Hello all, I have read some posts here about if it is necessary to update the Intel Watchdog driver. I saw one post with Fernando stating it does nothing to improve any performance. I also read from other posts that it is a setting in the BIOS. It can be updated and that’s where I am stuck. I have an Asus Hero VIII mobo and the problems starts with the BIOS. I searched high and low and I see nothing referring to “Watchdog” so not sure here. The next one is that I downloaded the driver package from the Microsoft Update Catalog and there is no installed .exe; just files of drivers and .sys types.
So all this for a driver update that Microsoft keeps putting in my basket of updates. My questions are these:
A) Is it really necessary? Or does it just helps the system (understanding that it does not give us a performance boost)?
B) Where is it in a BIOS? So I can turn it off if possible (and yes I know I can just hide the update, but if it is on without my knowledge till an update told me there was an update then that means it is on and maybe it should be off.)?
C) If it is necessary or recommended then how do I install it from the Microsoft package I got?
D) Does this driver create more headaches than worth even installing. Example, some say it messes with updating Intel ME while I read other places it messed with other parts of the system? Others say when overclocking it messing things up, but I do not overclock so not for me.
I got really interested in this because I have had this system for a year now, updated to the latest BIOS months and months ago and never once did I ever see an update for this. Not till the last month which makes me now want to check if this is something that was off and now somehow got turned on without me knowing? Or maybe it is just a true update from something old which then in that case I had no idea it was on so I got to know where it is I need to go to and find this setting to turn it off or leave on. I did look in the current Intel folder and there is no Watchdog folder in there so something trigger this. I guess you can say “inquiring minds would like to know”.
Windows 10 64-bit Pro
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