So, I purchased a new hard drive and a copy of Windows 10 Professional due to a failing hard drive. My brother recently had to replace the hard drive on his laptop for the same reason and he had trouble because he needed network drivers. Since he had a pre-built laptop, he found all the drivers he needed in one place. But my desktop is a complete DIY build, so the drivers for all of my hardware are scattered to the four corners of the internet. Those aren't really a problem since they'll be auto-downloaded if I don't have them, but I need the network drivers at the very least.
I read in a similar thread to look on my motherboard manufacturers website, find my specific motherboard, and that the network drivers should be there. And while I went to ASRock's website and found the list of drivers for my motherboard(ASRock Z77 Extreme6), I couldn't tell if any of them were the network drivers. So I'm hoping that someone here could tell me if the network driver is listed, and if not, where I could possibly find it. Here are the drivers that are available:
- Realtek high definition audio driver
- INF driver
- Intel Management Engine driver
- ASMedia SATA3 Driver
- ASRock 3TB+ Unlocker Utility
- ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility
- Intel Rapid Start Utility
- Intel Smart Connect Utility
- Restart to UEFI
- ASRock XFast LAN Utility
Some of those drivers obviously have nothing to do with networking, but I figured I'd list them anyway. I'm assuming that the last one, the XFast LAN Utility is the network driver, but I feel I should still ask and be 100% certain before installing the new drive and OS. Another thread I read(Not the same as the one I previously mentioned.) said that the network driver was called Broadcom LAN Driver, which I found under the Windows 7 64bit tab on the manufacturers website. However, that driver isn't listed under the Windows 10 64bit tab. In fact, there are a lot of drivers under the Windows 7 64bit tab that aren't listed under the Windows 10 64bit tab. Would they still work on Windows 10?
I read in a similar thread to look on my motherboard manufacturers website, find my specific motherboard, and that the network drivers should be there. And while I went to ASRock's website and found the list of drivers for my motherboard(ASRock Z77 Extreme6), I couldn't tell if any of them were the network drivers. So I'm hoping that someone here could tell me if the network driver is listed, and if not, where I could possibly find it. Here are the drivers that are available:
- Realtek high definition audio driver
- INF driver
- Intel Management Engine driver
- ASMedia SATA3 Driver
- ASRock 3TB+ Unlocker Utility
- ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility
- Intel Rapid Start Utility
- Intel Smart Connect Utility
- Restart to UEFI
- ASRock XFast LAN Utility
Some of those drivers obviously have nothing to do with networking, but I figured I'd list them anyway. I'm assuming that the last one, the XFast LAN Utility is the network driver, but I feel I should still ask and be 100% certain before installing the new drive and OS. Another thread I read(Not the same as the one I previously mentioned.) said that the network driver was called Broadcom LAN Driver, which I found under the Windows 7 64bit tab on the manufacturers website. However, that driver isn't listed under the Windows 10 64bit tab. In fact, there are a lot of drivers under the Windows 7 64bit tab that aren't listed under the Windows 10 64bit tab. Would they still work on Windows 10?
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