11-20-2006, 07:10 PM
|
#1 |
| Forum Staff
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Good ol' U.S. of A
Posts: 3,174
Rep Power: 6  | Drivers 101
Device Drivers "A device driver, or a software driver is a specific type of computer software, typically developed to allow interaction with hardware devices. This usually constitutes an interface for communicating with the device, through the specific computer bus or communications subsystem that the hardware is connected to, providing commands to and/or receiving data from the device, and on the other end, the requisite interfaces to the operating system and software applications.
Often called simply a driver, it is a specialized hardware dependent computer program, which is also operating system specific, that enables another program, typically an operating system or applications software package, to interact transparently with the given device. It usually provides the requisite interrupt handling required for any necessary asynchronous time-dependent hardware interfacing needs." Wikipedia
When looking for a driver for your device the best places to look are the manufacturer's website (I'd go here first), then DriverGuide, and then finally Download
.
.
.
.
EDIT: How to Update Device Driver
__________________
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
Last edited by Lyte; 11-20-2006 at 08:09 PM.
|
|  |
Linear Mode
