Monitor and graphics card drivers

Halcyon · 16-10-2004, 18:07

Success !!!
I've booted up and Im in Windows.
I now have two CD's....one came with my graphics card and has the drivers for the Radeon 9800 Pro and then I got one with my monitor.
Do I need to install both ?

Thanks.

paulyoung666 · 16-10-2004, 18:09

the monitor should be plug and play , but the graphics driver , i would look for the latest one off the internet

MovedGoalPosts · 16-10-2004, 18:22

Before you rush ahead too much to sort drivers out, especially if using the new PC to connect to the internet, get your antivirus software loaded and updated. You could get a virus very quickly otherwise, especially if you dont have a good firewall.

Tricky · 16-10-2004, 18:23

The monitor disk may include "Color Profiles" (ICM or ICC extensions) (See color Management in the advanced settings) - I use them for my LCD (EIZO L985) and the clarity of the colors are great when using graphics packages.

Halcyon · 16-10-2004, 18:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by paulyoung666

the monitor should be plug and play , but the graphics driver , i would look for the latest one off the internet

OK, thanks. I'l leave the monitor for now and install the main ATI drivers.

Quote:

Originally Posted by MovedGoalPosts

Before you rush ahead too much to sort drivers out, especially if using the new PC to connect to the internet, get your antivirus software loaded and updated. .

Not connected to the net as yet. But after spending this much on my new PC, dont worry, Il be making sure I protect it with firewalls and anti virus galore.
Thankyou.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tricky

The monitor disk may include "Color Profiles" (ICM or ICC extensions) (See color Management in the advanced settings) - I use them for my LCD (EIZO L985) and the clarity of the colors are great when using graphics packages.

Coool. I'l have a look in the manual and read up on that.
Thanks.

16-10-2004, 18:39

Have you installed the motherboard drivers, Halcyon ?

- if not, you'll need to do that before the graphics card drivers.

- it's sounding good, so far, though

Halcyon · 16-10-2004, 18:47

Not installed any motherboard drivers as they are not needed it seems.
Put in my ASUS CD and it had drivers for RAID etc, but I dont need them.

16-10-2004, 18:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Halcyon

Not installed any motherboard drivers as they are not needed it seems.
Put in my ASUS CD and it had drivers for RAID etc, but I dont need them.

I'm fairly sure you will need the AGP/GART drivers for the graphics card to work properly

Halcyon · 16-10-2004, 19:04

Am I right that theres no point installing my Keyboard "Intellitype 2.2" and Mouse drivers if they run perfectly fine without ?

Ramrod · 16-10-2004, 19:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Halcyon

Am I right that theres no point installing my Keyboard "Intellitype 2.2" and Mouse drivers if they run perfectly fine without ?

Only if your mouse has extra buttons that are activated by the drivers--imo....

Halcyon · 16-10-2004, 19:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by homealone

I'm fairly sure you will need the AGP/GART drivers for the graphics card to work properly

right well according to the ASUS set up menu there are these options for drivers:

- Intel Chipset Inf update program. (Used for plug n play INF support)
Do I need this ?

- Intel Application Accelerated Driver (If using Win XP this driver allows RAID 0 configuration for the SERIAL ATA channels).
Need this one ?

- Promise Fast track controller (This installs the Promise fast track 378 driver for Serial ATA and raid features.) *** I think I did this already by doing F6 at boot)

- USB 2.0 Driver (Got that already thruogh Win XP)

- SoundMax Audio Driver and Application. *** Installed this already ***

Halcyon · 16-10-2004, 19:40

Just had another problem..... I knew it would start going wrong !!!

I have a Seagate Barracuda set up in SATA.
I partitioned my drive in the windows set up and now Im actually in Windows its not visible. I only see C: drive at the size of the partition I created.

Is it becuase it is not formatted and Windows only formatted the C: partition ?

16-10-2004, 19:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Halcyon

right well according to the ASUS set up menu there are these options for drivers:

- Intel Chipset Inf update program. (Used for plug n play INF support)
Do I need this ?

- Intel Application Accelerated Driver (If using Win XP this driver allows RAID 0 configuration for the SERIAL ATA channels).
Need this one ?

- Promise Fast track controller (This installs the Promise fast track 378 driver for Serial ATA and raid features.) *** I think I did this already by doing F6 at boot)

- USB 2.0 Driver (Got that already thruogh Win XP)

- SoundMax Audio Driver and Application. *** Installed this already ***

aaargh - I'm going to bale on this one, - I reckon you do need the 'chipset inf update program' - but I'm not sure enough to recommend you to do it, sorry - I think the last time I had an intel chipset, it was a P200 mobo.

paulyoung666 · 16-10-2004, 20:02

1 thing i will mention , it might be a bit late in this case though , remove your cable from your sacm/stb if you are on bb , if you dont then you run the very real risk of picking up a very nasty infection before you know it

jamesclarke555 · 16-10-2004, 20:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Halcyon

right well according to the ASUS set up menu there are these options for drivers:

- Intel Chipset Inf update program. (Used for plug n play INF support)
Do I need this ?

Yes, install from Here, make sure you do this before installing the ATi driver.