This driver is for AMD's Bolton chipset but will work only with Windows XP

Sep 23, 2013 13:48 GMT  ·  By

ASRock has just released a new driver for its Bolton chipset in the FM2A88M Extreme4+ motherboard. However, if you're not running the 32-bit version of Windows XP, it's not going to work with your machine.

The reason I mention this driver is the hardware it provides support for. The chipset can handle up to 8 SATA 6Gb/s devices, along with 4 USB 3.0 and 14 USB 2.0 ports.

ASRock FM2A88M Extreme4+ motherboard uses the AMD A88X chipset. This is the Bolton-D4, a higher-end version which comes with RAID 0/1/5 and 10 support.

Besides the chipset I've been talking about, the FM2A88M Extreme4+ features ASRock's A-Style Home Cloud, all solid capacitor design, and the X-Fast series utilities.

X-Boost is present as well and it will help users overclock the CPU with a simple press of the “X” key. Bear in mind that some settings have to be made before expecting this feature to “work its magic.”

Below is the link to the driver. Download it, install, and stay “updated one minute ago.”

Download ASRock FM2A88M Extreme4+ Bolton SATA AHCI Driver 6.1.2 for XP