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Boris
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      11-04-2009, 02:35 AM


Just wondering, are chipset drivers firmware or software? Do they reside
on the chips themselves, or on the hard drive?
 
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BillW50
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      11-04-2009, 03:15 AM
Boris wrote on Wed, 4 Nov 2009 02:35:29 +0000 (UTC):
> Just wondering, are chipset drivers firmware or software? Do they reside
> on the chips themselves, or on the hard drive?


Chipsets are hardware while chipset drivers are software and resides on
the hard drive. On another note, the BIOS is often called firmware. ;-)

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      11-04-2009, 05:31 AM
Boris wrote:
> Just wondering, are chipset drivers firmware or software? Do they reside
> on the chips themselves, or on the hard drive?


Software on the hard drive... Ben Myers
 
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