Windows 10: Intel Chipset numbering question

When I run the Intel Driver Update Utility, it always shows my chipset needs an update.

My problem is that my current version is 10.1.2.8
Intel Driver Update Utility wants to go to 10.1.1.14

Isn't 10.1.2 greater than 10.1.1? Or am I applying math where it doesn't belong?

:)

 

Chronic soft freezes in Windows 10

I'm having a similar issue with the Intel Update Utility. It was telling me my chipset device software was at version 14.6.0.1029 and that the most recent version is 10.1.1.14. I downloaded and installed SetupChipset to install the latest chipset device
software and though the installation seemed to go okay, the version number was unchanged.

Poking around a bit it turns out that 14.6.0.1029 is the version number of my Intel Rapid Storage Technology (Intel RST) driver that appears to be related to some of the freeze issues folks are having.

I upgraded my RST to the latest, 14,8.0.1042, and now when I run the Intel Update Utility it reports that version number as my chipset device software version number.

 

Intel chipset drivers error:

but now to the original question: is there a way to fix the intel driver utility error when trying to download chipset?

 

Who knows, Intel and its labeling. The latest version is from 1/17/2017, while 10.1.2.8 showed up in 2015.

Download Intel® Chipset Device Software (INF Update Utility)

 

And then the most current version is 10.1.1.42
The Intel Driver Update Utility only offers me 14.

I'm tempted to just leave well enough alone.

 

Yes version 10.1.2.8 is higher (or newer) than 10.1.1.14. I would stop checking for a month or keep an eye on this thread.

 

I did (follow that thread). That's where all this started!

 

I can't work these Intel chipset drivers out, I had a similar question in another thread. The driver numbers are all over the place, I downloaded and apparently successfully installed the latest 10.1.1.42 drivers but according to device manager the chipset drivers haven't changed and remain at 10.1.1.7

The only entry that shows as being updated to 10.1.1.42 is the:

Intel Xeon processor E3 - 1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor DRAM Controller - 0C00

Also the SMBus Host Controller version is 10.1.1.13 while the remaining are 10.1.1.7

I've also ran Intel Driver Update utility and it claims my current version is 10.0.14393.594 and offers 10.1.1.14 as the latest driver. The program seems bugged, as when I attempt to download the setup.exe through the utility the file doesn't appear at the download location... Not sure where to go from here.

 

Hmm, well if I got to Regedit, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/INTEL/InfInst it shows version installed as 10.1.1.42 which is the latest drivers I manually installed the other day. I'm unsure why this version number isn't reflected through Device Manager.

Apparently there should also be an entry in Regedit/Infinst called "install-success" but I don't seem to have it. Can anyone confirm whether they have that or whether it should be there?

 

Could this be the reason for the disparity in driver version?

Source

 

I think they mean they literally changed the name of the utility.
From
Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility
to
Intel Chipset Device Software

Just so the names are as confusing as the numbers!

 

Yea, that's what I figured they meant, but the version numbers may have changed along with the name. I just tried to install their "latest" but it said I already had a newer version. Go figure.

 

I only get my chipset drivers from the motherboard/PC/laptop OEM.

 

In your case:

https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P9...Desk_Download/
Version 11.0.5.1189
Description MEI: V11.0.5.1189
File Size 97.86 MBytesupdate 2016/08/02 Download from Global

 

Couldn't agree more. That's what I'm doing.
I just ran the Intel program for kicks and grins and that's where my question came from.

I have all the current drivers from my boards website installed, including Chipset v10.1.2.8, and that Management Engine Interface driver (MEI).