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I just got an optional Windows Update titled: "Advanced Micro Devices Inc - Other Hardware AMD SMBus" (30kb) and I haven't the faintest idea what or why. I did not install it, but just "hid" it for now. Can anyone help me understand what this is and why it's being shown as a Windows Update? Appreciate any help. Thanks.
 

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Here's what I get when I click on "more information" for the update:
 

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    HP AMD Phenom II X4 810
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    FOXCONN ALOE
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    8 GBytes
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    ATI/AMD Radeon HD 42
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    ATI/AMD SB600 - High
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    Dell SE198WFP
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Someone on SF got the same thing, they did install it though.

For some reason Microsoft felt an update to part of your chipset drivers was necessary.

Did you reserve the W10 upgrade? Just a guess on my part that it could be related.
 

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    EVGA GeForce 750 Ti SC 2GB
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    RAM: Crucial 8Gb (2x4Gb) /
    SSD: Crucial M4-CT128M4SSD2 ATA Device/ FW 000F /
    GFX: AMD Radeon HD 6520G /
    OS: Windows 10 Pro x64
I really don't think it's going to hurt anything. I was the one with the same question over at seven forums. In order to stay protected, safe, and compatible with other stuff, we need to always keep our computers up to date. Not saying to install Win 10 Preview, but if you are upgrading to 10 (which I highly recommend to stay protected and up to date) because your edition of Windows 7 and Windows 8 will soon run out.
 

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    Acer Aspire X (AXC-603-UW12)
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    Intel Celeron J1850 @ 1.99GHz
    Motherboard
    Acer Aspire XC-603G (SOCKET 0)
    Memory
    4.00GB DDR3 @ 551MHz (9-7-7-14)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD Graphics (Acer Incorporated [ALI])
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    Realtek High Definition Audio
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    Acer S200HQL
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Thanks for responses. I have not installed Windows 10 Previews, tho I did sign for Insider Program. Windows Previews Updates are "hidden" and the " Get Windows 10" icon is appearing in taskbar. It shows my pc is "good to go".

Did you install the driver without any problems, Jesse?
 
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    Windows 8.1
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    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion p6230f
    CPU
    HP AMD Phenom II X4 810
    Motherboard
    FOXCONN ALOE
    Memory
    8 GBytes
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI/AMD Radeon HD 42
    Sound Card
    ATI/AMD SB600 - High
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SE198WFP
    Screen Resolution
    1440 x 900
    Hard Drives
    Seagate ST3750528AS
    Browser
    IE 11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
FWIW, went ahead and installed this update after making a backup. Didn't need backup tho, as everything seems to be ok after installation of the driver update. At least I don't have to hide it now.
 

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    Windows 8.1
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    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion p6230f
    CPU
    HP AMD Phenom II X4 810
    Motherboard
    FOXCONN ALOE
    Memory
    8 GBytes
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI/AMD Radeon HD 42
    Sound Card
    ATI/AMD SB600 - High
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SE198WFP
    Screen Resolution
    1440 x 900
    Hard Drives
    Seagate ST3750528AS
    Browser
    IE 11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
Good to hear it went well, just a guess on my part but I think it's related to the W10 reserve and Microsoft preparing you ahead of time.
 

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    Intel I5-2500K @3.3GHz
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    Asrock P67 Extreme4
    Memory
    16GB G.Skill Ripjaws X (4x4GB)
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GeForce 750 Ti SC 2GB
    Sound Card
    ASUS Xonar DG 5.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card
    Monitor(s) Displays
    auria eq2367
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    1920 x 1080
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    250GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD
    1TB WD Blue
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    SeaSonic X 650W 80 Plus Gold
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    Corsair Obsidian 750D
    Cooling
    Corsair H60, Three 140mm case fans
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    Logitech Wireless Keyboard K520
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    Logitech Wireless Mouse M310
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    Wave Broadband ~ 100 dn 5 up
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    Chrome
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    Defender, Malwarebytes Premium
    Other Info
    Laptop specs: HP g7-1365dx /
    CPU: AMD A6-3420M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics /
    RAM: Crucial 8Gb (2x4Gb) /
    SSD: Crucial M4-CT128M4SSD2 ATA Device/ FW 000F /
    GFX: AMD Radeon HD 6520G /
    OS: Windows 10 Pro x64
Thanks for responses. I have not installed Windows 10 Previews, tho I did sign for Insider Program. Windows Previews Updates are "hidden" and the " Get Windows 10" icon is appearing in taskbar. It shows my pc is "good to go".

