Do you bother with motherboard software

jigger · Monday at 09:47

I bother. People should bother. Windows is dumb.

Darkpilgrim · Monday at 09:50

Bios - yes
Chipset software - yes
Spyware crap they try to make you install - NO

Vimes · Monday at 10:27

My drivers need that

Windows does not detect....

jigger · Monday at 10:39

Darkpilgrim said:
Bios - yes
Chipset software - yes
Spyware crap they try to make you install - NO

Windows…

Darkpilgrim · Monday at 10:49

jigger said:
Windows…

Yes this is running Windows.

jigger · Monday at 11:09

Darkpilgrim said:
Yes this is running Windows.

Windows into your lifestyle and internet habits. You’ve already paid for and installed the spyware long before you get to any motherboard packages.

Darkpilgrim · Monday at 11:14

jigger said:
Windows into your lifestyle and internet habits. You’ve already paid for and installed the spyware long before you get to any motherboard packages.

I run Windows 10 with as much of the spyware striped out as humanly possible, But I get what your saying.

jigger · Monday at 11:25

Darkpilgrim said:
I run Windows 10 with as much of the spyware striped out as humanly possible, But I get what your saying.

To really make a dent you have to tackle the host file and block about 6000 domains. Windows 11 is even worse.

I can’t wait to see what Microsoft come up with for Windows 12.

moogle · Monday at 20:04

Drivers yes, BIOS only if needed. Anything else most likely not. Mobo manufacturer software has been pants and poorly coded most of the time. Pretty sure there was a driver for some extra MB software that allowed exploiting Windows to get admin access.

InkZ · Monday at 21:17

Literally got annoyed with the Gigabyte software not offering me BIOS updates yesterday and uninstalled the thing. I had chipset drivers selected out of the million options to download and nothing else.

Blackjack Davy · Tuesday at 08:22

Bios yes, chipset drivers yes, audio/ethernet/other: sometimes. I've had windows update install duff drivers for ethernet and audio typically have its own config software for speakers etc which is typically better than windows default offerings. Any other random crap they try to install: nope.

Fluffybob · Tuesday at 08:28

I just make sure the bios is up to date and then get the chipset drivers downloaded, Windows usually does everything else quite well.

pastymuncher · Tuesday at 10:27

InkZ said:
Literally got annoyed with the Gigabyte software not offering me BIOS updates yesterday and uninstalled the thing. I had chipset drivers selected out of the million options to download and nothing else.

You should neveer update the bios using windows based software anyway.

bledd · Tuesday at 10:36

Upgrade BIOS before doing anything. Restore to factory defaults. Set RAM timings and boot order. Disable onboard components that I don't need (audio, SATA ports etc).

Install Windows
Install latest chipset driver
Install latest LAN drive from NIC manufacturer
Install GPU driver
Windows Update

InkZ · Tuesday at 12:27

pastymuncher said:
You should neveer update the bios using windows based software anyway.

tbh I was just using it to see whether a new one was available without going to the site directly, but it couldn't even do that.

TheVoice · Tuesday at 13:36

I tried out Asus' Armoury Crate while building my current PC a few months ago and promptly did a clean install of Windows to get rid of it. It had a few useful things but the sheer amount of bloat, services and background processes was absolutely absurd. Instead I use SignalRGB and FanControl.