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DriverTurbo
Is DriverTurbo a safe tool ?
It says my Win XP has many out of date drivers. I tried the Backup feature and it seems OK. I am having trouble with USB3 ports and wondering if this is a proper way to fix ? |
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On 15/08/2017 20:44, XP7 wrote:
Is DriverTurbo a safe tool ? It says my Win XP has many out of date drivers. I tried the Backup feature and it seems OK. I am having trouble with USB3 ports and wondering if this is a proper way to fix ? Please note Windows XP is no longer supported and anybody telling you that you need a new updated driver is trying to pull a fast one over your head!!!. People don't waste time developing something that is no longer wanted by the masses. If you want latest and best stuff, go and buy a new machine with Windows 10 pre-loaded. You will be safe for the next 10 years minimum unless you lose the machine. THERE IS NO XP7 SO STOP USING THAT NYM UNLESS YOU ARE A VERY MENTALLY SICK PERSON...................... You can get a new linux operating system to replace XP on your old machine. Ask them how to do it and how to get latest drivers for linux. -- With over 500 million devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. |
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On Tue, 15 Aug 2017 12:44:32 -0700, XP7 wrote:
Is DriverTurbo a safe tool ? It says my Win XP has many out of date drivers. I tried the Backup feature and it seems OK. I am having trouble with USB3 ports and wondering if this is a proper way to fix ? NO! All such programs should be avoided like the plague. Two points: 1. Get drivers from the hardware manufacturer. nowhere else. 2. There is seldom any problem if you have an out-of-date driver. But there is always some risk in updating a driver. You should only update a driver because the new one is known to fix a problem you are having or because it provides support for something the older driver doesn't but you need. |
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On Tue, 15 Aug 2017 12:44:32 -0700, XP7 wrote:
Is DriverTurbo a safe tool ? It says my Win XP has many out of date drivers. I tried the Backup feature and it seems OK. I am having trouble with USB3 ports and wondering if this is a proper way to fix ? Does XP even support USB3? -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://BrownMath.com/ http://OakRoadSystems.com/ Shikata ga nai... |
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XP7 wrote:
Is DriverTurbo a safe tool ? It says my Win XP has many out of date drivers. I tried the Backup feature and it seems OK. I am having trouble with USB3 ports and wondering if this is a proper way to fix ? Open Device Manager. ("devmgmt.msc") Since you already have a driver for USB3, you should be able to find the controller in Device Manager. On mine, I see Renesas Electronics USB 3.0 Host Controller Renesas Electronics USB 3.0 Root Hub If I right-click the first one and do Properties then Details then Hardware IDs I see VEN_1912 DEV_0015 If I look in this file (Last Updated August 10) http://pciids.sourceforge.net/pci.ids 1912 Renesas Technology Corp. 0002 SH7780 PCI Controller (PCIC) 0011 SH7757 PCIe End-Point [PBI] 0012 SH7757 PCIe-PCI Bridge [PPB] 0013 SH7757 PCIe Switch [PS] 0014 uPD720201 USB 3.0 Host Controller 0015 uPD720202 USB 3.0 Host Controller --- 001a SH7758 PCIe-PCI Bridge [PPB] 001b SH7758 PCIe End-Point [PBI] 001d SH7758 PCIe Switch [PS] Then at least you know what chip driver you need. The card it comes on, could be a Syba card, a Startech card, and so on. Those companies offer drivers on their web site, sorted by card model number. If the USB3 chip is soldered to the motherboard, the motherboard maker will have a driver. If you can find the VEN and DEV, maybe someone out here can find a source for you. ******* If you haven't checked the memory on the computer recently, you can get memtest86+ from half way down this web page. That program can test your memory for stuck-at faults. The media offered here, is used to boot the computer, and the regular OS is not running while you test memory. You should complete at least one Pass error free, before pressing Esc and booting the regular OS again. It can take around 2 hours, on a machine with a lot of memory. http://www.memtest.org Older computers (2005 ?) cannot boot a USB stick. Older computers (2001) cannot boot a DVD. Don't be afraid to use a floppy :-) Newer computers don't have a floppy, and they are very likely to use a USB stick or a DVD drive as a means of doing this test. Paul |
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"XP7" wrote
| Is DriverTurbo a safe tool ? | It says my Win XP has many out of date drivers. | I tried the Backup feature and it seems OK. | | I am having trouble with USB3 ports and wondering if this is a proper | way to fix ? A better and safer approach is to figure out what hardware you have and go to the companies. You didn't mention anything about your hardware. With most computers you can get something like CPUID to find out the motherboard model and check for drivers for that. With Dell they like to repackage drivers and you'll need to go through their site, but with most companies you can just go to the hardware company. There's also the issue of the chipset. That's where the core functionality happens. For instance, I'm currently on an Asus board with a Via chipset. Via is very good about providing drivers. Asus may or may not have the chipset drivers. The computer maker may or may not have the chipset drivers. I once needed Win98 chipset drivers. I think it was an MSI board with Via chipset. MSI said Win98 was no longer supported. So I went to Via. They had the drivers. What's mo They only had one download for all systems. So MSI was just being petty. I tell that story because you need to understand those things when looking for support for older systems. I don't seem to have USB3 drivers for my current XP box, which I built myself. I don't know whether there were ever any available. The case has 1 USB2 and one USB3 port on the front. The latter doesn't work. Frankly, I never cared enough to figure it out. I don't have anything that needs, or would benefit from, USB3. (Maybe an external hard disk? I don't use those.) I would avoid getting any drivers you don't need. If you have a problem you can look for new drivers that might address that problem, but usually it's just asking for trouble to update things that work well. Display, audio, etc shouldn't need regular updates. |