Did you install the driver without any problems, Jesse?

Hi, John. I'm sorry for the delay. I have not had any issues since installing the driver.
 

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    Windows 8.1 64-bit
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    Acer Aspire X (AXC-603-UW12)
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    Intel Celeron J1850 @ 1.99GHz
    Motherboard
    Acer Aspire XC-603G (SOCKET 0)
    Memory
    4.00GB DDR3 @ 551MHz (9-7-7-14)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD Graphics (Acer Incorporated [ALI])
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer S200HQL
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    (1600x900@60Hz)
    Keyboard
    Acer Wired Keyboard
    Mouse
    Acer USB Optical Mouse
    Internet Speed
    High Speed Internet
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    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
I retract my guess that it might be W10 related, I am doing a bunch of updates on my laptop after a clean install of W7 and it was one of the first updates.
 

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    Intel I5-2500K @3.3GHz
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    Asrock P67 Extreme4
    Memory
    16GB G.Skill Ripjaws X (4x4GB)
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GeForce 750 Ti SC 2GB
    Sound Card
    ASUS Xonar DG 5.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card
    Monitor(s) Displays
    auria eq2367
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    250GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD
    1TB WD Blue
    1TB Hitachi
    PSU
    SeaSonic X 650W 80 Plus Gold
    Case
    Corsair Obsidian 750D
    Cooling
    Corsair H60, Three 140mm case fans
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wireless Keyboard K520
    Mouse
    Logitech Wireless Mouse M310
    Internet Speed
    Wave Broadband ~ 100 dn 5 up
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    Chrome
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    Defender, Malwarebytes Premium
    Other Info
    Laptop specs: HP g7-1365dx /
    CPU: AMD A6-3420M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics /
    RAM: Crucial 8Gb (2x4Gb) /
    SSD: Crucial M4-CT128M4SSD2 ATA Device/ FW 000F /
    GFX: AMD Radeon HD 6520G /
    OS: Windows 10 Pro x64
If you look at the driver INF file it is a null driver

Code:
; ************************************************************
; ************************************************************
; **  Filename: Chipset_SMBus.inf                           **
; **  Abstract: Assigns the null driver to SMBus            **
; **            devices for yellow-bang removal.            **
; ************************************************************
; ************************************************************

[Version]
Signature="$WINDOWS NT$"
Class=System
ClassGUID={4D36E97D-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Provider=%INTEL%
CatalogFile=Chipset.cat
DriverVer=02/25/2014, 10.0.13
[SourceDisksNames]
[SourceDisksFiles]
[ControlFlags]
ExcludeFromSelect=*
[PackageInfo]
Name=Chipset
[Manufacturer]
%INTEL%=INTEL,NT,NTamd64
[INTEL.NT]
;9.1.9.1004 5000XZVP.inf
%IntelDeviceDesc%=Needs_NO_DRV, , PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_269B
;9.4.3.1008 AvotSMB.inf
%IntelDeviceDesc%=Needs_NO_DRV, , PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1F15
%IntelDeviceDesc%=Needs_NO_DRV, , PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1F3C
%IntelDeviceDesc%=Needs_NO_DRV, , PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1F3D
;9.3.1.xxxx CentSMB.inf
%IntelDeviceDesc%=Needs_NO_DRV, , PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0C59
%IntelDeviceDesc%=Needs_NO_DRV, , PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0C5A
%IntelDeviceDesc%=Needs_NO_DRV, , PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0C5B
%IntelDeviceDesc%=Needs_NO_DRV, , PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0C5C
%IntelDeviceDesc%=Needs_NO_DRV, , PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0C5D
%IntelDeviceDesc%=Needs_NO_DRV, , PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0C5E
;9.2.0.1034 cougsmb.inf
%IntelDeviceDesc%=Needs_NO_DRV, , PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1C22
;9.2.2.1038 DH89xxCC-smb.inf
%IntelDeviceDesc%=Needs_NO_DRV, , PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2330
;9.1.9.1004 ibexsmb.inf
%IntelDeviceDesc%=Needs_NO_DRV, , PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_283E
%IntelDeviceDesc%=Needs_NO_DRV, , PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2930
%IntelDeviceDesc%=Needs_NO_DRV, , PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A30
%IntelDeviceDesc%=Needs_NO_DRV, , PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A60
 

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That makes sense, it was a pretty small size.
 

