Media driver missing during installation on Asrock Beebox n3150

[Eddienl]

Hello,

Last Friday I received my Beebox n3150. I've tried to install Windows 10 on it, but unfortunately I get the "A media driver is missing" error. I know there are a couple other threads with possible solutions but none are working for me.

I tried:
- removing the usb into another port
- loading f6flpy-x64 drivers via a second usb stick
- multiple windows 10 iso's including the one from the mediacreator tool
- enable/disable legacy support
- installing a version of windows 7 to upgrade it later to 10, but I get a none working keyboard when i have to setup my username. When I add the drive in another PC it won't boot, probably because of the different hardware specs.
- And probably some other things I found online which didn't work

So if anyone has any suggestions feel free to share them

 

[Colif]

run a chkdsk on the USB that you are using to install win 10, make it check system files and correct them. That should fix the error.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2755139

 

[Eddienl]

Hi Colif.

The USB drive is fresh and it passed the chkdsk. "No problems found"
I also checked for bad sectors with HDtune and there are none.

For a possible corrupt iso. I quess the Mediacreator tool will do a SHA1 check?

 

[Colif]

Pretty sure it does an error correct when you make the install disc. I just thought it might have helped,

Make a dvd instead and try with it?

 

[Eddienl]

No worries, it was worth a try. As far as I know it only retrieves the checksum so you can compare it to the one Windows gives, but since you don't have to download iso's anymore (I think) its not needed anymore. Of course I can be wrong

About a dvd installation. Its a small NUC pc and it has no DVD drive built in. Since I don't own an external DVD drive I can't use that option.

 

[Colif]

The media tool can download an iso or create one to install on DVD. That is how I got it on my pc as my bios doesn't boot from USB by default. If I had been smarter I would have used the advanced start option in Recovery and just restarted to the advanced menu and then just used the option to boot from device, but I didn't know that at the time.

Carry on, I am just wasting your time. Sorry I can't help

 

[Colif]

Have you tried using USB 2 slots. I know you said you moved it but do you have USB 2 slots? Reason its asking for another driver is because you using USB 3

http://superuser.com/questions/997388/windows-10-iso-wont-install-from-a-flash-drive

 

[Eddienl]

Unfortunately, No USB2.0 slots on the Beebox 🙁

 

[Colif]

>< this problem be easily resolved if windows 10 installer had USB 3 drivers or didn't exhibit this behaviour to begin with. Hope someone else has a better idea.

 

[Eddienl]

Hope so yes

 

[stevem8]

Very strange this. I've had one of these 3150's for 3 weeks. I downloaded the win10 from Microsoft and built a usb distribution, booted the beebox, and ran the install to a new ssd with no issues. I did have the bbebox connected via Ethernet to my router as I did this and it may well have added a few new updated drivers as it installed win10. I think these are really neat little boxes and the shape of things to come if all you wanted is a browser and media player. iTunes, Spotify, Netflix, other media streaming software and Chrome etc all run fine. I've seen the lack of an optical audio out raised as an issue. But if you feed the hdmi into a home theatre setup and have appropriate media software running you'll see 5.1 (perhaps 7.1) sound - at least that is what my Denon says. The box is very quiet and the little IR remote that comes with it convenient to use. I use a small wireless Logitech keyboard with a usb dongle and that works fine as well.

The only trouble I've had is when I used the auto bios update software to install v1.5. This bricked the box and I had to do a hardware reset - inside the box there's a jumper on the motherboard to short. The manual bios install from usb worked fine.

🙂