherboard will be here. This includes BIOS and user manuals and various utilities. But we are primarily interested in drivers for the chipset, sound and network card.

There may be several driver versions, check the date and download the latest version for each device, usually they are on the top lines. In this case, all drivers have only one version. Moreover, there is no separate driver for the network card, which means that it is included in the driver package for the chipset. There is a separate driver for the sound card and a controller driver AHCI drives. The AHCI driver only needs to be installed if Windows installation, the appropriate one was selected in the BIOS.

AHCI drivers have a positive effect on the stability and speed of the disk, but if your computer is still not fast enough, install it and your system will become much faster and more responsive!

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Then you simply download the files and if they are in a ZIP archive, then unpack and run the executable file. If the driver was already in the form of an executable EXE file, then you can run it immediately. Drivers are installed in the usual sequence. First the chipset driver and reboot the computer, then everything else.

4. If there are no drivers for the required version of Windows

If the motherboard is old and it so happens that you have the right drivers Windows version no, there are several ways:

• search for drivers on the chipset developer's website
• installing drivers using Windows Update
• installing drivers from a previous version of Windows
• installing drivers using special utilities
• searching and installing drivers manually

5. Search for drivers on the chipset developer’s website

You can try to find a driver for the chipset on the websites of their developers Intel, AMD, nVidia. You can find out what chipset you have on the motherboard manufacturer’s website or using the “CPU-Z” program, which we have already discussed.

On the chipset developer's website, the driver is searched in the same way as on the motherboard website. Links to the necessary sections of chipset developer websites are in the “” section.

5.1. Finding drivers for the Intel chipset

Select everything in the search form as indicated below and click “Search”.

In the search results window, select Drivers and the version of Windows you are installing.

Download and install the latest version of "Intel Chipset Driver Update".

Select your chipset series and click “DISPLAY RESULTS”.

In the search results window, make sure that these are drivers for your chipset and click “DOWNLOAD”.

5.3. Finding drivers for the nForce chipset

The nVidia company produced chipsets under the nForce brand and there are still quite a lot of computers with such chipsets. If this is your case, then go to the nVidia website, fill out the form and click “SEARCH”.

Let me remind you that you can determine which chipset you have using the “CPU-Z” program (see point 5). If for some reason you find it difficult to do this, then automatic detection your chipset, use the “MOTHERBOARD DRIVERS” button in the form shown in the screenshot above.

Make sure you have the correct drivers, download and install them.

6. Installing the video card driver

After installing the drivers for the chipset, I advise you to first download and install the driver on the video card. Thanks to this, a screen resolution that is convenient for further adjustment will be established and the system will start working faster. Links to sites where you can download drivers for video cards are in the “” section.

If you have a GeForce video card, then go to the driver download section on the nVidia website, indicate the model of your video card, the version of Windows and click the “SEARCH” button.

Once the driver is found, click the "DOWNLOAD NOW" button.

Wait until the file is downloaded and run it. The installation is quite simple, you only need to click the “Next” button a few times.

If you have Radeon video card, then go to the driver download section on the AMD website, select the series to which your video card belongs, and download the driver for the desired version of Windows.

If you have an older video card and it is not in the list, then use the search on the AMD website. After downloading the file, run it. The installation is quite simple, you only need to click the “Next” button a few times.

7. Installing drivers using Windows Update

It happens that the motherboard manufacturer’s website does not have drivers for the sound and network card for the required version of Windows. But don’t rush, if the sound and Internet work fine, it means Windows has installed its own drivers for them, and in this case it’s better not to touch anything.

If something still doesn’t work, you can try installing the missing drivers using the center Windows updates. To do this, click on the START button and go to the “Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Devices and Printers” section. Right-click on the icon with the name of your computer or laptop and select “Device installation options.”

Set the radio button to “Install drivers from Windows Update if they are not found on your computer” and click the “Save” button.

After this, the operating system will begin searching for missing drivers on the Internet and, if found, will automatically install them.

8. Installing drivers from a previous version of Windows

If you are unable to find drivers for the required operating system, then you can try installing a driver from Windows 7 for the Windows 8 operating system, and for Windows 7 you can install a driver from Windows Vista. In most cases they are compatible, it is only important to maintain the bit depth (x64 to x64, x32 to x32). These drivers need to be downloaded from the motherboard manufacturer’s website, which we have already discussed.

