Are Intel Chipset INF installer, Application Accelerator needed

[Aloke Prasad]

For the Intel 850 chipset motherboard, these are pretty old (released in
early 2003). Are this still needed (or do they help) on a fresh install of
XPPro with Service Pack 2 ?

I figured that MS would be using the latest information about the chipsets,
IDE drivers etc..with it's latest service packs. But, maybe not..

In fact,

http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scr...SFullName=Windows*+XP+Professional&submit=Go!

shows even drivers for USB2 support for XPPro ...

Should I install all that?

 

[Paul]

I'm using 2KPro on a machine with a D850GB motherboard, for which you need
both the INF installer and AA; as I recall, for XP you only need the AA.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

But the Intel Chipset installer does not "damage" XP.

 

[Alex Nichol]

For the Intel 850 chipset motherboard, these are pretty old (released in
early 2003). Are this still needed (or do they help) on a fresh install of
XPPro with Service Pack 2 ?

I figured that MS would be using the latest information about the chipsets,
IDE drivers etc..with it's latest service packs. But, maybe not..

I used the IAA for a bit, found it interfered with something I forget
and was not giving that much extra performance. All it is is a special
IDE controller driver optimised to the chipset rather than being generic
like the MS One. You do not *need* it. And I have not bothered with
the chipset.inf at all, left it to the inf files that came with the
system

 

[daescgh]

NO NO NO! Your right, it will actually slow things down!

 

[Alex Nichol]

NO NO NO! Your right, it will actually slow things down!

In my experience the IAA will give a small improvement over the standard
MSoft drivers. But it can have side effects - spurious low VM messages,
and problems with CD/DVD burning, and I gave up on it