Forum - RE: Intel Chipset Device "Drivers" (= INF files)

#376 | RE: Intel Chipset Device "Drivers" (= INF files) datum

Mon Oct 02, 2017 12:37 am

@Lex:
Here are my answers:
1. You can use any Intel Chipset Device INF file, which supports your Intel chipset. The version doesn't matter. By the way: The latest Intel Chipset Device Software for �Enterprise Edition Chipsets� is v10.1.2.86.
2. The date of the INF file or driver has no effect on its function.
3. Yes.

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#377 | RE: Intel Chipset Device "Drivers" (= INF files) datum

Mon Oct 02, 2017 2:41 am (Last edited: Mon Oct 02, 2017 2:25 pm)

Thank you for your answers :)

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #376
1. You can use any Intel Chipset Device INF file, which supports your Intel chipset. The version doesn't matter.

If the version doesn't matter then what is the explanation of different size of inf/cat files (I am talking only about "broadwell-de" directory) among different versions of SetupChipset.exe? Different size can suggest that some data has changed in the latest versions of these "drivers".

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #376
3. Yes.

If this is valid for Windows 7 OS then where are these "not matching *.inf and *.cat files" (you were talking about) stored/installed? I used SetupChipset.exe and I can't find any extra files., only "broadwell-de" ones, for my chipset.

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#378 | RE: Intel Chipset Device "Drivers" (= INF files) datum

Mon Oct 02, 2017 2:41 pm

Zitat von Lex im Beitrag #377
If the version doesn't matter then what is the explanation of different size of inf/cat files (I am talking only about "broadwell-de" directory) among different versions of SetupChipset.exe?

The content is different, but not concerning old Intel chipsets. The INF files for the latest Intel chipsets are not within old versions of the Intel Chipset Device Software.

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #376
I used SetupChipset.exe and I can't find any extra files., only "broadwell-de" ones, for my chipset.

Did you look into the C:\Windows\INF folder for file names starting with the letters "oem"?

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#379 | RE: Intel Chipset Device "Drivers" (= INF files) datum

Mon Oct 02, 2017 3:56 pm

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #378
Did you look into the C:\Windows\INF folder for file names starting with the letters "oem"?

No, I did not.

Now, I've noticed that every *.inf file in "chipset drivers" set contains a few commentary lines (every line starts with ";") at the beginning and every such commentary has "Abstract:" word. So I've searched whole C:\Windows\ folder (+ subdirectories) for this word in *.inf file - found 14 of them total. After looking inside each of them, I've found four "suspicious" files:
- oem2.inf - which supposed to be original WellsburgSystem.inf
- oem3.inf - which supposed to be original WellsburgUSB.inf
- oem4.inf - which supposed to be original NULL_HECISystem.inf
- oem5.inf - which supposed to be original Broadwell-DESystem.inf

After more googling:
- Wellsburg is the code name for Intel X99 chipset (which is present on my system)
- Broadwell-E is the code name for Intel i7-68x0K/69x0K processors (one of them is present on my system)
- HECi is some Intel technology used for AMT (Active Management Technology)

For me, all four INF files I've found seem to be needed and no extra files was installed (the only inf I am 100% sure about is HECI) - am I right?

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#380 | RE: Intel Chipset Device "Drivers" (= INF files) datum

Mon Oct 02, 2017 4:07 pm

@Lex:
You should better replace the Heci INF file by the original Intel Management Engine driver. The Heci INF file is nothing than a placeholder and doesn't have any specific function.

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#381 | RE: Intel Chipset Device "Drivers" (= INF files) datum

Mon Oct 02, 2017 4:09 pm (Last edited: Mon Oct 02, 2017 4:12 pm)

I had tried the drivers modded on my platform X99, integrated in ISO
But it is not the correct version that installs for some drivers (version 10.1.1.44 instead of 10.1.2.86 for WellsburgSystem and WellsburgUSB)

I use those from Intel, the date is not important

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#382 | RE: Intel Chipset Device "Drivers" (= INF files) datum

Mon Oct 02, 2017 5:29 pm

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #380
You should better replace the Heci INF file by the original Intel Management Engine driver. The Heci INF file is nothing than a placeholder and doesn't have any specific function.

Do I understand correctly that HECI will be completely replaced if I install IME driver and after that HECI will not be used anymore and will not cause any troubles on my system in future? :)

Am I right that three other INF files (tied to Wellsburg/Broadwell) are ok to have?

It also seems that no "extra files" were installed and I do not really need to use your "pure" package in case of my system?

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#383 | RE: Intel Chipset Device "Drivers" (= INF files) datum

Mon Oct 02, 2017 5:51 pm

Zitat von Lex im Beitrag #382
Do I understand correctly that HECI will be completely replaced if I install IME driver and after that HECI will not be used anymore and will not cause any troubles on my system in future? :)

Yes, I recommend to manually replace the Heci INF file by the real Intel ME driver from within the Device Manager.

Zitat
Am I right that three other INF files (tied to Wellsburg/Broadwell) are ok to have?

Yes!

Zitat
It also seems that no "extra files" were installed and I do not really need to use your "pure" package in case of my system?

I doubt, that you didn't get any bloatware installed, but these files are usually hidden.

