After purchasing a laptop one of the priorities, the installation of drivers for equipment will be. This can be done quite quickly, while there are several ways to perform this task at once.
Download and install drivers for laptop
Acquiring Lenovo B50 laptop, find drivers for all components of the device will simply. The official website will come to the rescue with the program to update drivers or third-party utilities, which also perform this procedure.Method 1: Official site of the manufacturer
To find the necessary software for a specific component of the device, you will need to visit the official website of the company. To download, you will need the following:
- Follow the link to the company's website.
- Move the cursor to the "Support and Warranty" section, in the list that opens, select "Drivers".
- On the new page in the search window, enter the Lenovo B50 laptop model and click on the appropriate option from the list of found devices.
- At the appeared page, first set which OS on the purchased device.
- Then open the "Drivers and PO" section.
- Scroll down, select the desired item, open and click on the check mark next to the desired driver.
- After all the necessary sections are selected, scroll up and find the "My Loan List" section.
- Open it and click "Download".
- Then unpack the resulting archive and start the installer. In the unpacked folder there will be only one item you want to run. If there are several of them, then you should run a file that has an extension * EXE and called setup..
- Follow the installer's instructions and press the "Next" button to go to the next step. It will also be necessary to specify the location for files and agree with the license agreement.
Method 2: Official Applications
The Lenovo website offers two methods for updating drivers on the device, online checking and downloading the application. The installation corresponds to the method described above.
Scanning device online
In this way, you will need to re-open the manufacturer's website and, as in the previous case, reach the "Driver and Software" section. On the page that opens, the "Automatic Scanning" section will have, in which you want to click the Start Scan button and wait for the results with the information about the necessary updates. They can also download a single archive, simply allocation of all items and clicking "Download".
Official program
If an online inspection option is not suitable, you can download a special utility that will check the device and automatically download and install all the necessary drivers.
- Return to the driver and software page.
- Go to the "ThinkVantage Technology" section and check the tick on the ThinkVantage System Update program, then click "Download".
- Run the program installer and follow the instructions.
- Open the installed program and run the scan. After will be drawn up a list of the required drivers required or updating. Tick the checkbox all the necessary and click "Set".
Method 3: Universal Programs
In this embodiment, you can use third-party programs. They differ from the previous method with their versatility. In independence, on the device of which brand the program will be used, it will be equally effective. Just download and install, everything else will be performed automatically.
However, it is possible to use such a software to check the installed drivers for relevance. If there are new versions, the program will notify the user.
Read more: Overview of drivers for installation of drivers
A possible variant of this software is Drivermax. This software has a simple design and will be understood by any user. Before installing, as in many similar programs, a recovery point will be created so that in the event of problems you can go back. However, software is not free, and individual functions will be available only after the license is purchased. At the same time, besides a simple driver installation, the program provides detailed data on the system and has four options for recovery.
Read more: How to work with DRIVERMAX
Method 4: Equipment ID
Unlike previous methods, this will be suitable if you want to find drivers for a specific device, like a video card, which is just one of the components of the laptop. Use this option only if the previous ones did not help. A feature of this method is the independent search for the necessary drivers on third-party resources. You can find out the identifier in the Task Manager.
The data obtained should be entered on a special site, which will display a list of available software, and will only remain the download needed.
Lesson: What is ID and how to work with it
Method 5: System Software
The last of the possible options for updating drivers is a system program. This method is not the most popular because it does not differ in particular efficiency, but it is simple enough and allows you to return the device to the original state if necessary, if something goes wrong after installing the drivers. Also using this utility you can find out what devices require new drivers, and then find and download them using the system itself or equipment ID.
Detailed information on how to work with "Task Manager" and install drivers with it, you can find out in the following article:
Read more: How to install drivers with system tools
There is a large number of ways to help download and install drivers for a laptop. Each of them is effective in its own way, and choose what exactly the most appropriate should be the user.