MSI Laptops Drivers

Below are the links and their recommended installation order.

Before running or extracting any of the files you downloaded, make sure you read this: "Are you sure you want to run this file?" [Yes or No]

Note: When asked to reboot, follow the instructions and reboot it would only take a few seconds. do not take any shortcuts, I personally reboot after every driver installation whether or not I was asked to reboot by the driver and/or Windows itself.

Note: After you download any driver, before extracting it, right click on it, go to properties, then hit UNBLOCK from the bottom right since this file came from the internet, then extract it. If you don't do this then all the files you extract will have a BLOCKED Status often leading to erroneous or incomplete installs.

1) Intel Chipset Driver v10.1.18460.8229

Intel Dynamic Tuning Driver v8.7.10400.15556 (only for laptops with an overclockable processor)

Intel HID Event Filter Driver v2.2.1.383

2) Intel Rapid Storage Technology v18.0.1.1138 (only if you've installed Windows in RAID Mode otherwise you can skip this and proceed to install the Samsung NVMe Driver listed at the bottom if you have a Samsung NVMe SSD and have installed Windows in AHCI)

RAID Driver v18.30.0.1138 (only needed if you want to pre-load the RAID Driver while installing Windows so you can place this on the USB stick which contains Windows)

Spoiler: Supported Chipsets for IRST v18

- Intel(R) 400 Series Chipset Family:
Desktop, High End Desktop (HEDT), Workstation (WS)
- Z490
- Q470 - W480(WS)
- H470
- B460
- H410
Mobile Halo
- HM470
- QM480
- WM490
Intel(R) 10th Generation Core Processor Family Platform I/O SATA AHCI/RAID Controller
Mobile Low Power (LP)
- Premium-U

For older chipsets, Install IRST v17

3) Intel Graphics Driver v27.20.100.9126 / Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics Driver v27.20.100.9039 / Intel Graphics Command Center

4) nVIDIA GeForce Driver v461.09 / nVIDIA Control Panel
nVIDIA GeForce Experience v3.20.5.70

How to properly update your nVIDIA graphics card driver

5) Realtek Audio Driver v6.0.9013.1 /

Spoiler: Nahimic Driver

Nahimic driver v1.8.4.0 (support Intel 10th gen or older platform)
- A-Volute APO 3 - SWC v1.8.4.0
- OEM INF Extension v1.1.37.64407
Nahimic driver v1.3.5.0 (support Intel 11th gen or newer platform)
- A-Volute APO 4 - SWC v1.3.5.0
- OEM INF Extension v1.2.6.64620

/ Nahimic 3 App / Realtek Audio Control Panel
Install the Realtek HD Audio Driver first then reboot, then install all other drivers before connecting to the internet. Once you have connected to the internet, to ensure Nahimic works properly, update the audio components and reboot yet again before attempting to install the Nahimic App from the Windows Store:

Open Device Manager > Software Components

Then right click on each one of the following components and hit Update Driver and let Windows download the update automatically then reboot, Nahimic would work after that:

A-Volute Nh3 Audio Effects Component
Realtek Audio Effects Component
Realtek Audio Universal Service
Realtek Hardware Support Application




6) LAN/WLAN/Bluetooth Drivers / Aquantia LAN Drivers (only for those with the Aquantia LAN)

Spoiler: LAN/WLAN/Bluetooth Drivers versions

Killer E2X Ethernet Driver v9.0.0.50

Killer E2K Ethernet Driver v10.043.0723.2020

Killer E3000 Ethernet Driver v10.043.0723.2020

Killer E3100 Ethernet Driver v1.0.2.6

Realtek GBe LAN Driver v10.043.0723.2020

Spoiler: LAN/WLAN/Bluetooth Drivers versions

Killer 1202 WLAN Driver v10.0.0.355

Killer 1435-1535 WLAN Driver v12.0.0.938

Killer 1525 WLAN Driver v12.0.0.448

Killer 1550/1650/Intel WLAN Drivers v22.20.0

Killer 1550/1650/Intel Wireless Bluetooth Driver v22.20.0

7) Realtek Card Reader Driver v10.0.19041.21339

8) Intel Serial IO v30.100.1915.1 / Intel Serial IO v30.100.2031.2 (TGL Platform only)/ Synaptics Touchpad Driver v19.5.31.11 /
How to get the Synaptics Touchpad Settings after the recent Windows update

