Re: Driver Updates

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"Allen" wrote

Thank you Malke, I will let it be. But the update to my systems Realtek AC97
Audio
made a nice improvement and had a cool little surround toy that showed what
the
SRS TruSurround can do w/ just two speakers et subwoofer!!!

"Malke" wrote:

Allen wrote:

> For the life of me I cannot find a site without a broken link for a
> Realtek RTL 8139/
> 801x Fast Fam. Ethernet NIC driver update. I have ver. 5.641.209.2006 > but
> according to DriverAgent.com it is out of date. HELP! please

Is your ethernet working? Yes? Then leave it alone. Best practice with
drivers is "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". I certainly wouldn't be
relying on something like DriverAgent.com to govern my actions regarding
updating drivers.

The only time you really need to update drivers is if the new drivers will
give you some added functionality. You normally only see this in video and
sound drivers, and even then if you're not a gamer trying to squeeze every
last bit of speed to get the framerates up you wouldn't bother doing this.

Oh, and don't ever install a driver from Windows Updates either.

Improved functionality with a sound card driver is one thing, but what more would you expect with the NIC driver? If the computer connects to the internet and is stable in the connection there's not much more to want, and why mess with changing something that's working ok?

--
Rock [MVP - User/Shell]

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