drivers

oem drivers

Acer acer.ca/ac/en/CA/content/drivers
ADATA adata.com/en/support/driver
AMD/ATI support.amd.com/en-us/download
ASRock asrock.com/support/download.asp
Asus support.asus.com/download
Belkin belkin.com/us/support
Biostar www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/support/download.php
Brother brother.com/html/download
Canon usa.canon.com/cusa/support
Corsair corsair.com/support/downloads
Creative support.creative.com/Products/Products.aspx?catid=1
support.creative.com/Products/product_list.aspx?catid=1&CatName=Sound+Blaster
Crucial www.crucial.com/usa/en/support-ssd-firmware
Dell dell.ca/support/drivers
D-Link support.dlink.com
eMachines www.emachines.com/ec/en/US/content/drivers
Epson epson.com/support
EVGA evga.com/support/download
Fujitsu support.ts.fujitsu.com/download
Gateway ca.gateway.com/gw/en/US/content/drivers-downloads
Gigabyte www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/download-center.aspx
HP www8.hp.com/ca/en/drivers.html
Intel downloadcenter.intel.com
IOGEAR iogear.com/support/dm
Kingston kingston.com/us/support/technical/search
Kodak support.en.kodak.com/app/answers/list/c/890
Lenovo/IBM support.lenovo.com/us/en/products
Lexmark support.lexmark.com/drivers
LG lg.com/us/support/software-manuals
Linksys linksys.com/us/support
linksys.com/us/support/sitemap
MSI msi.com/support
Microsoft microsoft.com/hardware/en-us/downloads
Monoprice
(by product ID)
monoprice.com/Home/DriverDownload
Mushkin poweredbymushkin.com/index.php/support/ssd-firmware-updates.html
NEC nec.com/en/global/support
Netgear downloadcenter.netgear.com
Nvidia geforce.com/drivers
OSZ ocz.com/consumer/download
Panasonic panasonic.net/pcc/products/printer/download
panasonic.com/business/toughbook/computer-support-downloads.asp
panasonic.ca/english/support/sandd/softwarequery.asp
Realtek www.realtek.com.tw/downloads
Samsung samsung.com/us/support/downloads
SanDisk kb.sandisk.com
Seagate seagate.com/support/by-topic/downloads
Silicon Power silicon-power.com/support/su_dlc.php?type=drivers
Sony esupport.sony.com/perl/select-system.pl?DIRECTOR=DRIVER
Startech startech.com/Downloads
Tenda tenda.cn/en/services/download.html
TRENDnet trendnet.com/support
Toshiba support.toshiba.ca/support/isg
TP-LINK tp-link.com/en/download-center.html
Wacom us.wacom.com/en/support/drivers
us.wacom.com/en/support/legacy-drivers
Western Digital support.wdc.com/product/download.asp
Xerox www.support.xerox.com
Zotac zotac.com/support/download.html

oem updaters / driver packs

AMD Driver Autodetect support.amd.com/en-us/download/auto-detect-tool
www2.ati.com/drivers/auto/autodetectutility.exe
Dell Client System Update (legacy) en.community.dell.com/techcenter/systems-management/w/wiki/1960.dell-client-system-update
downloads-us.dell.com/FOLDER00981149M/1/Sys-Man_Application_MJH8R_WN_1.3.0_A00.EXE
Dell Command Update en.community.dell.com/techcenter/enterprise-client/w/wiki/7534.dell-command-update
Dell Driver CABs en.community.dell.com/techcenter/enterprise-client/w/wiki/2065
Dell Family CABs en.community.dell.com/techcenter/enterprise-client/w/wiki/7437.dell-family-driver-cab-files
Intel Driver Update Utility intel.com/p/en_US/support/detect
downloadmirror.intel.com/24345/a08/Intel Driver Update Utility Installer.exe
ThinkVantage System Update support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/tvsu-update
HP Driver Packs www8.hp.com/us/en/ads/clientmanagement/drivers-pack.html
HP Printer Install Wizard support.hp.com/us-en/document/c02073861
HP Support Assistant hp.com/go/helpandsupport
Lenovo Driver Packs support.lenovo.com/en/documents/ht074984

uk/europe specific

Advent adventcomputers.co.uk/product-downloads
BenQ benq-eu.com/support/downloads
Packard Bell packardbell.co.uk/pb/en/GB/content/download
Viglen viglen.co.uk/viglen/support/viglenftp.aspx?GUID=17605012961

it's a little difficult to pick region-free urls if something doesn't work in your region please tell me

extra support

Hardware Vendor Detection - acer.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/14387/ global-download.acer.com/SupportFiles/Files/HWID/APP/HWVendorDetection.exe useful when multiple vendors are used across hardware subversions eg. broadcom, intel, atheros drivers available for different laptop models HP Drivers FTP - ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/ if you know the file ID you can fetch an updated copy directly Intel OEM Support List - intel.com/support/oems.htm large list of support pages for manufactures using intel parts has a few odd oems not listed here Microsoft OEM Contact List - support2.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=gp;[ln];oem_index_a if you need a phone number or oem not on this list, it'll be on this one most information seems to be for united states only Microsoft Update Catalog - catalog.update.microsoft.com search for drivers by device name or hardware ID eg. "logitech quickcam" or PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0001 requires internet explorer and activex plugin