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Subject: quick drivers ques
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laro696 2.09.10 - 10:38am
building up a pc and got a graphic car but not the cd that comes with it. wil xp install the drivers itself like it does with most other hardware? * +
astrolo 2.09.10 - 10:44am
sound and graphics drivers 99.9 peercent of the time wont be installed * +
carta 2.09.10 - 11:28am
im sure if you post model and make someone will help you find the drivers for it * +
jay.mack 2.09.10 - 02:43pm
gfx cards still come with a install disk for xp unless its dx11 then its vista and win7 * +
jay.mack 2.09.10 - 02:44pm
but in answer to your inital quaestion the answer is no. xp will load a gineric driver to enable the screen only, after that you gotta go find the rite driver for your hardware. same with mother board drivers and sound. * +
runestar 2.09.10 - 03:37pm
xp doesn't come with drivers for pretty much anything than itself. extra hardware drivers are always supplied with the hardware or available at manufacturer's site. * +
runestar 2.09.10 - 03:41pm
7 can get some through msupdate and has some generic ones too, but only guaranteed for supported devices and companies that ms has deals with. So even with 7 you still have to get the proper ones which isn't a problem as long as you know the make and model of your hardware. Which you should because it's your computer * +
jay.mack 2.09.10 - 05:20pm
a big suprise to me is that ati actualy issued m.s with there layest 10.8 drivers b4 guru3d has them. i got it last night via update. * +
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