diff --git a/docs/install_guides/installing-openvino-windows.md b/docs/install_guides/installing-openvino-windows.md
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@@ -341,12 +341,11 @@ You are done updating your device driver and are ready to use your GPU.
 
 To perform inference on Intel® Vision Accelerator Design with Intel® Movidius™ VPUs, the following additional installation steps are required:
 
-  1. If your Intel® Vision Accelerator Design with Intel® Movidius™ VPUs card requires SMBUS connection to PCIe slot (Raw video data card with HW version Fab-B and before), install the SMBUS driver:
+  1. Download and install <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145">Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2017</a>
+  2. Check with a support engineer if your Intel® Vision Accelerator Design with Intel® Movidius™ VPUs card requires SMBUS connection to PCIe slot (most unlikely). Install the SMBUS driver only if confirmed (by default, it's not required):
       1. Go to the `<INSTALL_DIR>\deployment_tools\inference-engine\external\hddl\SMBusDriver` directory, where `<INSTALL_DIR>` is the directory in which the Intel Distribution of OpenVINO toolkit is installed.
       2. Right click on the `hddlsmbus.inf` file and choose **Install** from the pop up menu.
 
-  2. Download and install <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145">Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2017</a>
-
 You are done installing your device driver and are ready to use your Intel® Vision Accelerator Design with Intel® Movidius™ VPUs.
 
 See also: