ASRock Forums : Are AsRock drivers really needed? https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 06:53:47 +0000 Wed, 22 Nov 2017 23:34:38 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=6678 <![CDATA[ASRock Forums]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ <![CDATA[Are AsRock drivers really needed? : Back in the day...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6678&PID=39706&title=are-asrock-drivers-really-needed#39706 Author: davidzvi
Subject: 6678
Posted: 22 Nov 2017 at 11:34pm

Back in the day you could install Windows without a bunch of driver disks (anyone remember Windows NT 3 & 4).  Even just 5-10 years ago you needed the chipset, audio, network, etc drivers or you ended up with any number of unknown devices.

But with Windows and the Z370 I'm setting up the only unknown device is Intel video. 

Do I need all these other things?

Realtek high definition audio driver ver:8210_FF00
INF driver ver:10.1.1.44
Intel Management Engine driver ver:11.7.4.3314_MEI
Intel Lan driver ver:22.5
SATA Floppy Image ver:15.8.0.1006
Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver and utility ver:15.8.1.1007
VGA driver ver:4785 (needed at least this one)

2 X SSD (Samsung  & Crucial
2 x 2TB HDD (WE SE drives in RAID 1)
1 x 10TB HSGT (Hot swap with other drives)


These easier to determine:
Intel Optane driver ver:15.8.0.1006
ASRock A-Tuning utility ver:3.0.178
APP Shop ver:1.0.31
Norton Security ver:22.9.2.3
Restart to UEFI ver:1.0.5
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