Are these chipset drivers not preinstalled in the MOBO or do I missunderstand something?

Are these chipset drivers not preinstalled in the MOBO or do I missunderstand something?

drivers install to the OS Steffen

Are these chipset drivers not preinstalled in the MOBO or do I missunderstand something?

Steffen, no Chipset = P67 (hardware, a chip on the mainboard)Chipset Driver = Software, which is on a CD or the most actual on the web (Asus website, and more accurately Intel's website in Download Center)

Steffen, no Chipset = P67 (hardware, a chip on the mainboard)Chipset Driver = Software, which is on a CD or the most actual on the web (Asus website, and more accurately Intel's website in Download Center)

Ah, OK. Now I´m getting it.

Your system will be fine. My reccomendation: 1. Download new motherboard and chipset drivers from the manufacturers website. 2. Reboot computer in safe mode (this is key!) uninstall current drivers for motherboard, chipset, and any utilities that the mono manufacturer may have installed. 3. Shut down system, install new hardware. 4. Power up your new system, and install the files you downloaded before. 5. Reboot when asked, and enjoy your new setup!

My parts will come tomorow, so I´m pritty close to the upgrade. After I reread this, I stumbled about this question: How can I find these chipset drivers when I´m going to deinstall them?

Just install the new drivers you download from the MB manufacturer.If your PC needs to reboot (it will), you will be told to, er, ereboot your PC! :-)Then before shutdown completes and before start-up completes your new drivers will be installed.These days maintaining your operating system is easy!Cheers,- jahman.

Yep - easy! ..so... you go to your C: drive, Stephan, or your E: drive if you have a second drive, create a folder called "ASUS", then under that make a number of new folders. These will be : AI Suite_II, BIOS, Blutooth, Chipset, JMicron, LAN Driver, Marvell, and USB - maybe another one or two. Basically you then go to the ASUS support site, find the driver download page for the Pro board, pick the drivers you need (which is pretty much all) and then download each to their own folder. When that's done you unzip each one and then run the executable - say for the LAN Driver folder - you would run AsusSetup.exe. When they're all done you will will have fast ethernet, USB devices that all work, fewer hangs, and so on. Your machine will be up to date. You will only need the CD if you can't get the internet to work.

Does it matter if you are going from IDE to AHCI when you swap an MB wrt Win 7 x64?scott s..

Does it matter if you are going from IDE to AHCI when you swap an MB wrt Win 7 x64?scott s..

No. W7 adjusts. AHCI is supposed to be better for SSD. For normal SATA drives, it doesn't really matter...I have them at AHCI since it's default, if it interests you.I see everyone suggesting you need "all that is on the ASUS website". I must say I don't share such opinion.First of all: if you don't plan on using JMicron or Marvell (why would you if you have up to 5 disks and 1 optical drive). They are not better than Intels, won't provide anything more... I tend to turn off everything I can in BIOS. Thus drivers also not needed. Cleaner system and less things on boot up (I believe Intel Storage has a resident program... FOR WHAT???).Two things I install on beginning are Chipset + LAN (and additionally USB3 since recently). Then I take a look in Device Manager to see if there are any question marks and go from there.AI Suite... ugh. Please OC in BIOS.

Thanks all for that detailed instruction.What´s about AI Suite? I did my first oc with it. Pritty easy to use and looks neat.

No. W7 adjusts. AHCI is supposed to be better for SSD. For normal SATA drives, it doesn't really matter...I have them at AHCI since it's default, if it interests you.I see everyone suggesting you need "all that is on the ASUS website". I must say I don't share such opinion.First of all: if you don't plan on using JMicron or Marvell (why would you if you have up to 5 disks and 1 optical drive). They are not better than Intels, won't provide anything more... I tend to turn off everything I can in BIOS. Thus drivers also not needed. Cleaner system and less things on boot up (I believe Intel Storage has a resident program... FOR WHAT???).Two things I install on beginning are Chipset + LAN (and additionally USB3 since recently). Then I take a look in Device Manager to see if there are any question marks and go from there.AI Suite... ugh. Please OC in BIOS.

I´m currently downloading all the drivers. So far everything os ok. But how can I know whether I need the JMicron or the Marvell SATA driver? I have 2 optical and one 1 TB HDD. Which one is the one I should go for?

Check the documentation for your MB (or look at the chip brandnames on your MB) to see if your MB sports the JMicron or Marvell SATA chips (the chip will be real close to the SATA connectors).Regarding the loading of drivers, you do not need to unzip any files: Just double-click the zip file to dive-in to the contents and then double-click the setup.exe (usually) file to start the installer. Do not close the file explorer window until the installer is finished.Cheers,- jahman.

So, why do you need Marvell or JMicron?Marvell are those two ports - you don't *need* them if you have two HDDs and one optical drive. Use Intel ones. 6G for HDDs and 3G for an optical.JMicron is here only for eSATA connectors. Two are on the backpanel, one pSATA and one eSATA. Also don't need if you don't have any eSATA external drivers or you are NOT using hot swapping.Disable both in BIOS and be happy you don't have to install more and more drivers.Keep your system clean!!!

Word Not Allowed,Read this thread http://forum.avsim.net/topic/334031-error-on-startup/Advice seems to be coming in a bit too late.

Word Not Allowed,Read this thread http://forum.avsim.net/topic/334031-error-on-startup/Advice seems to be coming in a bit too late.

Why? He was asking about the difference between those two... the other thread is a problem thread.