What Motherboard is best with online support?

[joeeye]

I'd like to hear which motherboard manufacturer you think is great for going on line to get drivers and such for your mobo as it ages, as well as being able to get results when needing info and drivers?

I ask because I bought a bargain mobo (WinFast 6150BK8MC) by Foxconn and a 3 year old could have built a better web site with any kind of info that you can use.

I'm at the point where I don't care what a mobo costs, I want to be able to dig up drivers and what have you if/when the time comes.

I had to do a full reload of Windows XP Home. Its not an update Copy, its a full install, so now after the reloading I lost my sound and have exhausted all places to look for help with trying drivers and even thinking about flashing the BIOS, but I wouldn't dare with out having some info on doing it with this particular mobo that I can't find... I'm not a high skilled person but I have done a lot of this kind of thing before to know when the manufactures web site is not good.

I might as well put a cheap sound card in it?

[Skorp]

You want a motherboard manufacturer with good support? :D

'Fraid it doesn't happen. At least ASUS will let you get all the drivers you need, even if their website is a little... nineties.

[yahooadam]

and the drivers are a little 80's

so far i haven't had a problem with DFI, i can still get drivers for my ageing SLI-DR

Still, asus may be a bit better in terms of longevity, you can see get like P2 motherboard drivers from them
But the DFI drivers actually work, so, it swings in round-abouts ;)

In the long run though, ive found the biggest driver changes are just the chipsets, the storage and extra drivers often dont change much/ever
So if its an nForce chipset, just get the drivers from nvidia

[jdrom17]

I'd say ASUS retains the most information on nearly all their products, though their site works best in IE and it helps if you use a download manager to get files quicker.

I guess the Gigabyte site isn't too bad either.

As was mentioned, chipset drivers can usually be found from the source. NVIDIA, VIA, Intel, AMD all have their own driver pages and are usually updated more often than ASUS etc.

[yahooadam]

I couldnt find P35 drivers on intels site, are they hiding them or am i being thick?

[jdrom17]

I couldnt find P35 drivers on intels site, are they hiding them or am i being thick?
I believe these are them: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Product_Filter.aspx?ProductID=2842&lang=eng

[yahooadam]

ah, kk

http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/sb/CS-026488.htm

hard to find though, p35 should take you to that page >_<

[AKHandyman]

Most all of the first-tier motherboard makers offer favorable driver support ... I guess you'll stay away from the cheaper brands from now on, huh? :D

[yahooadam]

Asus have chipset drivers, i just prefer getting the latest from the chipset maker

[Zefram]

Asus have chipset drivers, i just prefer getting the latest from the chipset maker

And i have a tip for those who uses nVidia chipset........ find a 'remix' or 'modded' drivers, normally nVidia will tend to 'forget' to upgrade their older chipset drivers, and only focuses on their newer chipset drivers. Some good lads out there taken the new drivers apart, and make them usable on older chipsets. Been using it since, giving good performance and good stability.

The drivers could be found by..... googling them ;)