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    Motherboard
    Asrock P67 Extreme4
    Memory
    16GB G.Skill Ripjaws X (4x4GB)
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GeForce 750 Ti SC 2GB
    Sound Card
    ASUS Xonar DG 5.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card
    Monitor(s) Displays
    auria eq2367
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    250GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD
    1TB WD Blue
    1TB Hitachi
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    SeaSonic X 650W 80 Plus Gold
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    Corsair Obsidian 750D
    Cooling
    Corsair H60, Three 140mm case fans
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wireless Keyboard K520
    Mouse
    Logitech Wireless Mouse M310
    Internet Speed
    Wave Broadband ~ 100 dn 5 up
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    Defender, Malwarebytes Premium
    Other Info
    Laptop specs: HP g7-1365dx /
    CPU: AMD A6-3420M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics /
    RAM: Crucial 8Gb (2x4Gb) /
    SSD: Crucial M4-CT128M4SSD2 ATA Device/ FW 000F /
    GFX: AMD Radeon HD 6520G /
    OS: Windows 10 Pro x64
If you look at the driver INF file it is a null driver

Code:
; ************************************************************
; ************************************************************
; **  Filename: Chipset_SMBus.inf                           **
; **  Abstract: Assigns the null driver to SMBus            **
; **            devices for yellow-bang removal.            **
; ************************************************************
; ************************************************************

[Version]
Signature="$WINDOWS NT$"
Class=System
ClassGUID={4D36E97D-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Provider=%INTEL%
CatalogFile=Chipset.cat
DriverVer=02/25/2014, 10.0.13
[SourceDisksNames]
[SourceDisksFiles]
[ControlFlags]
ExcludeFromSelect=*
[PackageInfo]
Name=Chipset
[Manufacturer]
%INTEL%=INTEL,NT,NTamd64
[INTEL.NT]
;9.1.9.1004 5000XZVP.inf
%IntelDeviceDesc%=Needs_NO_DRV, , PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_269B
;9.4.3.1008 AvotSMB.inf
%IntelDeviceDesc%=Needs_NO_DRV, , PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1F15
%IntelDeviceDesc%=Needs_NO_DRV, , PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1F3C
%IntelDeviceDesc%=Needs_NO_DRV, , PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1F3D
;9.3.1.xxxx CentSMB.inf
%IntelDeviceDesc%=Needs_NO_DRV, , PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0C59
%IntelDeviceDesc%=Needs_NO_DRV, , PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0C5A
%IntelDeviceDesc%=Needs_NO_DRV, , PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0C5B
%IntelDeviceDesc%=Needs_NO_DRV, , PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0C5C
%IntelDeviceDesc%=Needs_NO_DRV, , PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0C5D
%IntelDeviceDesc%=Needs_NO_DRV, , PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0C5E
;9.2.0.1034 cougsmb.inf
%IntelDeviceDesc%=Needs_NO_DRV, , PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1C22
;9.2.2.1038 DH89xxCC-smb.inf
%IntelDeviceDesc%=Needs_NO_DRV, , PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2330
;9.1.9.1004 ibexsmb.inf
%IntelDeviceDesc%=Needs_NO_DRV, , PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_283E
%IntelDeviceDesc%=Needs_NO_DRV, , PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2930
%IntelDeviceDesc%=Needs_NO_DRV, , PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A30
%IntelDeviceDesc%=Needs_NO_DRV, , PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A60

Where did you get/find that INF File? Was that in the DriverStore folder?
 

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  • OS
    Win 10 Pro x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Self Built
    CPU
    Intel I5-2500K @3.3GHz
    Motherboard
    Asrock P67 Extreme4
    Memory
    16GB G.Skill Ripjaws X (4x4GB)
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GeForce 750 Ti SC 2GB
    Sound Card
    ASUS Xonar DG 5.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card
    Monitor(s) Displays
    auria eq2367
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    250GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD
    1TB WD Blue
    1TB Hitachi
    PSU
    SeaSonic X 650W 80 Plus Gold
    Case
    Corsair Obsidian 750D
    Cooling
    Corsair H60, Three 140mm case fans
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wireless Keyboard K520
    Mouse
    Logitech Wireless Mouse M310
    Internet Speed
    Wave Broadband ~ 100 dn 5 up
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    Defender, Malwarebytes Premium
    Other Info
    Laptop specs: HP g7-1365dx /
    CPU: AMD A6-3420M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics /
    RAM: Crucial 8Gb (2x4Gb) /
    SSD: Crucial M4-CT128M4SSD2 ATA Device/ FW 000F /
    GFX: AMD Radeon HD 6520G /
    OS: Windows 10 Pro x64
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