Hello, I am building another pc and one thing I didn't think about was getting a disc reader (cause I honestly never use it in the everything is digital age.) Anyways I'm just trying to figure out how I should go about getting the drivers for my motherboard. I still have my current computer that I'm on now so should I put the drivers on a usb from the product website (mb: msi mpg x570 gaming edge wifi.) Since this is a whole new build I also have a brand new Win 10 to install. Could I just boot up, change boot to usb and install Windows and find drivers from there? Just don't know if the ethernet would even work. Have always moved my disc reader from old build to new and never ran into this before. Well any help will be appreciated.
[SOLVED] Drivers
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Barty1884
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Windows 10 has basic networking drivers, so it would 'work' in the sense of getting online - same would be true for chipset drivers etc.
However, Windows is notorious for 'finding' older drivers.... not the most recent.
I would suggest creating your installation media on one USB, and download your drivers to another USB.
Install Windows (skip when asked to get online) and once Windows is installed, pop in the other USB, install all your drivers and THEN connect to the internet and run Windows update to fill in any gaps.
However, Windows is notorious for 'finding' older drivers.... not the most recent.
I would suggest creating your installation media on one USB, and download your drivers to another USB.
Install Windows (skip when asked to get online) and once Windows is installed, pop in the other USB, install all your drivers and THEN connect to the internet and run Windows update to fill in any gaps.
The Windows I ordered was a usb version so I have that. I have other usb's as well. So just put all the motherboard drivers on a usb, install windows, don't connect to internet and when that is installed use the usb with motherboard drivers to update the motherboard? On the website there is Onboard PIDE/SATA drivers/System and chipset drivers/LAN drivers/On board audio drivers. DL all those on the usb right? Just want to make sure I do the right things. Like I said I've always been able to just use disc so don't want to mess my stuff up.
edit: does it matter if my usb has other stuff on it? Like I already put all my backup saves from the games I play on it.
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Honestly, avoid using the USB you receive. The production date was almost certainly many months ago, since which, Windows has received any number of rounds of updates.
You can create your own installation media from here:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/software-download/windows10
All you require is a USB >8GB. That will give you the latest release build, and you won't have to sit through anywhere close to the same number of updates. Still use the license you received with your order though, of course.
The "onboard PIDE/SATA" is a RAID driver, you don't need that one.
You can create your own installation media from here:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/software-download/windows10
All you require is a USB >8GB. That will give you the latest release build, and you won't have to sit through anywhere close to the same number of updates. Still use the license you received with your order though, of course.
The "onboard PIDE/SATA" is a RAID driver, you don't need that one.
- Create installation media from the link above
- Download the Chipset, BT, Wifi and Ethernet drivers and put them on another USB
- Boot from your Windows installation USB, typically it's F8 for a one-time override, but check your manual.
- Select the {UEFI} option (you'll see two options, NAME OF USB and {UEFI} NAME OF USB)
- Follow the prompts, skipping when asked to connect to the internet
- Allow the install to complete, rebooting etc....
- Once you arrive at the Windows desktop, connect your USB with drivers.
- Transfer the files to the new system from the USB, unzip and install each (installing chipset first).
- Once you've completed all 4 and rebooted as prompted, connect to the internet (either Wifi or ethernet) and run Windows update. Let everything install, reboot as required & run again until you see "Windows is up to date"
Ok so I finally got the pc put together and I got windows on and restarted. Put the files I dl'd from mobo website AND I have no idea which ones to start with. Obviously the chipset folder is the first one but I'm not sure where to start. In that folder there are 4 folders (Bin64/Config/Images/Packages.) Then a setup application at the bottom of folders. I see the chipset windows installer in the Config folder but that does nothing when I click on it, just says it can't open. Only other executable files I see are in the Bin64 folder, AMDSplashScreen, ATISetup, RadeonInstaller, Setup.
I'm not familiar with doing this stuff manually so I have no idea where I need to start to get the chipset in first. Sorry to be such a noob. Oh there's also a .exe called AMDCleanupUtility in that folder as well. Packages folder has some stuff in it but just the same windows installer stuff.
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