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Stan Brown wrote:
On Tue, 15 Aug 2017 12:44:32 -0700, XP7 wrote: Is DriverTurbo a safe tool ? It says my Win XP has many out of date drivers. I tried the Backup feature and it seems OK. I am having trouble with USB3 ports and wondering if this is a proper way to fix ? Does XP even support USB3? Yes. https://s21.postimg.org/6piznmsrb/us...lash_stick.gif You can tell from the decorations, the top two are WinXP (this machine). The bottom one is Win7 on the Test Machine (which doesn't have native USB3, but does have an Asmedia host soldered to the Asus motherboard). The results are pathetic for a few reasons. I don't own good "race car" materials :-) This is not actually a good demo of the power of USB3. But the results are "realistic" for cheapo gear slapped into the computers without much thought. I also did a series later, testing PCI Express slots and using an SSD as a target. The USB3 enclosure the SSD was sitting in, was probably a limitation. So the SSD allows slightly better rates than the single Sandisk Extreme flash stick I own. The USB3 enclosures only cost $30. https://s15.postimg.org/6yrcu1xtn/Wi...enesas_SSD.gif PCI Express Rev1.1 150MB/sec https://s27.postimg.org/zd2y6ev9v/Wi...2_Lane_SSD.gif PCI Express Rev2.0 228MB/sec https://s12.postimg.org/f5ov21itp/Wi..._Ahost_SSD.png PCI Express Rev2.0 235MB/sec https://s12.postimg.org/vt3jjx2p9/Wi..._Ahost_SSD.png PCI Express Rev2.0 227MB/sec And notice Win10 is slightly slower than Win7, on the Test Machine :-) Yes, using the freebie version of HDTune (pretty old) for testing is silly. I don't have the money to buy stuff like that and get the full version. Paul |
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I am surprised that most do not know that manufacturers do not keep
their XP drivers available on line. Win XP Pro is so much better that anything beyond it. It is simple, straight forward and less complex and IT WORKS !!!! With proper Virus Scanner and other similar products it is safe. FireFox still is the superior browser. Chrome is invasive ! IE does not work ! I was just exploring DriverTurbo and it seems OK but not taking a chance. Twits like "Good Guy" are so damn stupid. I have gone out of my way to get Windows XP Pro PC lately. Crackers are targeting the later windows versions so I feel even more secure. M$ is still providing updates for serious attacks so it is STILL SUPPORTED ! Other providers are also giving regular update. Those in the know, know that Win XP still has millions of users. Just look at all the businesses that still use it. IT JUST WORKS ! |
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On 16/08/2017 03:17, XP7 wrote:
Twits like "Good Guy" are so damn stupid. I have gone out of my way to get Windows XP Pro PC lately. It's shame that idiots like you don't live near where we live. I had to pay somebody to take away Windows XP machines as we were buying 100 new Windows 10 machines but had we known that there are idiots like you still buying Windows XP machines, we could have made a bob or two on our old machines. Is it fair to say that you don't do anything serious on your machine considering you are so stupid? -- With over 500 million devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. |
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En el artículo , XP7
escribió: Crackers are targeting the later windows versions so I feel even more secure. Boy oh boy, are you stupid or what? -- (\_/) (='.'=) "Between two evils, I always pick (")_(") the one I never tried before." - Mae West |
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On 16/08/2017 01:32, Paul wrote:
... If the USB3 chip is soldered to the motherboard, the motherboard maker will have a driver. Sometimes a driver obtained directly from the chip manufacturer will be the best solution but when trying such a driver you need to be very sure you have a way to get back to a working system if it turns out badly. Create a restore point *and* have a recent full image backup of your C: drive. -- Brian Gregory (in the UK). To email me please remove all the letter vee from my email address. |
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"XP7" wrote
|I am surprised that most do not know that manufacturers do not keep | their XP drivers available on line. | I don't understand what you mean about no drivers online. Did you bother to read my post? Did you bother to look? I just downloaded XP drivers for my current XP box from here -- USB3 and chipset drivers are both the https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards...Desk_Download/ You might have to do some looking around. You might not be able to get the particular drivers you need. But so far it sounds like you haven't bothered to try and you haven't told us what your hardware is. | Win XP Pro is so much better that anything beyond it. | I agree with you, but there are lots of reasons that people might be using Vista/7, 8, or 10. Not least of which is that for most people it's only possible to use what the stores sell. That doesn't make them stupid. You don't really seem to be very much interested in finding drivers. Did you only post so that you can rant? |
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Brian Gregory wrote:
On 16/08/2017 01:32, Paul wrote: ... If the USB3 chip is soldered to the motherboard, the motherboard maker will have a driver. Sometimes a driver obtained directly from the chip manufacturer will be the best solution but when trying such a driver you need to be very sure you have a way to get back to a working system if it turns out badly. Create a restore point *and* have a recent full image backup of your C: drive. From Device Manager, you can roll back one level. But that also assumes the machine still boots :-) So you're right that a *full* backup is a great insurance policy for stuff like this. Going to Safe Mode via F8 and using "Last Known Good" might not be enough. Paul |
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En el artículo , Mayayana
escribió: Did you bother to read my post? of course he didn't. Did you bother to look? of course he didn't. But so far it sounds like you haven't bothered to try *ding* You don't really seem to be very much interested in finding drivers *ding* . Did you only post so that you can rant? *ding *ding* *ding* The idiot's in my killfile. He's a troll. -- (\_/) (='.'=) "Between two evils, I always pick (")_(") the one I never tried before." - Mae West |
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