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#384 | RE: Intel Chipset Device "Drivers" (= INF files) datum

Mon Oct 02, 2017 6:30 pm (Last edited: Mon Oct 02, 2017 6:34 pm)

Thank you very much for your help so far, Fernando. :)

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #383
Yes, I recommend to manually replace the Heci INF file by the real Intel ME driver from within the Device Manager.

As I will have some additional questions about IME itself, I hope you don't mind I'll move the rest of this discussion to the "proper" IME topic. :)

One last question about Chipset Device "Drivers":

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #383
I doubt, that you didn't get any bloatware installed, but these files are usually hidden.

I am using Far Manager with "Show hidden and system files" option turned on to search files, so it should help to find such normally "hidden" files.

But anyway, in your opinion: how "dangerous" is this "Intel's hidden bloatware"?
Can it cause some troubles or conflicts?
Or it is just taking some additional storage space and I should not worry about it too much?

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#385 | RE: Intel Chipset Device "Drivers" (= INF files) datum

Mon Oct 02, 2017 6:43 pm

Zitat von Lex im Beitrag #384
how "dangerous" is this "Intel's hidden bloatware"?
Can it cause some troubles or conflicts?
Or it is just taking some additional storage space and I should not worry about it too much?

It is the latter option.
By the way: The installer itself will remain within the drive C, because there is no uninstall option for it.
Other bloatware may be found within the folder C:\Windows\Temp or C:\User\\AppData\Local\Temp.

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#386 | RE: Intel Chipset Device "Drivers" (= INF files) datum

Mon Oct 02, 2017 9:33 pm

@Fernando: I have most of my Temp folders moved to other drive (non system HDD) so space shouldn't be an issue. Also, not every other application can be researched so well as you did with these drivers so sooner of later I will end up with some other "similar bloatwares" or installators taking some space on my drive - "one less" would not make such a big difference.

Anyway, if it is not "dangerous" for my system at all (and that's the most important thing to me) I think I will use Intel's original installer in latest version (10.1.2.86) to stick with official release for convenience of use and any updates in future. :)

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#387 | RE: Intel Chipset Device "Drivers" (= INF files) datum

Mon Nov 06, 2017 3:35 pm (Last edited: Mon Nov 06, 2017 5:42 pm)

10.1.17415.8036

Note: The versioning scheme has changed

Note 2: It is possible that 17 is the year and 36 is the week (September 4-10, 2017). The setup signature is from the 6th of September so it could make sense. More samples are needed to figure that out for sure.

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Intel_INF-Utility_v10.1.17415.8036_2k12-R2_64_2K16_64.rar

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#388 | RE: Intel Chipset Device "Drivers" (= INF files) datum

Mon Nov 06, 2017 6:58 pm

Update of the Start post
Changelog:

new: "Intel Chipset Device Software v10.1.17415.8036 WHQL (original Set with installer)
new: "Latest Intel Chipset Device INF Files v10.1. Series WHQL" composed at 11/06/2017
(= AIO package with the "pure" original Intel Chipset Device INF files, extracted from the InstallerSet v10.1.17415.8036, shown with the wrong date 07/18/1968)
new: "Latest Intel Chipset Device INF Files v10.1. Series mod+signed at 11/06/2017 by Fernando"
(= AIO package with the "pure" Intel Chipset Device INF files from the Installer Set v10.1.17415.8036, but correctly dated 08/08/2017)

Notes:

Intel has changed a lot of things with this new Intel Chipset Device Utility package:
1. There is no differentiation anymore between "Normal" and "Enterprise" Edition Intel Chipsets/CPU systems. All systems are supported now by 1 single package.
2. From now on the version number of the INF files has nothing to do with the compilation date (the higher the version number, the newer the files), but just with the related Intel CPU system.
  Here are the version numbers of the INF files for the specific Intel CPU systems:
  - v10.1.19.1: Denverton
  - v10.1.17.1: ApolloLake
  - v10.1.13.2: Geminilake
  - v10.1.11.1: KabyLakePCH-H
  - v10.1.10.1: Kabylake
  - v10.1.9.1: Lewisburg
  - v10.1.8.1: Skylake-E
  - v10.1.7.1: Skylake
  - v10.1.6.1: SunrisePoint-H
  - v10.1.5.1: SunrisePoint-LP
  - v10.1.4.1: NULL_HECI
  - v10.1.3.1: all other supported Intel Chipsets/CPU systems
Thanks to plutomaniac for the package!

Any feedback is much appreciated.
If you should find any Intel chipset device, which is not supported by my original resp. modded "All-in-One packages", please let me know it.

Regards
Dieter (alias Fernando)

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#389 | RE: Intel Chipset Device "Drivers" (= INF files) datum

Mon Nov 06, 2017 8:41 pm (Last edited: Mon Nov 06, 2017 8:44 pm)

it's better to keep 10.1.2.86 for X99 and X299 ?

Broadwell-E are v10.1.3.1 and Skylake-E are v10.1.8.1 with this "new version", and therefore more recent ?

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#390 | RE: Intel Chipset Device "Drivers" (= INF files) datum

Mon Nov 06, 2017 9:24 pm

@tistou77:
Did you read my post, which is just above yours?

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