[RhoXS]

I am doing a clean install of Windows XP. Abit has a multitude of drivers listed for use specifically with the AW9D-Max mother board. I do not know if equivalent drivers are included with XP, the Abit drivers are necessary, or if the Abit drivers are redundant but maybe more optimum. In other words, I do not know if I need to download and use the Abit drivers or just let XP install and use its own drivers, assuming they are included with XP.

Examples of the AW9D-Max drivers listed by Abit are:
Intel Application Accelerator RAID driver
Intel Chipset Driver
Intel RAID Installation
Realtek Gigabit LAN Driver
Realtek High Definition Audio Driver
SiliconImage 3132 RAID Driver
SiliconImage 3132 SATA Driver

I would appreciate some thoughts on what would be the appropriate drivers to use.

I was not sure if this thread would be more appropriately placed under motherboards or the Windows forum. I chose Windows because this question addresses software choices and not hardware decisions.

[terran2k]

I used the intel chipset driver install utility from intels website, and whatever doesn't show up, I get from the manufactures website.