Zitat von kevindd992002 im Beitrag #16

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I guess if my system has a 6-series chipset and I just installed Windows 10, I definitely won't need to install this inf package, right?

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The installation of any Intel Chipset Device Software version is never really needed, because the Intel Chipset Devices work without the related "driver" (which is just a textmode file).
Nevertheless I recommend to install the appropriate INF file, if the Device Manager shows an Intel device with a yellow "missing driver" flag.

Zitat von kevindd992002 im Beitrag #18

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And all it does is to let the system recognize the "name" of that device, right?

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This is not absolutely correct. The INF file just does the following:

1. It gives the OS the information, that no driver is required for the related device.
2. It gives the related Intel Chipset Device a name (given by Intel) with the word "Intel" in it. Unfortunately this is not always a good idea.
   Example: The "Standard SATA AHCI Controller" (which is managed by the MS in-box AHCI driver) of an Intel 7-Series Chipset system may be renamed to "Intel(R) 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller - 1E02", which lets the user think, that the MS AHCI driver has been replaced by an Intel AHCI driver, but the AHCI driver has not been changed at all!