ASRock Taichi X399 - AMD GPIO Driver Promontory?

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   AMD chipset driver installer will only show things to install that is applicable to your platform. Even though the X399 PCH is codename "Whitehaven", this doesn't stop some drivers from being compatible with each other. Ryzen and Threadripper both use SoC's inside the CPU itself, replacing the northbridge of older platforms. Promontory and Whitehaven are the PCH, which you can compare to older-times southbridge chipsets. Threadripper is just a bunch of Ryzen dies put together, so they will share a lot of common drivers, including GPIO.
TL;DR If AMD chipset program shows at item to install, it's compatible. It knows what it can and can't install for your setup. Install it all.

Edited by ssateneth - 23 Jan 2018 at 6:22am

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ssateneth Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 19 Oct 2017 Status: Offline Points: 129	Post Options Post Reply Quote ssateneth Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: ASRock Taichi X399 - AMD GPIO Driver Promontory? Posted: 23 Jan 2018 at 6:22am
	AMD chipset driver installer will only show things to install that is applicable to your platform. Even though the X399 PCH is codename "Whitehaven", this doesn't stop some drivers from being compatible with each other. Ryzen and Threadripper both use SoC's inside the CPU itself, replacing the northbridge of older platforms. Promontory and Whitehaven are the PCH, which you can compare to older-times southbridge chipsets. Threadripper is just a bunch of Ryzen dies put together, so they will share a lot of common drivers, including GPIO. TL;DR If AMD chipset program shows at item to install, it's compatible. It knows what it can and can't install for your setup. Install it all. Edited by ssateneth - 23 Jan 2018 at 6:22am
	MB: X399 Taichi, UEFI L3.32 VGA: EVGA 1080 Ti FTW3 PSU: Seasonic PRIME 1300 W PLATINUM CPU: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X MEM: 4x16GB, 3600MHz G.Skill Trident Z F4-3600C17Q-64GTZKW

MisterJ Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 19 Apr 2017 Status: Offline Points: 1097	Post Options Post Reply Quote MisterJ Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 Jan 2018 at 5:56am
	Thanks, OceanBlue72, I use silent install, so I never see this menu. Thanks and enjoy, John.
	Fat1 X399 Pro Gaming, TR 1950X, RAID0 3xSamsung SSD 960 EVO, G.SKILL FlareX F4-3200C14Q-32GFX, Win 10 x64 Pro, Enermx Platimax 850, Enermx Liqtech TR4 CPU Cooler, Radeon RX580, BIOS 2.00, 2xHDDs WD

OceanBlue72 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 06 Jan 2016 Location: Munich Status: Offline Points: 58	Post Options Post Reply Quote OceanBlue72 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 Jan 2018 at 5:39am
	They are installed both, since i have mit X399 board. They are marked in AMD driver suite installation menu, where you can select or deselect the components, selected by default. I only asked, because i thought "Promontory" is for AM4 chipsets.
	Taichi X399, Threadripper 2920X, GSkill F4-3200C14Q-64GTZ, RTX 2080TI, Samsung EVO 850 SSDs, BD Drive, WD 4TB HDD, PSU Antec HCP-1000, Windows 10 64Bit

MisterJ Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 19 Apr 2017 Status: Offline Points: 1097	Post Options Post Reply Quote MisterJ Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 Jan 2018 at 4:35am
	Well, OceanBlue, do you have a yellow ! in your Device Manager? Where are you seeing the drivers marked for installation? Enjoy, John. Edited by MisterJ - 23 Jan 2018 at 4:35am
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ssateneth Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 19 Oct 2017 Status: Offline Points: 129	Post Options Post Reply Quote ssateneth Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 Jan 2018 at 4:07am
	Well if you don't, you'll be stuck with yellow ! in device manager for the rest of your life. If that doesn't bother you, then don't install it. gpio = general purpose i/o. you see these on arduino and raspberry pi miniboards for, well, general purpose i/o. attach a temperature sensor to a pin, do some math, send voltage (or not) to another pin that could control a servor to open/close a window. you get the idea. consult your motherboard manual/schematics for position (or lack) of gpio pins Edited by ssateneth - 23 Jan 2018 at 4:20am
	MB: X399 Taichi, UEFI L3.32 VGA: EVGA 1080 Ti FTW3 PSU: Seasonic PRIME 1300 W PLATINUM CPU: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X MEM: 4x16GB, 3600MHz G.Skill Trident Z F4-3600C17Q-64GTZKW

OceanBlue72 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 06 Jan 2016 Location: Munich Status: Offline Points: 58	Post Options Post Reply Quote OceanBlue72 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 Jan 2018 at 4:02am
	Hello, when i install the AMD driver suite (17.40) for the board / chipset, both AMD GPIO Driver for Promontory (2.0.1.0) and AMD GPIO Driver (2.2.0.71) are marked for installation. Just to be sure - do i need the AMD GPIO Promontory Driver for a X399 Threadripper board? Thanks Marcus
	Taichi X399, Threadripper 2920X, GSkill F4-3200C14Q-64GTZ, RTX 2080TI, Samsung EVO 850 SSDs, BD Drive, WD 4TB HDD, PSU Antec HCP-1000, Windows 10 64Bit