MSI Laptops Drivers

Below are the links and their recommended installation order.

Before running or extracting any of the files you downloaded, make sure you read this: "Are you sure you want to run this file?" [Yes or No]

Note: When asked to reboot, follow the instructions and reboot it would only take a few seconds. do not take any shortcuts, I personally reboot after every driver installation whether or not I was asked to reboot by the driver and/or Windows itself.

Note: After you download any driver, before extracting it, right click on it, go to properties, then hit UNBLOCK from the bottom right since this file came from the internet, then extract it. If you don't do this then all the files you extract will have a BLOCKED Status often leading to erroneous or incomplete installs.

1) Intel Chipset Driver v10.1.18716.8265

Intel Dynamic Tuning Driver v8.7.10400.15556 (only for laptops with an overclockable processor)

Intel HID Event Filter Driver v2.2.1.383

2) Intel Rapid Storage Technology v18.0.1.1138 (only if you've installed Windows in RAID Mode otherwise you can skip this and proceed to install the Samsung NVMe Driver listed at the bottom if you have a Samsung NVMe SSD and have installed Windows in AHCI)

RAID Driver v18.30.0.1138 (only needed if you want to pre-load the RAID Driver while installing Windows so you can place this on the USB stick which contains Windows)

Spoiler: Supported Chipsets for IRST v18

- Intel(R) 400 Series Chipset Family:
Desktop, High End Desktop (HEDT), Workstation (WS)
- Z490
- Q470 - W480(WS)
- H470
- B460
- H410
Mobile Halo
- HM470
- QM480
- WM490
Intel(R) 10th Generation Core Processor Family Platform I/O SATA AHCI/RAID Controller
Mobile Low Power (LP)
- Premium-U

For older chipsets, Install IRST v17

3) Intel Graphics Driver v30.101.1191 / Intel Graphics Command Center

4) nVIDIA GeForce Driver v511.23/ nVIDIA Control Panel
nVIDIA GeForce Experience v3.24.0.126

or

AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin Driver v21.12.1

How to properly update your nVIDIA graphics card driver

5) Realtek Audio Driver v6.0.9272.1 /

Spoiler: Nahimic Driver

Nahimic driver v3.5.0.0 (support Intel 10th gen or older platform)
- A-Volute APO 3 - SWC v1.8.4.0
- OEM INF Extension v1.1.37.64407
Nahimic driver v4.6.3.0 (support Intel 11th gen or newer platform)
- OEM INF Extension v1.2.6.64620

/ Nahimic 3 App / Realtek Audio Control Panel
Install the Realtek HD Audio Driver first then reboot, then install all other drivers before connecting to the internet. Once you have connected to the internet, to ensure Nahimic works properly, update the audio components and reboot yet again before attempting to install the Nahimic App from the Windows Store:

Open Device Manager > Software Components

Then right click on each one of the following components and hit Update Driver and let Windows download the update automatically then reboot, Nahimic would work after that:

A-Volute Nh3 Audio Effects Component
Realtek Audio Effects Component
Realtek Audio Universal Service
Realtek Hardware Support Application




6) LAN/WLAN/Bluetooth Drivers

Spoiler: Driver Versions

Aquantia AQtion LAN Driver v2.2.3.0

Killer E2X Ethernet Driver v9.0.0.50

Killer E2K Ethernet Driver v10.047.0121.2021

Killer E3000 Driver v10.047.0121.2021

Killer E3100 Ethernet Driver v1.0.2.13

Killer 1550/1650/Intel WLAN Drivers v22.110.0.2

Killer 1202 WLAN Driver v10.0.0.355

Killer 1435-1535 WLAN Driver v12.0.0.1016

Killer 1525 WLAN Driver v12.0.0.448

Killer 1550/1650/Intel Wireless Bluetooth Driver v22.100.1.1

Killer 1435-1525-1535 Bluetooth Driver v10.0.0.916

Qualcomm QCA61x4A-QCA9377 Wi-Fi v12.0.0.1076 & Bluetooth v10.0.0.1016

Realtek LAN Driver v10.54 (W10)

Realtek LAN Driver v11.3.1022.2021_12222021

Realtek USB GBE Driver v10.45.20

7) Realtek Card Reader Driver 10.0.19042.21347

8) Intel Serial IO v30.100.1915.1 / Intel Serial IO v30.100.2031.2 (TGL Platform only)/ Synaptics Touchpad Driver v19.5.31.19 /
How to get the Synaptics Touchpad Settings after the recent Windows update

9) Intel Management Engine Driver v2033.15.0.1743

10) ENE Radio Switch for Airplane Mode v1.1.8.0

11) Intel Thunderbolt Driver v1.41.1094.0

Spoiler: Thunderbolt Driver Installation Instructions

1. Open settings => update and security => For
developers, and select Sideload apps* option.
2. Start command line (CMD) as administrator.
3. Execute the following command in CMD from the
root package folder:
▪ Install driver only**: .\Setup.bat
4. Upon completion of the installation, success*** or
failure message will be displayed.
5. A log file TBT_Install.log will also be generated.

