Alright, just a simple question.
Alright, just a simple question.
I need to clarify this because I’m not sure. I’ll consider your questions carefully. After you set up your system and everything functions, how will you get drivers for the SSD and optical drive? Should I install the SSD first to simplify OS installation? And regarding drivers—do you want advice on choosing or installing them properly at the start? Feel free to ask any details you need!
You don’t require drivers for the disk drive and aren’t sure if Fulgrim’s advice on LAN ports is correct since I did need drivers for that port. I usually start with the disk drivers and then upgrade later—it’s faster to get things running right away.
I've never used a motherboard where the LAN port doesn't connect properly with an Ethernet cable without any drivers.
It should have been yours since you tried to install the newest drivers immediately, but something went wrong.
If you don't have network, then you need to install your LAN drivers. You can find them on the motherboard disk, or your motherboard manufacture website, if you have a second computer to download them. HDD/SSD's don't require drivers. However, your SATA controller does. You can find them on your motherboard website or disk. You know you'll need them when you install Windows, and in the setup screen, it can't detect your HDD/SSD, or the setup fails at some point. Under the mentioned cases, the solution is to insert your motherboard disk at the stage where Windows setup asks you which drive to install Windows, and you click on "Load drivers", and you browse to your SATA drivers location. Windows will detect it, and install it, and you can resume the setup and everything will/should be perfect. Your CPU also doesn't need drivers. Not to be confused with your GPU. The graphics card (GPU), if you have an Nvidia or AMD one, is the only one that you will frequently update. This is because graphics card drivers get optimize for new games, an can have performance benefits throughout, and bug fixes. If you plan to play games, this is important to maximize performance, and have the best experience. Beside that, other components are far simpler in design, and are essentially known how it works, and everything is standard. So there isn't any concern. You won't get greater performance or optimization from old drivers versus newer ones. In fact, you'll quickly see how they really be new drivers for the other components in your system. Maybe for a new version of Windows, but beside that not really needed.