9) Intel Management Engine Driver v2033.15.0.1743

10) ENE Radio Switch for Airplane Mode v1.1.8.0

11) Intel Thunderbolt Driver v1.41.1054.0

Spoiler: Thunderbolt Driver Installation Instructions

1. Open settings => update and security => For
developers, and select Sideload apps* option.
2. Start command line (CMD) as administrator.
3. Execute the following command in CMD from the
root package folder:
▪ Install driver only**: .\Setup.bat
4. Upon completion of the installation, success*** or
failure message will be displayed.
5. A log file TBT_Install.log will also be generated.

12) SteelSeries Engine v3.17.8

13) MSI System Control Manager v13.018.06221

14) MSI Dragon Center v2.6.2005.0601

Nahimic for Dragon Center

or MSI Creator Center v2.0.69.0 (for Creator Edition Laptops)

15) MSI Battery Calibration v1.0.2001.2101 (Uninstall the older version of MSI Battery Calibration that Dragon Center installs first then reboot before installing the new version)

15) MSI True Color v4.2.10

16) Synaptics Fingerprint Driver v5.5.5.1086

MSI Silent Option v1.0.1603.3101 (For controlling the fans)
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Samsung NVMe Driver v3.3
RAID Driver v17.9.1.1009 [if you're installing Windows in RAID mode, you need to unzip this driver and place it on your Windows installation flash disk to load the driver during the partition selection otherwise you won't even see your RAID partition(s)]
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Spoiler: MSI Laptop BIOS Updating Instructions

First, go into your BIOS and try to remember or write down all the settings that are currently in place, especially your boot mode if it was AHCI or RAID and any overclocking/undervolting settings you may or not have had.

1) Download the BIOS

2) Ensure that the ZIP file is NOT blocked by following this guide:"Are you sure you want to run this file?" [Yes or No]

3) Unzip the file which contains the BIOS and place it in the root of C:

4) Reboot and enter BIOS by spamming the DEL key

5) Go to the Advanced Tab

6) From the bottom, you will find UEFI BIOS Update, click that

7) You will now see a list of your partitions, keep choosing one after the other until you locate the partition which has the BIOS file, you will be able to recognize it easily by looking through the list of files and locating the BIOS file name

8) Click on it and proceed with the update, you will be prompted to reboot, do that when prompted.

9) The BIOS will start updating, during the process, DO NOT turn off your laptop under any circumstance even if it stays with a black screen for a long time, let it continue.

10) You will eventually see the MSI Logo followed by another reboot, wait for that reboot then spam the DEL Key to re-enter BIOS

11) Your BIOS will be reset to defaults at this point so make sure to reset everything back the way it was ensuring you select the proper boot method (ie. AHCI or RAID)

Spoiler: MSI EC Firmware Updating Instructions

1) Download the EC Firmware


2) Ensure that the ZIP file is NOT blocked by following this guide: "Are you sure you want to run this file?" [Yes or No]


3) Unzip the file which contains the EC Firmware


4) Disable your Antivirus as it may interfere with the EC Firmware update process and might even result in bricking your laptop


5) Right click on ECWIN.BAT in the EC Firmware folder that you downloaded and choose Run as Administrator


6) Select Yes when asked if you want to proceed with the EC Firmware update


7) After the EC firmware update is complete, your laptop will shut down, remove the power cable and wait for 30 seconds


8) Power on your laptop, you should now have the updated EC firmware

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nVIDIA GeForce Driver updated to v378.49

 

SteelSeries Engine updated to v3.9.10

 

Intel Management Engine Components updated to v11.6.0.1035

 

GeForce Drivers 378.66 for Notebooks - Windows 10 64-Bit = http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/378.66/378.66-notebook-win10-64bit-international-whql.exe

 

Intel Wireless Bluetooth Software updated to v19.40.1702

 

nVIDIA GeForce Driver updated to v378.72

 

Nahimic updated to v2.3.14

 

Synaptics Touchpad Driver updated to v19.3.4.57

 

Intel WLAN Driver updated to v19.40.0.3