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Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility 9.1.1.1025

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The Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility (also known as the Intel® Chipset Device Software) is often referred to as the chipset driver or chipset drivers. This is a common misconception. A driver is a program that allows a computer to communicate (or talk to) a piece of hardware. The Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility, however, is not a driver, nor does it include drivers. It contains information files (INFs).

An INF is a text file that provides the operating system with information about a piece of hardware on the system. In the case of the current Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility, that information is primarily the product name for the piece of hardware. This allows the operating system to show the correct name for that piece of hardware in Device Manager.

If a chipset is released well after an operating system, the INF allows the operating system to identify all the pieces of the chipset. Intel and Microsoft* work together to include information on both current and future chipsets in new operating systems so, in many cases, the operating system will recognize all the pieces of the chipset even without the INF.

The best rule of thumb is that, unless you are installing an operating system, you don't need to install the Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility. If you do install the Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility after installing the operating system, and the installation program recognizes that some or all of the product names in Device Manager match the product names in the included INF files, it just won't install those INF files.

INF files outline to the operating system how to configure the Intel(R) chipset components in order to ensure that the following features function properly:
- Core PCI and ISAPNP Services
- AGP Support
- IDE/ATA33/ATA66/ATA100 Storage Support
- SATA Storage Support
- USB Support
- Identification of Intel(R) Chipset Components in the Device Manager

The Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility is validated on the following Microsoft operating systems:
- Microsoft Windows* Server 2003
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition*
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64
- Microsoft Windows XP
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64
- Microsoft Windows 2000
- Microsoft Windows Vista
- Microsoft Windows Vista x64
- Microsoft Windows 7
- Microsoft Windows 7 x64
- Microsoft Windows 2008 R2
- Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 x64

The Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility contains support for the All Intel Chipsets.

Homepage - http://www.intel.com

Size: 2.66 MB

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hclarkjr 15 July 2009 00:29:

i get this error when i click on link

The file that you are trying to download has either been moved, renamed or archived.

Please go to http://downloadcenter.intel.com and choose your product to find your download.

Reaver 15 July 2009 01:46:

use this method to install:
run cmd
type..
INF_allOS_9.1.1.1015_PV.exe -OVERALL

this will Updates ALL INF drivers on all available devices
even if third party drivers are currently installed(Like Microsoft default drivers).

Journey 15 July 2009 08:31:

I'm guessing this won't work on Windows XP Pro SP3??

AngloSaxon 15 July 2009 10:00:

yes it does Journey, I've XP Pro SP3, works 100% as Reaver says smile

cooldoc66 15 July 2009 16:25:

Just change target directory(cd \)! Then it'll work.

daddyfu91862 15 August 2009 22:34:

MAyBe it me...but I get the following error when I TRY to install:
"ERROR: This computer does not meet the minimum requirements for installing the software.
Setup will now exit."
The app hangs on the following file (during extraction):
difxapi.dll

I have INTEL Pentium Dual Core 2.0ghz
             &n
bsp;       3 gb of ram
             &n
bsp;      Windows XP Pro SP2
             &n
bsp;      160 gb HD
             &n
bsp;      512 MB VIDEO CARD

toyo 4 September 2009 19:41:

Asus P5Q motherboard, Intel P45 chipset:

"ERROR: This computer does not meet the minimum requirements for installing the software.
Setup will now exit."

Wtf is wrong... maybe it's only for P55 upcoming chipset...

Chosen1 4 September 2009 21:05:

If you're trying to install from the zip you will have problems! I had no problem installing once I extracted everything to Windows temp and clicked Setup.exe winked

Reaver 5 September 2009 04:55:

use this method to install:
extract from zip
run cmd
type..
Setup.exe -OVERALL

this will Updates ALL INF drivers on all available devices
even if third party drivers are currently installed(Like Microsoft default drivers).

tester 5 September 2009 18:09:

reaver's method works:
just run cmd

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