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    Question about a driver site.

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Ilias_mcleg, Apr 22, 2021.

  1. Ilias_mcleg

    Ilias_mcleg Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys. I formated my laptop and the audio driver from the ASUS website decided to not work properly so I went to find some updated drivers since Realtek's website only date drivers as back as 2017. I found some 2019 drivers on drp.su and downloaded them. Is that site safe? I did run malwarebytes (free) after installing them but didnt find anything. Malwarebytes blocked the site as well. Also found a folder called DIFX with just an exe file that was named dpinst and an uninstallable program in the "uninstall programs and features" in the controll panel called windows driver package - asus (asus ptp driver) hidclass *some numbers*
     
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    Ilias_mcleg, Apr 22, 2021
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    FYI i didnt use their "auto driver installer"
     
    Ilias_mcleg, Apr 22, 2021
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    Never use such site get it from Asus instead. So what O/S did you use? Little information is provided to be of much help here? And what Model of laptop are we talking about?
     
    StormJumper, Apr 23, 2021
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    Jdpurvis, Apr 24, 2021
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    Dot S U stands for Soviet Union. KGB General Kaspersky, son of KGB General Kaspersky is smiling and waving...
     
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    My God, don't tell me he went to a Russian site for drivers!
     
    TreeTops Ranch, Apr 25, 2021
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    I would not touch any driver from any site other than the original manufacturers even if you paid me.
     
    Spartan@HIDevolution, Apr 25, 2021
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    DRP.SU was Driver pack solution's official site when I used it in 2013-2015.
    After that, I started using Snappy driver origin or something and then I stopped it altogether in favor of OEM drivers or MSFT drivers from update catalog.
     
    Vasudev, Apr 26, 2021
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    those Realtek audio v6.0.9088.1 drivers from MS are in compact UAD (universal audio driver) / DCH (Declarative Componentized Hardware) format and may not be fully compatible with the OP's Asus laptop.

    best if the OP tries to find fully compatible audio drivers from the ASUS support site rather than using 3rd party driver sites
     
    epguy3, May 12, 2021
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