Motherboard Drivers, Up-To-Date Or Not?

[Mike Soda]

I got to thinking & started wondering if my MSI B350M Gaming Pro Motherboard's drivers are up-to-date or not. I've had audio & some network issues off & on but just assumed they were to related to Windows 10 & my ISP. I'm not even sure how to check if my: Ethernet, Audio, Chipset or Raid (even though I'll never use raid) drivers are current. On the support page for my board there's only 1 set available for each, which implies there hasn't been an update to them. Although the release dates are well after the older, more stable BIOS I'm running so I'm very confused.

 

1: Are those drivers usually included in new BIOS's?

 

2: How do I check what my current Ethernet, Audio, Chipset & Raid driver versions are?

[themctipers]

motherboard drivers: only really needed when using windows 7 and even 8 to an extent

it's basically a regular driver you'll download for your specific chipset of something

like, the motherboard driver for bluetooth would be the same as the driver for the bluetooth chip itself usually.

if windows default substitute works.. then it ain't broke and so don't fix it.

[Mike Soda]

7 minutes ago, themctipers said:

motherboard drivers: only really needed when using windows 7 and even 8 to an extent

it's basically a regular driver you'll download for your specific chipset of something

like, the motherboard driver for bluetooth would be the same as the driver for the bluetooth chip itself usually.

if windows default substitute works.. then it ain't broke and so don't fix it.

Oh okay I wasn't sure if Win 10 was handling it for me or not. In that case I just won't worry about it unless the issues I had re-arise to a more severe degree.

 

Thank you!