Intel® Driver & Support Assistant is a free downloadable application for computers running the Microsoft Windows* Operating System. What is the Intel® Driver & Support Assistant? Before you use Intel® DSA, refer to this page to ensure that your product is compatible with Intel® DSA. In the 3.7 Update to the Intel Driver Support Assistant, it seems Intel have addressed the issue of Storage Controllers.While Intel® Driver & Support Assistant (Intel® DSA) can detect and offer upgrades for many of the drivers and software that are available on Download Center, you may have an Intel product that isn’t supported by this tool. We are now prompted to restart, select Yes:Īfter restarting we can simply revisit the Intel Driver & Support Assistant website and it will automatically begin scanning: We'll need to accept the UAC prompt again: Once done it will move onto the Second Update: We can go through and install the driver: We'll get the UAC Prompt for the first update which we will need to Accept:
We now need to click Install All Updates:
They are Wireless and Bluetooth Driver Updates. In my case it found 2 Software Updates and I can scroll down to view these in more detail: It'll ask you what Browser you want to open it with. For Video Drivers it seems to prefer you to stick to your OEM as the OEM drivers may be slightly tweaked by the OEM.Īlthough it has a Chipset category, I've never been offered any updates for the Chipset and the tool seems to be lacking as there is an Intel Management Engine Interface Driver Update available for all the systems I've checked.ĭouble click the setup to install the program:Īccept the License Agreement and select Install:Īccept or Decline the prompt to join the Intel Computing Program: It gives some driver updates for the Storage Controllers.
The Intel Support Assistant seems to be particularly good with Intel Wireless, Bluetooth and Network Controllers.
As a result they may be slightly behind Intel, so it's worth scanning your system with the Intel Driver & Support Assistant. OEM Drivers offered by Dell, Lenovo and HP are usually repackaged drivers. Therefore Intel can be thought of as the OEM of OEMs. Intel is the chip manufacturer and Intel chips are used in most Dell, Lenovo and HP systems.
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