The upgrade is complete and the immediate effect is that Windows
Explorer seems a lot quicker. The Hero VII is an odd-looking board, they
run a bunch of LEDs off the +5VSB so that the board glows red even when
off. Using the included fan/heatsink, the processor is running cool. I
stuck the
I'm about to upgrade my main box. In doing this, I need to maintain the
current operating system (and tons of audio apps) install. I'll be
going from a P55 board to a Z97 board (Asus Hero VII). So to preserve
the install, I need the chipset drivers, but I can't use them bundled up
in an exe
driver is the
same (ACHI, etc).
Good luck,
Also, Let us know how it goes.
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From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf
Of Steve Tomporowski
Sent: Tuesday, July 1, 2014 7:24 AM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] Z97 chipset
At 11:24 AM 01/07/2014, Steve Tomporowski wrote:
I'm about to upgrade my main box. In doing this, I need to maintain
the current operating system (and tons of audio apps) install. I'll
be going from a P55 board to a Z97 board (Asus Hero VII). So to
preserve the install, I need the chipset
Luckily I have another HD with a very similar install on it, so I don't
have to muck with my full install.
First try: Windows can't boot and then it can't repair. Bad Driver (ya
think?). Went to command prompt and tried just running the exe. Won't
run, doesn't have the structure to run
At 01:57 PM 01/07/2014, Steve Tomporowski wrote:
Luckily I have another HD with a very similar install on it, so I
don't have to muck with my full install.
First try: Windows can't boot and then it can't repair. Bad Driver
(ya think?). Went to command prompt and tried just running the
Can SFC detect whether the correct driver is installed? As for the
system drivers in the Intel exe, it looks like it generates a .inf on
the fly. The .inf files it generated on the netbook were filled with
'no driver'. I tried that anyways, it said installed but didn't change
the situation.
At 05:58 PM 01/07/2014, Steve Tomporowski wrote:
Can SFC detect whether the correct driver is installed? As for the
system drivers in the Intel exe, it looks like it generates a .inf
on the fly. The .inf files it generated on the netbook were filled
with 'no driver'. I tried that anyways,
Okay, found the problem. It was an idiot mistake. The new MB had the
drive mode defaulted to AHCI. The drive I was trying to boot was set to
IDE. Once I changed the BIOS, I was able to boot up to the desktop. It
complained a lot, but it booted.
One other important thing I