9. Installing drivers using the DPS utility

If you were unable to find and install drivers for some device or your computer is too old, then you can try to do this using a special utility “ Driver Pack Solution Online" (DPS). You can download it in the "" section.

This utility determines what devices you have, the version of the operating system, downloads the necessary drivers via the Internet and installs them. Launch the utility and click “Install manually.”

I think this option is better, since it will allow you to abandon drivers that have already been downloaded from manufacturers’ websites and installed on the system. You can also disable the installation of unnecessary additional programs.

Check the boxes only for those drivers that you were unable to install using other methods. For example, I selected the driver for sound card.

Go to the "Software" section and you can select additional programs that you want to install. This is, in principle, convenient if you have just reinstalled the system and do not yet have the most necessary programs. I have ticked the programs that I consider useful and recommend for installation.

After that, click the “Install All” button and the utility will install all the drivers and programs you selected.

10. Installing drivers using the DPS driver pack

A driver pack is a collection of drivers for a large number of devices. If you often encounter installing drivers on different computers or have a slow Internet connection, you can download full version"Driver Pack Solution" on a computer with fast internet, and then use it to install drivers on any computer.

The disadvantage of this solution is the large size of the driver pack (about 10 GB). Thus, to use it on various PCs you will need an external hard drive or a flash drive with a capacity of 16 GB or more.
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11. How to check if all drivers are installed

In order to check whether all the necessary drivers are installed, you need to go to the “Device Manager”. This can be done in several ways.

1. Right-click the Computer icon on your desktop or START menu and select Manage.

Then go to the "Device Manager" section.

2. Click the START button and go to Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Device Manager.

The first method is simpler and faster.

If there are icons with an exclamation mark in the Other Devices section, it means that the driver for this device is not installed.

If icons with an exclamation point are in other sections, this means that the driver is installed, but it probably did not fit and the device does not work.

In such cases, you will need to find and install the driver for these devices manually, which we will discuss next.

Go to Device Manager, right-click on the problematic device and select Properties.

Go to the “Details” tab, select “Equipment ID” in the “Property” field, find in any line the device identifier in the format “VEN_xxxx&DEV_xxxx” or “VID_xxxx&PID_xxxx” (instead of “xxxx” there will be 4 characters).

Write down this data or right-click on any line and click “Copy”. Go to the “DevID.info” website and enter the device identifier in the search bar and click “Search”.

Select your version of Windows and click on the name of the found device driver or the floppy disk icon.

Two driver formats are often offered - a repackaged “devid.info” file and an “Original file”.

If you have fast internet and you are not in a hurry, it is better to download the “Original file”, since there are fewer problems with its installation. If the Internet is slow or time is running out, then try downloading the repackaged “devid.info” file.

If you downloaded the driver in a ZIP archive, extract all files from it before installation. If the driver is downloaded as an executable EXE file, you can immediately run it for installation. The installation is quite simple, you just need to run the executable file (such as “Setup.exe”) and click the “Next” or similar button several times.

If the driver does not have executable file, you will have to install it manually. To do this, in Device Manager, right-click on the device for which you downloaded the driver and select “Update drivers...”.

Then “Search for driver software on this computer.”

Click the "Browse" button, specify the folder where you unpacked the downloaded driver file and click "Next".

If a suitable driver is found in the specified folder, it will be installed and the device should disappear from the list of unidentified devices in the device manager.

13. Rollback or uninstall the driver

Sometimes it may happen that the driver you installed does not work or works worse. For example, background noise or clicking noises appeared after installing the driver on the sound card. In this case, you can roll back the driver to a previous version or remove the current driver from the system.

In order to roll back a driver to a previous version, go to Device Manager, right-click on the desired device and select Properties.

In the window that appears, go to the “Driver” tab and click the “Roll Back” button.

If the “Roll Back” button is not active or rolling back the driver did not help, then you can try to remove the malfunctioning driver. To do this, in the same window you need to click the “Delete” button and confirm the removal of the driver.

After this, restart your computer and the system will again try to find and install the most suitable driver for the device. If the device does not work, try finding and installing another driver using one of the methods we discussed.

14. Do I need to update drivers?

Manufacturers periodically release updated versions of drivers that fix bugs and improve compatibility with other devices and software.

Some enthusiasts like to constantly update drivers to latest versions. But, if you are not a sufficiently experienced user and your computer is working fine, then I do not advise you to do this. Since some problems may appear with updating drivers, and you may not have enough experience to fix them yourself.

