Re: Inspiron 5000e - Need Intel Chip Set Update Utility for O/S Reinstall

Thanks, Ben. The Intel chipset installer appears to have done the
job. I'll be less inclined in the future to be spooked by the 'only
use our utilities' spiel.

WC

On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 22:32:43 GMT, ben_myers_spam_me_not @
charter.net (Ben Myers) wrote:

>Really, it's a quiet secret. Nope, Intel does not tell you that the drivers
>apply universally. Nor do VIA with their chipset drivers, or Creative Labs for
>(now) old-time audio drivers, or just about any one of the chipset manufacturers
>(ATI, Martrox, nVidia, 3COM, Broadcom). The industry practice is not to tell
>people much of anything. People are expected to get their drivers from the name
>brand manufacturers' web sites, end of story. And both name brand manufacturer
>and chipset manufacturer disclaim all responsibility if you install drivers that
>are not on their web site.
>
>Then chipheads like myself, stuck doing a reinstall or refurb without any name
>brand manufacturers' original CDs, read the chip IDs, go to the chip
>manufacturers' web sites, download the drivers there (sometimes even called
>"reference drivers" to mislead the uninformed further), install them and they
>work fabulously. Or I'll get a system to fix up with reinstall of full OS with
>a 4th rate name brand like HP or eMachines, find out of course that the name
>brand manufacturer totally disses its customers by having ZERO drivers on its
>web site. So off I go, reading chip IDs, etc. etc. etc. Now the secret is not
>as quiet, eh? ... Ben Myers
>
>On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 08:55:46 -0600, "Quaoar" <quaoar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers) wrote:
>>> Actually, Intel's web site and downloads have been this way since
>>> Pentium III days. But it's been a quiet secret... Ben
>>>
>>> On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 15:09:53 -0600, "Quaoar" <quaoar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> <SNIP>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the info. It's about time that Intel got around to this.
>>>>
>>>> Q
>>
>>I cannot tell if you are being facetious, but in any event, in the
>>perhaps twenty times I've been on Intel's site for drivers, I've never
>>seen any indication that the installers were universal, either on the
>>sites or in the user notes. I've often thought that Intel does try to
>>make the support site unnecessarily user-unfriendly, probably to prevent
>>the casual user from screwing up their hardware installation.
>>
>>Q
>>
>>

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