trouble updating drivers

[blippy]

hi,

i have an asus sabertooth 990fx rev 1, with an 8-core bulldozer and an amd xfx 6850 graphics card 16gb ram. on win 8 and all latest updates.

running great for months, just tried to update the drivers, as usual, from the asus website, and they wont install properly, :

chipset error - says installs with errors
audio driver - wont install says `the configuration registry database is corrupt', and or : error 0x000003F1. The sound then only plays through the TV speakers!

I restored it and its fine on the older drivers ....

any ideas?

thanks jools 

[patio]

My guess is it doesn't need the updates...
New drivers are not always proper drivers...
If everything is running fine i'd leave things be....
But that's just me.

[Salmon Trout]

its fine on the older drivers ....

Think about what you wrote there and you will know what to do (or not do).

[blippy]

i restored the pc and re-installed- - but only installing the drivers which were definitely outdated (most were an over-install of the same), the graphics is a lot better too.

Overclocking with the new Amd catayst manager i get 4.75 - 4.9 mhz rock solid with the turbo-core on.  No overheating problems at all. Thats with the 8-core bulldozer (bus speed 250 and with advanced system care 6 power plan enabled).

cheers blippy...