ASUS Maximus VII Ranger drivers/software

[Doomslayer]

Hey all.

i got my new motherboard today and i need some advice from you guys.
I'm wondering what drivers & software should i download from the asus website i have been looking on there but i'm confused can you all give me some recommended driver & software to download.

Thanks guys

 

[tinytomlogan]

Thats a very open ended question. You need the drivers but software and utilities if you dont need it dont bother.

 

[Doomslayer]

Thats a very open ended question. You need the drivers but software and utilities if you dont need it dont bother.

thanks tom, yeah i know i need the basic stuff like chipset, sata, usb what i'm asking is the other stuff they have on the website.

 

[tinytomlogan]

thanks tom, yeah i know i need the basic stuff like chipset, sata, usb what i'm asking is the other stuff they have on the website.

Right well sadly I cant remember whats on their website so either just follow what Ive said above because thats the basics of it or ask a direct question mate rather than assuming we can remember everything like Sheldon Cooper

 

[Doomslayer]

Right well sadly I cant remember whats on their website so either just follow what Ive said above because thats the basics of it or ask a direct question mate rather than assuming we can remember everything like Sheldon Cooper

Yep i understand tom

 

[Feronix]

Don't really need Bios updates if this one works fine, don't need the manual, utilities or Bios-utilities.

Just stick with the Chiperset, Sata, USB, LAN, Audio and VGA-(optional).

 

[Doomslayer]

Don't really need Bios updates if this one works fine, don't need the manual, utilities or Bios-utilities.

Just stick with the Chiperset, Sata, USB, LAN, Audio and VGA-(optional).

Ok then i don't really need audio cause i use a DAC also same goes for the VGA, thanks for the advice

 

[Feronix]

Ok then i don't really need audio cause i use a DAC also same goes for the VGA, thanks for the advice

DAC isn't an actual sound card but just converts digital audio signal to analogue (hence the name Digital to Analogue Converter) so it still uses your on-board audio unless you have an external soundcard+DAC in one unit, or an internal sound card that has a DAC on it.

 

[Doomslayer]

DAC isn't an actual sound card but just converts digital audio signal to analogue (hence the name Digital to Analogue Converter) so it still uses your on-board audio unless you have an external soundcard+DAC in one unit, or an internal sound card that has a DAC on it.

Yeah its a sound card i have a ASUS - Xonar U7

what i'm asking is with the other software is it any good like the keybot stuff, ROG CPU-Z and RAMdisk

 

[Feronix]

Yeah its a sound card i have a ASUS - Xonar U7

what i'm asking with the other software is it any good like the keybot stuff, ROG CPU-Z and RAMdisk

Don't know about the Keybot thing, but afaik ROG CPU-Z is just CPU-Z with a skin on it, and you really don't need RAMDisk unless you plan on using an actual RAMDisk.

Best thing you can do is just Google the utilities and see if they can be useful to you.

 

[tinytomlogan]

Yeah tbh mate youre asking us to tell you wether YOU will like something or not. You kinda need to work it out for yourself tbh.

 

[Doomslayer]

Don't know about the Keybot thing, but afaik ROG GPU-Z is just GPU-Z with a skin on it, and you really don't need RAMDisk unless you plan on using an actual RAMDisk.

Best thing you can do is just Google the utilities and see if they can be useful to you.

I have watch some vids on youtube about all of the new asus software but i think i might have to watch them again and make my mind up. with the chipset drivers asus has 2 listed different file size so would one would i need i have already downloaded the larger size, also i'm confused with the sata driver their are 3 different ones

Thanks again for the advice

Yeah tbh mate youre asking us to tell you wether YOU will like something or not. You kinda need to work it out for yourself tbh.

Hey tom do you think you will be doing any vids on the software stuff if not its all good

 

[tinytomlogan]

I have watch some vids on youtube about all of the new asus software but i think i might have to watch them again and make my mind up. with the chipset drivers asus has 2 listed different file size so would one would i need i have already downloaded the larger size, also i'm confused with the sata driver their are 3 different ones

Thanks again for the advice



Hey tom do you think you will be doing any vids on the software stuff if not its all good

No mate busy with important stuff

 

[Doomslayer]

No mate busy with important stuff

No problem

 

[tinytomlogan]

No problem

Lets put it this way its nothing new for any of them. Its also quite often as with many things dependent on what you use with them or for.

 

[paulstung]

If your unsure what you need or don't need, why not just install everything, like keybot, and stuff and give them a try, and if you find you don't need any of them, just uninstall them.

 

[Doomslayer]

If your unsure what you need or don't need, why not just install everything, like keybot, and stuff and give them a try, and if you find you don't need any of them, just uninstall them.

True i'm thinking about it but i'm going to re watch those videos tho

Thanks for the advice

 

[Doomslayer]

Don't know about the Keybot thing, but afaik ROG CPU-Z is just CPU-Z with a skin on it, and you really don't need RAMDisk unless you plan on using an actual RAMDisk.

Best thing you can do is just Google the utilities and see if they can be useful to you.

I have the ranger motherboard installed now re install all drivers and everything but if i go into the device manger it still said there is a Unknown device
i have no idea in what that would be for

 

[Feronix]

I have the ranger motherboard installed now re install all drivers and everything but if i go into the device manger it still said there is a Unknown device
i have no idea in what that would be for

Maybe it's just a USB drive or other device (headset, wireless receiver, etc.) plugged into your computer that is not recognized by windows?

 

[Doomslayer]

Maybe it's just a USB drive or other device (headset, wireless receiver, etc.) plugged into your computer that is not recognized by windows?

there is no usb thumb drive plug in atm, the only thing i think it could be is that keybot thing but not sure

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Just found out what it is someone else posted the same issue on here as well, its the Asus Probe II Sense Driver.

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I downloaded and installed it but it didn't work for me so it still says Unknown device but it has moved down into the System devices tho.

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looks like the unknown device has been fixed it was a driver its the WSD print device i have never seen this driver before, there is a strange issue now tho i can not install any ASUS software it just doesn't install at all.