Updating your motherboard helps you to avoid conflicts and errors due to unsupported hardware.
Your computer's motherboard connects all your computer components together and processes all the requests and information sent from the computer's components. Motherboard chipset drivers fix configuration problems, add new features and improve device support on that model of motherboard. Motherboard drivers do not come out as frequently as a component like graphics card drivers, but checking every few months for new motherboard drivers will help you avoid any issues down the road.
Instructions
1. Navigate to your computer or motherboard manufacturer's website.
2. Click to enter the support or driver download page. If you have a prebuilt computer, enter the model number for your computer to see if you have motherboard drivers available to you. Otherwise enter the motherboard's model number.
3. Choose the chipset driver download if it is available and select your operating system. Download the drivers to a location you can easily remember.
4. Double-click the chipset driver download file. Click "Run" if you see a warning prompt from Windows. Choose "Continue Anyway" if a message about unsigned drivers appears.
5. Start the installation process by clicking "Next" or "Install" and agreeing to the software license agreement. Specific driver installation processes vary between the manufacturers, but you should not need to do anything more than click "Next" and restart your computer.
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