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Hello All,
I have a desktop PC with an MSI A78M-E45 motherboard. I just did a fresh install of Windows 8.1 Pro and everything is working perfectly (display, hard drives, USB, etc.).
I was wondering, since everything is working fine should I even bother to install the drivers that came with my motherboard?
I was also wondering, if I don't install the drivers is it possible that there might be some hardware that is either not installed or installed with a (windows) driver that either doesn't exactly match the hardware and/or limits the hardware's capabilities?
For example, let's say my motherboard has USB 3.0 ports and Windows uses it's own drivers but they are for USB 2.0. The average user might not even notice since most people don't pay attention to what version of USB they are using.
Thank you,
Jan
I have a desktop PC with an MSI A78M-E45 motherboard. I just did a fresh install of Windows 8.1 Pro and everything is working perfectly (display, hard drives, USB, etc.).
I was wondering, since everything is working fine should I even bother to install the drivers that came with my motherboard?
I was also wondering, if I don't install the drivers is it possible that there might be some hardware that is either not installed or installed with a (windows) driver that either doesn't exactly match the hardware and/or limits the hardware's capabilities?
For example, let's say my motherboard has USB 3.0 ports and Windows uses it's own drivers but they are for USB 2.0. The average user might not even notice since most people don't pay attention to what version of USB they are using.
Thank you,
Jan
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