Drivers needed for SY-K7VEM Pro mobo

[excelscior]

I tried looking for the drivers for this mobo. All I found were websites that charge you to download them. This is probably a 6 year old barebones case mobo. I am building it for a coworkers grandma who will probably only surf or might use email. Not much beyond that I think. Anyways...I would appreciate any help on this one. Thank you in advance. Bye for now.

[Midknyte]

http://www.firingsquad.com/hw/343/SOYO_SY-K7VEM_Pro/

You need to search by the chipset, video, and audio manufacturer. You didn't say which OS, but you can start by going to the VIA site.

http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=2

[excelscior]

Win XP Pro with SP2. Now how did I forget that?

[Sterling_Aug]

Mobo details:

http://www.soyousa.com/product/search/1/SY-K7VEM_Pro/25


Windows XP Drivers:

http://www.soyousa.com/content/Downl...p=25&l=English

[Midknyte]

I tried looking for the drivers for this mobo. All I found were websites that charge you to download them.

Hmm. I assumed you had googled for soyo's website. You know what happens when you "assume".

[excelscior]

Would those drivers be ok for this mobo? The board was sold sometime around 2000 yet those drviers were released on 2002-2004. Are drivers updated that long after the release of a mobo? I can try them I just dont know how successful I will be with them. I appreciate it tho even if they dont' work. It's worth a try in my book.

[Sterling_Aug]

Try them, they should work fine since WinXP didn't come out until late 2002.

[Midknyte]

Would those drivers be ok for this mobo? The board was sold sometime around 2000 yet those drviers were released on 2002-2004. Are drivers updated that long after the release of a mobo?

2-4 year isn't that long and yes they update the drivers. The driver disc you get with the motherboard is outdated by the time you get it.