Determine What Motherboard Drivers You Need
Understanding how to install motherboard drivers is important for several reasons.
The motherboard in your machine is unique to the make and model of your machine.
go for the Start menu and typeSystem.
SelectSystem Summaryfrom the tree in the left pane.
Look for the three pieces of information in the right pane that start withBaseBoard.
This includes theManufacturer,Productcode, andVersionof your motherboard.
Note these for later.
you could select components likeSound DeviceorDisplayto see driver information for those devices.
The information in theValuefield contains the path and name of the driver file.
The Name and Manufacturer fields will provide you with which company manufactured the component.
Alternatively, you couldinstall and run third-party driver updater toolsto handle the process for you.
Every motherboard manufacturer website typically has an area dedicated to drivers.
On the search results page, you’ll see a list of drivers.
Find where the driver file was downloaded.
This is typically an EXE file; in which case you’re able to open it.
For this option, selectInstall.
If you are worried about other software getting installed or want to handle the install manually, selectExtract.
SelectingExtractis the same as extracting driver files if you’ve downloaded a ZIP file from your manufacturer’s website.
The rest of the steps will be the same.
Choose a location to save the extracted driver files and selectOK.
Go to the folder where you extracted the driver files.
You should see an EXE file there.
Right-click it and selectRun as Administrator.
This will launch the driver installation wizard.
Since the driver is already installed on your box, you’ll see several installation options.
Choosing eitherModifyorRepairwill update the driver on your system.
Once the motherboard driver update is done, you’ll see aFinishbutton to move to the last step.
You’ll see an option to reboot your box.
You select this as soon as possible, so the changes take effect.
SelectFinishto kickstart your box.
FAQ
you could download the drivers from a manufacturer’s website to a USB equipment.
Then, connect the USB drive to the computer and move the drivers to your PC.
fire up the driver files and follow the prompts to install them.
