Anyone used Uniblue Driver scanner?

[Sweper]

Having some trouble closing Track IR I mailed their support today. The answer I got was if I have the latest Bios and motherboard drivers. I found this:

http://www.liutilities.com/products/campaigns/affiliate/offer/gen/ds/ site when searching around for just something. I downloaded the program and scanned my system but have not downloaded the drivers yet. Anybody know if it could do any harm to my pc?

This is what the scan found to be outdated:

[FoolTrottel]

There's nothing between the 'needs update' drivers that are really relevant with regards to TrackIR. I think.

That tool looks cool, so I installed it and ran it.

It found some outdated drivers on my system...

But, you'll have to buy / register it to use it to download the newer drivers.

[Blairgowrie]

I suspect if you try to download them Sven you will get a screen asking you to pay for their service. You should be able to find the latest chipset drivers from your motherboard site.

Posted this the same time as FT.

[DD_Arthur]

I expect there are newer chipset and bios drivers around for my board but is it worth updating them? I understood there was some risk involved in updating the bios?

[Blairgowrie]

Very little risk if you download the updates and then install them. If you try to flash the bios over the Internet, you run the risk of an Internet interuption and getting things really messed up. Most manufacturers will have a procedure for updating bios.

[DD_Arthur]

Thanks BG, I get it. Have read before that flashing can be risky!!

[BadAim]

Flashing can indeed be a bit risky, and needs to be done very carefully. I can testify as one who has borked a bios chip, but then again that was one out of dozens of flashes and I was admittedly being decidedly NOT careful. I now hold to the advice not to flash if there is no real reason.

[Jabo]

I now hold to the advice not to flash if there is no real reason.

Likewise, I only resort to flashing the bios if there's no sensible alternative (and there usually is)

[Sweper]

Thanks for your adivce mates. I searched and found this site: http://www.whatsrunning.net/whatsrunning/main.aspx very neat to check all running processes in the task manager. They had a link that lead me to Uniblue and it seemed to be a useful program. Well, of course you are right, it is better to go direct to the target: the manufactor. FT, I will give TIR that answer since they never came with a solution on their own forum. My BIOS is working fine and I will not upgrade.

Swep