Drivers and utilities ?

[kevin0]

What drivers and utilities should i install for my hardware ?
that's my motherboard drivers and utilities
http/www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/B85M/?cat=Download&os=Win8a64
I currently installed the gtx660 driver from Nvidia and lan driver and sound driver so what other things i miss ?
currently using Win 8.1 64 Enterprise
Intel Core i5-4430 Haswell 3.0GHz 6M LGA 1150 Processor
Galaxy GeForce GTX660 GC 2GB
ASRock B85M Socket 1150 Motherboard

 

[Wolfshadw]

Personally, I'd say none. If the system is up and running, you're good to go. Call it a day!

-Wolf sends

 

[Hawkeye22]

Check your device manager. Devices missing drivers will be listed under "Other devices". Items with a yellow exclamation mark next to them need updated drivers or are misconfigured drivers.

 

[kevin0]

I can see many items under other devices and just two with a yellow exclamation
what i have to do ?

 

[Hawkeye22]

Install the drivers for them. Most of the ones listed under "other devices" are most likely from not having your chipset drivers installed. You did install all the drivers that came with the motherboard, right?

 

[kevin0]

No i didn't i just installed the gtx660 driver from Nvidia website and lan driver and sound driver from AsRock website not from the motherboard cd
tell me the necessary drivers to install and other drivers if u plz ? and what about the utilities ?
http/www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/B85M/?cat=Download&os=Win8a64

 

[Hawkeye22]

Start with the INF driver ver:9.4.0.1026 then check your device manager again. If you still have missing drivers, grab the rest of the intel drivers.

 

[kevin0]

I see in intel website that they say u should install the INF driver before any other driver but i had installed the VGA,lan and sound drivers so can i install the INF now ?
and what is INF driver any way ?
and what additional drivers that i need ? (i'm a gamer)
and sorry for my horrible English

 

[Hawkeye22]

Yes, you can install the INF driver now. Those are part of the chipset drivers.

 

[kevin0]

Can i install it from the Setup.exe after extracting the zip file ? i ask cuz i see many ways to install the INF driver and i don't want to make any mistakes and now i run Win 8 64


[Edited]
I installed it from Setup.exe and i i'm not sure if everything is alright ??? !! i just want to know what exactly drivers should i install ?

And plz i want to know if a driver is important or not and what it does before install it ?

Windows show me a message said :

Download and install the driver for your chipset
Your chipset is missing a driver.

The model name of your chipset is Intel Smart Connect Technology.

and by the way how can i update any driver in the future ?

Notice that now i can see in Device manager just one item with a yellow exclamation instead of two items after installing the INF driver

Thanks for your patience

 

[Hawkeye22]

All the drivers you'll need for your motherboard are on the link you provided in the first post. In fact, I can see the Intel Smart Connect driver ver:4.2.40.2439 that your system says is missing. Download and install it. Also, if a program comes with a setup.exe file, that is normally what you want to run to begin the install.

 

[kevin0]

thanks 4 ur reply I just wonder what those drivers do ? to decide if i need it to install or not ?

1- Intel Management Engine driver ver:9.5.14.1724

2- Intel Rapid Start driver ver:3.0.0.1056

3- Intel Smart Connect driver ver:4.2.40.2439

4- AppCharger ver:1.0.6

5- SATA Floppy Image ver:12.8.0.1016

6- Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver and utility ver:12.8.0.1016

7- VGA driver ver:10.18.10.3277

8- INF driver ver:9.4.0.1026

9- what about the monitor driver ? do i need it ? is it important ?
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My PC as follows :-

-Intel Core i5-4430 Haswell 3.0GHz 6M LGA 1150 Processor.

-ASRock B85M Socket 1150 Motherboard.

-Galaxy GeForce GTX660 GC 2GB.

-Kingston ValueRAM 4GB DDR3 1333MHz CL9 1.5v.

-Seagate Barracuda ST500DM002 500GB 7200.14 SATA 6Gb/s HDD.

-SeaSonic S12II Bronze 520W 80 PLUS Certified PSU.

-Cooler Master K280 Mid Tower Desktop Case.

-Samsung S19B300B monitor

-Win 8.1 64

And if there is an important utilities plz tell me to install
I have already searched for the drivers job but i didn't get a clear answer
and if there is anything i didn't mentioned which is needed plz tell me
Best regards