This is my first time using the Intel Chipset Device Software. I have a Mobile 945 series chipset, on a Windows XP Professional SP3 system -- a Dell Latitude D620. I had a yellow question mark on the SMBus Controller in Device Manager, so following the directions on the Intel site I downloaded the software updater.
Everything went well until it got to the actual SMBus Controller installation (there were SATA, USB, & PCIE drivers installed). I get the following last two lines:
Installing Driver: Intel(R) N10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller - 27DA
Version: 9.1.1.1016
and then a progress meter that gets all the way to the end of the box, maybe 100 small black dots, before it starts over again. The progress bar has restarted many times--at least 10 times by now. Is it supposed to take this long, or is that a sign of trouble? There's no obvious way to cancel the process.
Thanks!
Derek