Install which drivers? Need SFAN1 to OC?

It says if not installing BIOS updates through live update (it didn't even find them though), then to use the flash utility. Flashing the BIOS looks like a PITA, do I really need thoes BIOS updates?
..Not wanting suggestions= I just meant the utilities I consider obsolete that Live 5 founds like Fast Boot (save a few seconds booting), Fast Charge (charge USB devices faster), Google Chrome (might switch from IE one day though), Video Genie (makes things brighter, I hate bright, keep brightness and contrast at 0 unless video game or Google Earth), etc.

I didn't install in your order, though. From start to now, I upgraded SP2>SP3, windows updates, then audio driver cause no audio w/out it, and that's all I did thus far.

How about the SFAN1 port on the mobo not getting power from the PSU, will that affect anything like OCing?

elsewhere said not to worry about the SFAN1, that it mighta been to monitor the PSU fan.
Also said activate features in BIOS b4 installing those updates?

trying to dl driver for pci internet card. dloaded this http://www.smc.com/index.cfm?event=downloads.doSearchCriteria&localeCode=EN_USA&knowsPartNumber=false&productCategory=9&modelNumber=230&partNumber=2676&downloadType=1&os=8

for XP pro 32-bit. Just double click the SETUP 1211 file in SETUP folder??

not sure what to do with all the files given when DL the 4in1 chipset driver from link in Op either. Alwasy just double click the setup file??

The system builder was supposed to write an install procedure. Most didn't so you only find guides. I own a similar machine and shared the rough guide of installing XP on that one. It's close enough as a guide but specifics have to either be obtained from the makers or just guessed and tried.

Bob

Neweggs youtube building tutorial before updating windows, might make things a bit stabler and faster. Out of all the random files I get per driver download, just double click the SETUP one then delete everything after it installs?

If you run setup and delete after it installs then how would you repeat the install later? Maybe this is why you don't have the drivers? You delete them after you use them rather and collect the ones you need for later?
Bob

because they are online, so why would I want to be cluttered with driver files/CDs? I also threw out the manual because a .pdf is free online, it's better too. I will however save a .txt file with details of how to install the drivers, the order, and which files from the .zips I need, etc.
IOW, Setup files should be all I need, no finding .dll or whatever files through device manager and updating driver through that? Once I get my New PC build, hopefully all drivers are simple one .exe file each

I see why folk struggle so much. They don't prepare for when they need their drivers that worked before. They go get it from the web and the versions can change.

Maybe you can read what this person says about that cloud.

-> http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57486930-71/woz-the-cloud-is-a-nightmare/

So here we are how many posts and you are just beginning to see the problem.
Bob

'..sandly it's fear that can't be helped' is what you told me about not worrying to turn off Norton before, kind of contradictoryly pertains to that cloud article.
I doubt cloud companies are going to get away with ruining drivers stored by big corporations if they chose to not allow downloads from their own servers.
To answer your question, this is only 2 posts after you suggested saving driver files in case the new updated ones are from a cloud server that's been ruined. Let alone anything to help me with actually installing which files. You're right, I'll google a bunch. Thanks anyway.

It has a flaw in that you can never be sure you are getting the drivers that you found to work. It's your choice but by deleting the driver you found to work and not collecting them for later you set yourself up for a discussion about how to install Windows and Drivers.

I had hoped a little word about relying on the net for files from a rather famous person would help.
Bob