12) SteelSeries Engine v3.25.0

13) MSI System Control Manager v13.018.06221

14) MSI Dragon Center v2.6.2005.0601

Nahimic for Dragon Center

or MSI Creator Center v2.0.100.0 (for Creator Edition Laptops)

15) MSI Battery Calibration v1.0.2001.2101 (Uninstall the older version of MSI Battery Calibration that Dragon Center installs first then reboot before installing the new version)

15) MSI True Color v4.6.10.0

16) Synaptics Fingerprint Driver v5.5.5.1086

MSI Silent Option v1.0.1603.3101 (For controlling the fans)
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Samsung NVMe Driver v3.3
RAID Driver v17.9.1.1009 [if you're installing Windows in RAID mode, you need to unzip this driver and place it on your Windows installation flash disk to load the driver during the partition selection otherwise you won't even see your RAID partition(s)]
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Spoiler: MSI Laptop BIOS Updating Instructions

First, go into your BIOS and try to remember or write down all the settings that are currently in place, especially your boot mode if it was AHCI or RAID and any overclocking/undervolting settings you may or not have had.

1) Download the BIOS

2) Ensure that the ZIP file is NOT blocked by following this guide: "Are you sure you want to run this file?" [Yes or No]

3) Unzip the file which contains the BIOS and place it in the root of C:

4) Reboot and enter BIOS by spamming the DEL key

5) Go to the Advanced Tab

6) From the bottom, you will find UEFI BIOS Update, click that

7) You will now see a list of your partitions, keep choosing one after the other until you locate the partition which has the BIOS file, you will be able to recognize it easily by looking through the list of files and locating the BIOS file name

8) Click on it and proceed with the update, you will be prompted to reboot, do that when prompted.

9) The BIOS will start updating, during the process, DO NOT turn off your laptop under any circumstance even if it stays with a black screen for a long time, let it continue.

10) You will eventually see the MSI Logo followed by another reboot, wait for that reboot then spam the DEL Key to re-enter BIOS

11) Your BIOS will be reset to defaults at this point so make sure to reset everything back the way it was ensuring you select the proper boot method (ie. AHCI or RAID)

Spoiler: MSI EC Firmware Updating Instructions

1) Download the EC Firmware


2) Ensure that the ZIP file is NOT blocked by following this guide: "Are you sure you want to run this file?" [Yes or No]


3) Unzip the file which contains the EC Firmware


4) Disable your Antivirus as it may interfere with the EC Firmware update process and might even result in bricking your laptop


5) Right click on ECWIN.BAT in the EC Firmware folder that you downloaded and choose Run as Administrator


6) Select Yes when asked if you want to proceed with the EC Firmware update


7) After the EC firmware update is complete, your laptop will shut down, remove the power cable and wait for 30 seconds


8) Power on your laptop, you should now have the updated EC firmware

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nVIDIA GeForce Driver updated to v378.49

 

SteelSeries Engine updated to v3.9.10

 

Intel Management Engine Components updated to v11.6.0.1035

 

GeForce Drivers 378.66 for Notebooks - Windows 10 64-Bit = http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/378.66/378.66-notebook-win10-64bit-international-whql.exe

 

Intel Wireless Bluetooth Software updated to v19.40.1702

 

nVIDIA GeForce Driver updated to v378.72

 

Nahimic updated to v2.3.14

 

Synaptics Touchpad Driver updated to v19.3.4.57

 

Intel WLAN Driver updated to v19.40.0.3

 

New BIOS for the GT73VR Titan Pro 7RF: E17A1IMS.313

Description Fix load default then switch iGPU to dGPU, panel black screen.

To flash the BIOS:

1) Download the ZIP file

2) Extract the ZIP file and copy/paste the BIOS file to the root of your C:\ Drive

3) Enter BIOS and select UEFI BIOS Update

4) Choose the partition which corresponds to C:\ , keep trying different ones until you see the partition which has the Windows Folder so you know that's the one, you will also see your BIOS file there, so just select it from the list

5) You will get a message asking you if you want to update your BIOS, once you hit OK, the system will reboot and re-enter BIOS automatically and start the flash update

6) You will see several progress bars, do not interrupt the process

7) Once the BIOS Flash is complete and the system goes back into BIOS, load setup defaults, then save and exit

8) The moment you see the MSI Splash Screen logo, push the power button to force shutdown the system, then disconnect the power cable for 30 seconds to perform an NVRAM Reset, then reconnect the power cable

9) Turn on your system and hit the DEL key to enter BIOS, then configure everything again such as boot mode (AHCI or Intel RST for Super RAID 4), then configure your overclocking settings such as power limit 1/2 and VR Current Limits if you had them altered only, otherwise leave them at default settings if you are not overclocking.

