Two minor bugs – Chipset and forced DCH Realtek driver

[eLPuSHeR]

Hello.

I have found out that both Windows Update and SDIO try to install OLDER chipset drivers for Intel chipsets, because on latest SetupChipset.exe from Intel, dates are 1968 or 1970 (the year Intel was founded or something like that). And because of that certain chipset components get overwritten with older versions -> later date -> lower version number. I think this minor issue could be impossible to fix unless Intel would put correct dates in their files.

Another issue I am having is that SDIO insists on installing DCH driver for some Realtek Audio chipsets that don’t get along very well with it. An option to install latest non-DCH driver would be nice in my humble opinion.

[Glenn]

There is a discussion here

[eLPuSHeR]

Yes. Could a moderator move this thread to SDIO? I don’t know why it says Really Simple Menu. My bad.

[Glenn]

There’s never one around when you need one…

[eLPuSHeR]

Good day and thank you Glenn.

I have been doing some testing and indeed SDIO chipset drivers are perfectly fine. I don’t know why Intel chose to deliver several branches of its chipset drivers.

As for the other issue: it’s still there. We should have an option to opt-out of DCH for Realtek drivers, although it kind of works when forced.

[Glenn]

So tell me about DCH drivers. Are they for some specialised hardware or something?

[eLPuSHeR]

No. DCH drivers are just the latest and greatest from the “great minds” at Microsoft.

What Is a DCH Driver?

DCH refers to Declarative Componentized Hardware. Windows DCH (Declarative Componentized Hardware supported apps) drivers are device driver packages that will install and run on Universal Windows Platform (UWP) based editions of Windows 10. So, DCH drivers are also called Universal Windows drivers.
Declarative

Installs the driver using only declarative INF (information) directives. Does not include co-installers or Register DLL (Dynamic Link Library) functions.
Componentized

Edition-specific, OEM-specific, and optional customizations to the driver are separate from the base driver package. As a result, the base driver that only offers core device function can be targeted, flighted, and serviced independently from the customizations.
Hardware support APP

Any user interface (UI) components associated with a universal driver must be packaged as a hardware support app (HSA) or preinstalled on the OEM device. A HAS is an optional device-specific app that is paired with a driver. The app can be a UWP or desktop bridge app. You have to distribute and update a HAS via the Microsoft Store.

[Glenn]

I have no idea what any of that means.

As for an option to opt out of DCH, you’ve always had that option.

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