Mobo, Video Card Driver Question

Reba wrote:

> I went to my Mobo and vid card manufatcturer's website to look for
> updated drivers. They did have updated drivers for both items.
> I called the support number for the vid card and asked the tech what
> benefit I would get from updating my driver. He asked if I was having
> any problem with the vid card or display. I said "no". He said stay
> with the driver I had installed. Any thoughts on his answer ???


His answer is perfect. If there's nothing to fix, stay with what you have.
If you install a new driver, there are only two possibilities:

1. You will continue to have no problems.

2. You will start to experience problems.

Number 2 might not be terribly likely, but it's always possible. Why should
you risk even the small possibility of a problem when there is no potential
gain?

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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Reba <rbaines RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote:

>I went to my Mobo and vid card manufatcturer's website to look for
>updated drivers. They did have updated drivers for both items.
>I called the support number for the vid card and asked the tech what
>benefit I would get from updating my driver. He asked if I was having
>any problem with the vid card or display. I said "no". He said stay
>with the driver I had installed. Any thoughts on his answer ???

"If it ain't broke don't fix it".

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

Hi Reba,
You're one of the luckier ones--you got a *smart* tech.

--
Curt BD-MVBT
http://dundats.mvps.org/
http://dundats.proboards27.com/index.cgi
http://www.aumha.org/

Reba wrote:
> I went to my Mobo and vid card manufatcturer's website to look for
> updated drivers. They did have updated drivers for both items.
> I called the support number for the vid card and asked the tech what
> benefit I would get from updating my driver. He asked if I was having
> any problem with the vid card or display. I said "no". He said stay
> with the driver I had installed. Any thoughts on his answer ???

"Reba" <rbaines.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:APNBg.223636$1Q1.170468@fe03.news.easynews.com...
>I went to my Mobo and vid card manufatcturer's website to look for
> updated drivers. They did have updated drivers for both items.
> I called the support number for the vid card and asked the tech what
> benefit I would get from updating my driver. He asked if I was having
> any problem with the vid card or display. I said "no". He said stay
> with the driver I had installed. Any thoughts on his answer ???
>
I would have said the same thing.
Jim

"Reba" <rbaines.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:APNBg.223636$1Q1.170468@fe03.news.easynews.com...
>I went to my Mobo and vid card manufatcturer's website to look for
> updated drivers. They did have updated drivers for both items.
> I called the support number for the vid card and asked the tech what
> benefit I would get from updating my driver. He asked if I was having
> any problem with the vid card or display. I said "no". He said stay
> with the driver I had installed. Any thoughts on his answer ???
>

It is not unheard of for someone having to revert back to a previous driver
when the latest has caused problems.
Antioch