4 Ways To Find And Update Drivers

Windows 10 will handle virtually all of your driver updates through the Windows update utility. This typically happens automatically, but you can check for the latest updates at any time.

If Settings instead loads to a specific menu, first click Home in the upper-left corner of the window.

Depending on how long it has been since you last checked for updates, this process may take several minutes.

Depending on your version of Windows, the updates may begin downloading automatically. You may be prompted to reboot after updates are installed. [2] X Research source

Apple handles all of the driver updates that are released for your Mac hardware.

Alternatively, you can click UPDATE to the right of the drivers you want to install to install only the drivers.

If a driver’s installation is blocked by your Mac, its developer is probably unsigned. You can verify the installation to allow the driver(s) to install.

You can also just right-click the Start icon.

If you right-clicked the Start icon, click Device Manager in the resulting pop-up menu.

For example, if you’re attempting to update the drivers for a Bluetooth item, you would find the “Bluetooth” heading.

If the heading already has an indented list of items below it, skip this step.

If you don’t see the item here, it isn’t installed on your computer. Close Device Manager, plug in or pair the item with your computer, follow any on-screen prompts, and then re-open the item’s category in Device Manager before proceeding.

You may be asked to restart your computer after completing the update process. If you receive a message that says “The best drivers for your device are already installed”, Windows can’t find the correct driver files to use. You can still try installing a driver from the manufacturer’s website if you’re certain that your hardware item’s drivers are outdated.

For example, if you own a Razer keyboard, you’ll find the drivers on the Razer website. If you have a laptop, you can usually find all of the drivers you need from your laptop manufacturer’s page. You can find the model information in the documentation that came with your hardware. You can also find the model information in Device Manager if Windows was able to recognize it.

Motherboards Gigabyte — gigabyte. com/support-downloads/download-center. aspx?ck=2 Intel — downloadcenter. intel. com MSi — msi. com/service/download/ ASRock — asrock. com/support/download. asp Asus — support. asus. com/download/options. aspx?SLanguage=en&type=1 Graphics NVIDIA — nvidia. com/Download/index. aspx?lang=en-us AMD/ATI — support. amd. com/en-us/download Laptops Dell — dell. com/support/home/us/en/19/Products/laptop?app=drivers Gateway — gateway. com/worldwide/support/ HP — www8. hp. com/us/en/support-drivers. html Lenovo — support. lenovo. com/us/en/products?tabName=Downloads Toshiba — support. toshiba. com Network Cards Linksys — linksys. com/us/support/ Netgear — downloadcenter. netgear. com/ Realtek — realtek. com. tw/downloads/ Trendnet — trendnet. com/downloads/ Optical Drives Samsung — samsung. com/us/support/ Sony — sony. storagesupport. com/models/21 LG — lg. com/us/support LiteOn — us. liteonit. com/us/service-support/download Peripherals Creative — support. creative. com/welcome. aspx Logitech — support. logitech. com/ Plantronics — plantronics. com/us/category/software/ Turtle Beach — support. turtlebeach. com/files/

Gigabyte — gigabyte. com/support-downloads/download-center. aspx?ck=2 Intel — downloadcenter. intel. com MSi — msi. com/service/download/ ASRock — asrock. com/support/download. asp Asus — support. asus. com/download/options. aspx?SLanguage=en&type=1

NVIDIA — nvidia. com/Download/index. aspx?lang=en-us AMD/ATI — support. amd. com/en-us/download

Dell — dell. com/support/home/us/en/19/Products/laptop?app=drivers Gateway — gateway. com/worldwide/support/ HP — www8. hp. com/us/en/support-drivers. html Lenovo — support. lenovo. com/us/en/products?tabName=Downloads Toshiba — support. toshiba. com

Linksys — linksys. com/us/support/ Netgear — downloadcenter. netgear. com/ Realtek — realtek. com. tw/downloads/ Trendnet — trendnet. com/downloads/

Samsung — samsung. com/us/support/ Sony — sony. storagesupport. com/models/21 LG — lg. com/us/support LiteOn — us. liteonit. com/us/service-support/download

Creative — support. creative. com/welcome. aspx Logitech — support. logitech. com/ Plantronics — plantronics. com/us/category/software/ Turtle Beach — support. turtlebeach. com/files/

You may need to scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page and then click Support or Drivers there to open the drivers page.

Many drivers come as installers, or are packaged with software designed for the hardware. Older or less-common items may have drivers in ZIP folder format. Sometimes the hardware’s accompanying software will be listed separately from the drivers. [6] X Research source

Windows — Double-click the ZIP folder, click the Extract tab, click Extract all, and click Extract when prompted. Mac — Double-click the ZIP folder and wait for it to finish extracting.

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Select the hardware item you want to update in Device Manager. Click Action. Click Update driver. Click Browse my computer for driver software when prompted. Go to the extracted ZIP folder and click any “. inf” file in the folder while holding down Ctrl. Click Open.