Vista X64 on Asus A8N-E

I'm doing my prep work for installation of Vista X64 Ultimate on my Asus
A8N-E board. Since it is an older board (nForce 4 chipset) I have a few
quick questions as to driver installation:

- Should I download and install the newest nForce 4 driver package from
nVidia (15.23) or do I simply use the drivers included with Vista?

* If using the nVidia package, when should I install them?

- Same question(s) relating to the Realtek Audio chipset (AC'97, ALC850
Version 6.2.31 supplied by
Asus)?


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"Van G" <Van.G.3gz302@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message
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> I'm doing my prep work for installation of Vista X64 Ultimate on my Asus
> A8N-E board. Since it is an older board (nForce 4 chipset) I have a few
> quick questions as to driver installation:
>
> - Should I download and install the newest nForce 4 driver package from
> nVidia (15.23) or do I simply use the drivers included with Vista?
>
> * If using the nVidia package, when should I install them?
>
> - Same question(s) relating to the Realtek Audio chipset (AC'97, ALC850
> Version 6.2.31 supplied by
> Asus)?
>
>


If the mfg has Vista drivers, use them

FWIW: I have the same mobo and did a test install of Vista (32bit)
and don't recall if they had 64 bit drivers...but my guess is that by now
they would.

However, due to a fairly low Vista rating I went back to XP...

So you may want to reconsider.

"philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> "Van G" <Van.G.3gz302@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message
> news:Van.G.3gz302@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com...
> >
> > I'm doing my prep work for installation of Vista X64 Ultimate on my Asus
> > A8N-E board. Since it is an older board (nForce 4 chipset) I have a few
> > quick questions as to driver installation:
> >
> > - Should I download and install the newest nForce 4 driver package from
> > nVidia (15.23) or do I simply use the drivers included with Vista?
> >
> > * If using the nVidia package, when should I install them?
> >
> > - Same question(s) relating to the Realtek Audio chipset (AC'97, ALC850
> > Version 6.2.31 supplied by
> > Asus)?
> >
> >
>
>
> If the mfg has Vista drivers, use them
>
> FWIW: I have the same mobo and did a test install of Vista (32bit)
> and don't recall if they had 64 bit drivers...but my guess is that by now
> they would.
>
> However, due to a fairly low Vista rating I went back to XP...
>
> So you may want to reconsider.
>
>

Correction:

I got my two machines mixed up...
though I did try Vista on my A8N-E with less than desirable results...
I run Win2k on that machine.

It did not work with XP SP2 however I did try a SP3 slipstreamed cd and it
was fine...
but still went back to Win2k