Latest Intel X58 Chipset Drivers

I have had the latest chipset drivers installed on my system that gigabyte lists on my motherboard page but it shows that it was released in 2010. I was fine with that. Intel X58 boards have been Out of support since June 2013. For direct support, you would need to contact the manufacturer of you motherboards. Windows 10* may still work just keep in mind that not all drivers will be available.

@ all: Preliminary Notes regarding Intel's Chipset 'Drivers' The 'Intel(R) Chipset Device Software' (formerly named 'Intel(R) INF Update Utility') seems to be the most overestimated 'driverpack' for Intel Chipset system: Only a minority of the Intel Chipset users know, that the on-board Intel Chipset devices are working fine without any 'Intel(R) Chipset Device Software'. In various Forums you can read the advice to install the 'latest Intel Chipset Drivers' as first and much important step after the installation of any Windows Operating System. Otherwise the users will never get a stable and performant system. The reality is quite different: • Although the Device Manager shows the information files as 'drivers', the 'Intel(R) Chipset Device Software' doesn't contain any real driver (=.SYS file), but just textmode (=. Ex4 To Mq4 Decompiler Software Companies. INF) files, which • a) let the OS know, that for the related Intel Chipset Device a driver is neither needed nor available and • b) gives the user the information, that the related device is an Intel one. • None of the Windows Operating Systems needs the.INF files for a proper functionality.

• The Intel Chipset 'drivers' don't have any impact on the performance of a system. If you don't believe me, please read official statement from Intel regarding the importance and the function of the 'Intel(R) Chipset Device Software'. Here is the summary: Zitat von Intel • The Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility is not a driver and does not include drivers.

• The Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility gives the product name for the piece of hardware. This information allows the operating system to display the correct name for that piece of hardware in Device Manager. My conclusions: • The installation of any 'Intel(R) Chipset Device Software' or their included INF files is only useful, if the Device Manager shows a yellow mark at an Intel (VEN_8086) device with a 'missing driver'. • Since the newest Windows Operating systems are able to detect and to name by their own all Intel chipset devices, which were on the market at the release of the OS, there is usually no need at all and no benefit for the users to install or update the Intel chipset device INF files (often named by mistake 'Intel chipset drivers'). • Only users with a brandnew Intel chipset (from 8-Series up for Windows 7, from 9-Series up for Windows 8/8.1) or a very old Windows OS should install the latest suitable *.INF files for their specific Intel Chipset Devices to get rid from the 'missing driver' message within the Device Manager. • Forcing the installation of a not required or already present Intel Chipset Device INF file (e.g. By using the ' -overall' command) doesn't make any sense, but will blow up the user's registry and the Windows inf folder with garbage (unused resp.

Unusable oemxx.inf files). Furthermore the forced installation of unusable drivers generally may overwrite actually in use other drivers and can cause degraded performance or a lack of features. Download links to the latest 'Intel(R) Chipset Device Software' (with installer or as 'pure' *.INF files) ( last updated: ) I. Latest Intel Chipset Device Software Sets (with installer): • A. For very old Intel Chipsets (usable up to 5-Series): • () This Set is dated and the latest of the v9 development line, which had been designed for older Intel Chipsets and Operating Systems from XP up to Win7 (32/64bit). Note: All included *.INF and CAT files have been compiled by Intel already in 2013 or earlier. That means, that the 'drivers' (= *.inf files) themselves are much older than the package.

For newer Intel Chipsets (usable from 6-Series up): • () Notes: This installer package is dated and contains the 'latest' WHQL certified INF files for all Intel Chipsets from 6-Series up. The only new resp.

Updated INF files are those for CoffeeLake CPU systems (new) and Skylake-E CPU systems (updated from v10.1.8.1 to v10.1.8.2). Note: Although some of the INF files are brandnew (the CoffeeLake and Skylake-E ones), all of them have been misleadingly dated by Intel (if you want to know why, please read and post).