Lenovo ThinkPad E570 - Installing Device Drivers

Installingdevicedrivers
Devicedriversareprogramsthatcontaininstructionsfortheoperatingsystemabouthowtooperateor
“drive”acertainpieceofhardware.Eachhardwarecomponentonyourcomputerhasitsownspecific
driver.Ifyouaddacomponent,theoperatingsystemmustbeinstructedonhowtooperatethatpieceof
hardware.Afteryouinstallthedriver,theoperatingsystemcanrecognizethehardwarecomponentand
understandhowtouseit.
Note:Becausedriversareprograms,likeanyotherfileonyourcomputer,theyaresusceptibletocorruption
andmightnotperformproperlyifcorruptionoccurs.
Itisnotalwaysnecessarytodownloadthelatestdrivers.However,youshoulddownloadthelatestdriverfor
acomponentwhenyounoticepoorperformancefromthatcomponentorwhenyouaddedacomponent.
Thisactionmighteliminatethedriverasthepotentialcauseofaproblem.
GettingthelatestdriversfromtheWebsite
YoucandownloadandinstallupdateddevicedriversfromtheLenovoSupportWebsitebydoingthe
following:
1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support.
2.Selecttheentryforyourcomputerandthenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentodownloadand
installnecessarysoftware.
GettingthelatestdriversusingSystemUpdate
TheSystemUpdateprogramhelpsyoukeepthesoftwareonyourcomputerup-to-date.Updatepackages
arestoredonLenovoserversandcanbedownloadedfromtheLenovoSupportWebsite.Updatepackages
cancontainapplications,devicedrivers,UEFIBIOSflashes,orsoftwareupdates.WhentheSystemUpdate
programconnectstotheLenovoSupportWebsite,theSystemUpdateprogramautomaticallyrecognizes
thefollowinginformationanddeterminewhatupdatesareavailableforyourcomputer:
•Machinetypeandmodelofyourcomputer
•Installedoperatingsystem
•Languageoftheoperatingsystem
TheSystemUpdateprogramthendisplaysalistofupdatepackagesandcategorizeseachupdateascritical,
recommended,oroptionaltohelpyouunderstandtheimportance.Youhavecompletecontrolofwhich
updatestodownloadandinstall.Afteryouselecttheupdatepackagesyouwant,theSystemUpdate
programautomaticallydownloadsandinstallstheupdateswithoutanyfurtherinterventionfromyou.
TheSystemUpdateprogramispreinstalledonyourcomputerandisreadytorun.Theonlyprerequisiteis
anactiveInternetconnection.Youcanstarttheprogrammanually,oryoucanusetheschedulefeature
toenabletheprogramtosearchforupdatesautomaticallyatspecifiedintervals.Youalsocanpredefine
scheduledupdatestosearchbythefollowingseveritysothelistyouchoosefromcontainsonlythose
updatetypesthatareofinteresttoyou:
•Criticalupdates
•Criticalandrecommendedupdates
•Allupdates
FormoreinformationabouthowtousetheSystemUpdateprogram,seethehelpsystemoftheprogram.
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