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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
The question is whether you need to update your BIOS firmware. In general, you don't.
(There is a minor version update to the BIOS in my Dell desktop. It adds nothing critical I must have, and I haven't applied it.)
<shrug>
When you install Windows, the installer inspects your machine, determines the hardware environment it's installing on, sets itself up, and adds Microsoft certified drivers. The usual reason for updating the drivers installed by Windows is to add features the Windows drivers don't support, and the usual update you are likely to make is a driver for your video card. This is especially likely if you're a gamer concerned with the best possible 3D performance.
The MS certified drivers are known to work. If Windows installs and runs as expected they do.
Like I said, if Win8.1 installed and runs on your Gateway, Win10 is likely to run as well. There are various good reasons you might not wish to upgrade, but BIOS and mobo chipset drivers aren't among them.
Which model? (And things like the fan controller bug would bite regardless of Windows version.)
I note that Gateway was acquired by Acer in 2007. No surprise, given the steady consolidation in the PC market.
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Dennis
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It a DX4710-5 it was brought many years ago. The BIOS has never been updated. It has Vista I never got around to installing Windows 7 because it's use to eat hard drives till I took the graphics card out. Motherboard voltage issues but it works okay as long as I use on board graphics. I let hubby use it for Facebook games. I replaced the PSU with an Antec Earthwatt 500 and a Antec 3 speed 80mm fan on the back vent.
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