 

nVIDIA GeForce Driver updated to v378.77

 

I am still seeing v378.66? are you referring to beta drivers?

 

no, Hotfix drivers, they are quick release drivers by nVIDIA to cleanup their mess

 

gotcha

 

Killer WLAN Driver updated to v12.0.0.296

@John@OBSIDIAN-PC

Please update for the Clevo laptops (link is in the OP of this thread)

 

Already did that update some days ago

 

Synaptics Touchpad Driver updated to v19.3.4.69

 

Intel HD Graphics 630 Driver updated to v21.20.16.4590

 

Intel Extreme Tuning Utility updated to v6.2.0.24

 

nVIDIA GeForce Experience updated to v3.4.0.70
SteelSeries Engine updated to v3.9.11

 

new VBIOS is out: 86.04.56.00.3C

 

That is nice, but what does it do, what does it fix or add? Can't open zip on phone, is there a release notes inside ?
I have learned the hard way that if something is not broken, don't touch it

 

no change log, still no GOP support / as in native UEFI support.

I always like running the latest personally

 

Latest is not always the best.
Is there a way to flash the old vbios back if something is wrong with the new one? Or nvflash can flash the saved old vbios and it does not require certification ?

 

I saved the old VBIOS and usually I've never had problems flashing it back but I can't confirm to you if that's the case wit the GTX 1080 as I do know they have some sort of protection

 

Only Nvidia knows the changes and they do not release such info to anyone including their partners (e.g. ASUS, MSI, etc).

 

nVIDIA Magic

 

SteelSeries Engine updated to v3.9.12

 

Not the best feedback so far, some people are reporting freezes with the new vbios...

 

no freezes here

This VBIOS fixed a random flickering issue I was having randomly even while in the BIOS screen

 

nVIDIA GeForce Driver updated to v378.78

 

Realtek S5250 Card Reader Driver updated to v10.0.14393.21294

 

Intel HD Graphics 630 Driver updated to v21.20.16.4565

 

Nahimic updated to v2.5.5.0

 

Important: You need Realtek 8053 or above to install it or C-MEDIA 1814-1.14 on an MSI Gaming series computer.
http://nahimic.helprace.com/i195-nahimic-2-is-now-available

 

Realtek ALC899 HD Audio driver updated to v6.0.1.8083

 

MSI True Color updated to v2.0.0.022

 

New dragon center released v.1.2.1703.2001

 

Phoenix updated it in the OP

 

You guys a lot of vbios updates I noticed.

 

I'm installing Windows 10 from scratch on my new NVME 960 Evo. Should I install windows 10 on UEFI, UEFI with CSM or Legacy BIOS ?

Also, should I update the BIOS before?

 

UEFI

Not mandatory, but preffered to update BIOS first

 

I second UEFI.
BIOS update is recommended as it fixes issues and provide enhancement to your system. The process has been very stable than the old days.

 

I installed using UEFI. Now I'm installing every driver, but I stuck on NVIDIA one. Right in the installation begining It's saying that the driver couldn't find any compatible hardware.
What's wrong?

 

Install the System Control Manager SCM, then after the reboot, press the button under the power button on the top right to switch to the nVIDIA Graphics, after the reboot, install the nVIDIA Driver

 

I'll try that.
I was afraid that would mess the recommended driver installation order.

 

OMG, Now it's saying the driver is not compatible with this Windows version.
I'm on Windows10 x64 with Windows 10 x64 Nvidia drivers.

 

and how do you expect anyone to help you when you don't have your laptop model/specs like most of us in your signature?

Copy my signature then edit it to your specs so I can find you the correct link

 

Sorry, I'm using the forum on my cellphone here cause I'm trying to avoid connecting to the internet to prevent Windows 10 to auto update drivers. So I'm unable to see or edit signatures.

But still, what are you talking about? I'm on the MSI GT73VR 7RF PRO Drivers Thread. So that's exactly my system specs, the only difference is the SSD which is a 960 EVO.

I just read on MSI driver page that NVIDIA drivers can only be installed on Windows 10 Version 1511 (build 10586), Windows 10 Anniversary Update / Redstone 1 edition (build 14393) or later versions. Apparently my USB bootable Windows 10 is older than that.