Intel infinst_autol.exe does a very poor job updating drivers

BunnyKillBot · 28 Jan 2012 at 13:24

Something i have noticed lately is that the infinst_autol.exe chipset software update utility, does a VERY poor job of actually updating your intel hardware driver sets. If you download the zip, and manually right click update in device manager selecting the unzipped contents, a significant proportion more of the devices will update.

Most commonly susceptible:

IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers tree:
Intel SATA storage controller,

System Devices tree:
Intel PCI-E root ports
Intel LPC Interface Controller

USB controllers tree:
Intel USB EH Controller

BunnyKillBot · 28 Jan 2012 at 18:24

Really, does nobody care?

stulid · 28 Jan 2012 at 18:26

BunnyKillBot said:
Really, does nobody care?

I'm not even sure if theres a question in the OP, also this thread could be better placed.

BunnyKillBot · 28 Jan 2012 at 19:15

stulid said:
I'm not even sure if theres a question in the OP, also this thread could be better placed.

You need a question to be able to respond to a thread? Its just something Interesting for any system builders out there who just run the exe. Also, since its DRIVERS there is a hardware software crossover, so what ever.

marc2003 · 28 Jan 2012 at 19:32

if it doesn't update something automatically, it means the files built in to windows are newer.

edit: when running the installer on my p35 chipset in windows 7, the only thing it "appears" to update is the sata controller. but if i check the driver details, it's still only using files built into windows.

yashiro · 28 Jan 2012 at 19:55

Which is what his post is about. He is saying if you want to update them you must do it manually since the auto installer is bugged.

BunnyKillBot · 28 Jan 2012 at 20:04

yashiro said:
Which is what his post is about. He is saying if you want to update them you must do it manually since the auto installer is bugged.

Aye. I dont know if it is bugged, i don't know if updating the chipset drivers actually achieves anything. I just know the exe vs manual install, the exe misses tonnes of updates.

marc2003 · 28 Jan 2012 at 20:16

yashiro said:
Which is what his post is about.

no. you obviously didn't understand my post at all. :/

Broken Hope · 29 Jan 2012 at 00:13

Intel Chipset drivers don't actually do anything if all your devices are already identified, there's no actual driver files, the most you'll get on a system with everything identified is a few things renamed, the actual driver files in use will be the baseline built in Windows drivers as Marc2003 has demonstrated.

The only time the Intel Chipset Inf installer is useful is if you have unidentified hardware in device manager that belongs to the chipset.

Bane · 29 Jan 2012 at 13:31

I was getting excited as I've gone through about versions of the exe file updater and been disappointed.

Broken Hope said:
Intel Chipset drivers don't actually do anything if all your devices are already identified, there's no actual driver files, the most you'll get on a system with everything identified is a few things renamed, the actual driver files in use will be the baseline built in Windows drivers as Marc2003 has demonstrated.

The only time the Intel Chipset Inf installer is useful is if you have unidentified hardware in device manager that belongs to the chipset.

And then that answers why its not really done much.