The only driver that is recommended to be kept up to date is the driver for the video card, as it adds support for new games and improves performance in old ones. However, also don't rush to update it if all your games are working well. Because games are always tested on older drivers during development, and their new versions can cause performance degradation. Update the driver for your video card if you have problems with some games.

15. Other drivers and installation methods

Drivers for other devices can be found on their manufacturers' websites. If you know others good ways or programs for installing drivers, share them in the comments!

16. Links

Below you can download all the files that were mentioned in the article.

After installing all the drivers, I recommend doing it again external drive. This will help you quickly restore the system with all drivers in case of a failure.

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The stability of the computer and its performance directly depend on the correct installation of the operating system and the necessary drivers.

And if, as a rule, there are no problems with the installation of modern operating systems, installing device drivers can be associated with certain difficulties, especially if not all the necessary disks are included with your computer, which is very often the case when purchasing laptops.

In addition, if you do not purchase the latest PC model, it may include discs with outdated drivers containing errors and without proper optimization, which, for example, very often happens with video cards.

Ideally, to install all the necessary drivers on computers, especially laptops, there are two options:

• A disk with a hardware installation wizard, which has a built-in convenient program analyze devices and install drivers in the correct sequence. In this case, the user requires a minimum of actions; you only need to install such a disk and run the Hardware Installation and Configuration Wizard.
  Then the program will do everything itself: it will copy all the necessary files in a certain sequence and reboot your computer several times when necessary.
• The second option requires an Internet connection and works mainly on laptops. After installing the system, you need to download or install from disk a proprietary program for analyzing the state of the system and installed equipment, which will find all devices, download drivers from the manufacturer’s official website and offer to install them on the computer.

Both of these options are standard and usually their use leads to correct installation and setting up drivers. However, if the manufacturer has not bothered to equip its equipment with such media, or you are using fairly old components, the disk of which does not contain a driver for new version operating system, you will have to look for other options.

For example, you need to go to the “device manager”, how to do this is discussed in detail in the recommendation, and on the driver properties screen, click the “update” button, and then select the option to search for a driver on the Internet.

If the search is unsuccessful, you will have to search for drivers manually, for example, on our website, then download them to your computer, unpack them into separate folder and after clicking on the “update” button in the driver properties window, then select search on this computer and explicitly specify the folder where the drivers were unpacked.

However, some of the drivers on our website are presented in the form of an installation file that you just need to run.

Please note that before installing the driver manually, you need to choose the right driver and know how to remove it after incorrect installation. In some cases, installing the “wrong” driver can either cause the device to not work or make the system impossible to operate. Therefore, before manual installation drivers, it is worth creating a system restore point and saving important data.

However, if you use automatic installers and download drivers from a trusted site, such unpleasant cases are quite rare.

When installing drivers for just installed system Windows also matters how you install it. In the case of the driver installation wizard, it is followed, but in manual installation mode it is better to follow the sequence of actions that we give below.

It is worth noting that after installing the driver for each device, it is better to reboot the system, even in cases where this is not explicitly indicated by the installer.

1. Installing motherboard chipset drivers. Even if all devices are detected operating system, it is better to install this kit, and this must be done immediately after installing the system.
2. Installing video card drivers. An important stage, the correct execution of which will determine the reliability and efficiency of the graphics subsystem. Particular attention should be paid to installing video card drivers on laptops with a discrete card, since it usually requires installing two drivers, for example, on the built-in Intel video card and to discrete Nvidia. If you don't do this, you won't get the capabilities your laptop is designed for.
3. Installing sound card drivers. As a rule, Windows can install its own drivers on most sound cards, but to get all the capabilities of your sound card, you need to install its “native” drivers.
4. Installing the network card driver. On modern boards with built-in network card This item is performed at the stage of installing chipset drivers, but if you are using a discrete card, it is better to install drivers from the manufacturer.
5. If we are talking about installing drivers on a laptop, after completing the above, you must also deliver drivers for the touchpad, Wi-Fi, webcam, as well as other devices, for example, the built-in modem and the BlueTooth module.
6. Installing drivers for expansion cards. This could be, for example, a TV tuner, a video capture card, or other devices connected directly to the system board.
7. Installing all drivers peripheral devices connected to a computer, which may include printers, scanners, external modems and other equipment.

You will be able to install most of all the Windows drivers you need. find and download on our website, which will always come to your aid if you have problems finding and installing drivers for your computer. He will also be able to help you with a number of other technical issues related to setting up your PC and optimizing its operation.