How do i tell if my drivers are up to date on Acer?
- by joe
Hoping some kind souls can help me out ?
I got a blue screen the other day after trying to load sandboxie. So its obviously conflicting with something.
I checked if my drivers were up to date on my acer aspire one AOD270 on this intel based site;
http://www.drivermanager.com/en/down...tel&Logo=intel
Its showing i have 2 drivers that need updating ;
Intel NM10 Express chipset and the Realtek PCIE Cardreader. I have no idea whether to do the update via the Intel Driver update site or the Acer drivers download page?
I then ran Bluescreenview and on the dump file its showing ;
''caused by driver'' igdkmd32.sys
''file description'' Intel (R) WDDM Kernel mode driver
''product name''Intel Graphics Accelerator Drivers for Windows 7(R)
I bought the laptop here in SE Asia about a year ago. The ''HOT!! NEW download tool'' on the acer drivers site (below) doesnt seem to work and the info about removing and installing drivers is limited. Not sure what to trust on non acer/manufacturer sites.
http://support.acer.com/us/en/produc...1&modelId=4040
I've located the igdkmd32.sys file inside the INTEL GRAPHICS MEDIA ACCELERATOR 3600 SERIES 8.14.8.1064. When i click on ''update driver'' in control panel it searches and says its up to date. In windows maintenance it says this intel had a problem, but no solution.
For all i know my drivers could be up to date and its something else.
Can anybody advise a dummy step by step the process i should follow ? I've never done this before.
eg do i delete the old driver first and then download the new one.how much of a problem i could cause by downloading this type of thing wrongly? As yet i havent downloaded any drivers. I've asked on other forums but no luck as yet.
Thanks for any help!
