Hi all!

I recently had the opportunity to upgrade a machine running Vista 32-bit to Windows 7 64-bit. It is running the Abit IP35-Pro motherboard. I don't have a lot of experience with Win7 yet, so I'm not sure what will be working fine out of the box, vs what I really should install an updated driver for, especially since some of this stuff may not even have drivers for Win7 64-bit.

I was hoping someone could help me out.

  • Device Manager shows no conflicts (except uGuru), so that is good. Can I update the uGuru driver in Device Manager and just use the Vista driver?


  • I haven't installed any of the RAID, SATA, ACHI, or Matrix crap from Intel or JMicron. The system has 4 SATA hard drives but they are running in IDE mode, no RAID. Do I need any of this stuff?


How about:
  • Chipset driver
  • Audio driver
  • Ethernet driver

Do I need to update these? Does it get me any benefit over what Windows 7 is already using? If so, how do I find the right version? There are links all over the place, and I'm not sure what is specifically for Win7 64-bit.

Thank you very much!