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    What drivers do I really need?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by EduardoDaVinci, Jun 22, 2016.

  1. EduardoDaVinci

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    I have done a clean installation of the ASUS ZenBook Pro UX501VW after buying it from a retailer who had installed a lot of bloatware. I have formatted and deleted every partition, with nothing on the computer but the standard Windows 10.

    I have already downloaded two drivers that I knew I needed: 'ATKACPI driver and hotkey-related utilities' (to make hotkeys for keyboard lighting function) and 'ASUS Smart Gesture' (to make zooming and scrolling with the touchpad work, as well as making the touchpad much better to use in general). Windows Update also automatically installed Intel and NVIDIA's latest drivers.

    However, I see a lot of other drivers that I feel are somewhat unnecessary, like screen and sound 'enhancement' tools. Can someone give me an idea of which of the drivers I really need from ASUS' drivers site for the ZenBook Pro UX501VW:

    https://www.asus.com/us/Notebooks/ASUS-ZenBook-Pro-UX501VW/HelpDesk_Download/
     
    EduardoDaVinci, Jun 22, 2016
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    UPDATE:

    Please have a look at my post made on the 28th of June in the ASUS ZenBook Pro UX501 Owner's Lounge thread to see a full explanation of all the drivers you need for this computer.
     
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    EduardoDaVinci, Jun 23, 2016
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    Dogshow1070 Notebook Enthusiast

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    If I were you I would avoid the latest drivers unless absolute necessary, and stay off windows 10 anniversary. Maybe only that, it fu**ed up my pc. And by latest I mean before 3.7
     
    Dogshow1070, Sep 12, 2016
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    And the drivers I am talking about are Nvidias - though nothing should happen if you avoid anniversary
     
    Dogshow1070, Sep 12, 2016
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