Socket 1156 motherboard with Windows 10 drivers?

[WyomingKnott]

I am running a Asus P7P55D-E Deluxe motherboard with a Core i5 750 at 2.66 GHz. Ancient, but it meets my needs with Windows 7 installed.

I'm trying to upgrade to Windows 10 under the Insider program. The upgrade works, but I have no network devices! There are no drivers for 10, or even 8, on Asus' site.

Does anyone know of a socket 1156 motherboard that will work with this CPU and have all the necessary drivers in Windows 10? Or is 1156 just too old to run 10? Or do I need to wait for 10's official release for drivers?

Thanks in advance.

 

[captaincharisma]

just because it doesn't have drivers now does not mean it won't be supported. keep in mind that this version of windows is an early build and not every manufacturer will release drivers for it until it is released. you really should never upgrade to an early build of any software and you are risking not being able to get a free copy of the final version of windows 10 because right now no one is sure anyone using the free preview will qualify for it

 

[WyomingKnott]

I'm not in any danger from the upgrade. I cloned my OS to a spare SATA drive and upgraded with only that spare running. So my main system is untouched. I'm paranoid.

Yes, I realize that drivers will come in the future. But that board doesn't have Windows 8 drivers, so I'm nervous.

The pictures' a little small, but the cat does have a beer, right?

 

[captaincharisma]

that may be a problem if it doesn't have any drivers for windows 8. i would run the eindows 8 upgrade assistant to see what it gives you. or just get the name and model number of the network chip and see if you can find the driver anywhere else other than asus website

here is a link to the windows 8 upgrade assistant:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows-8/upgrade-assistant-download-online-faq

 

[WyomingKnott]

I ran the win8 upgrade assistant as part of this. The network adapters are not in the list, either in the good section or the bad section. Don't know what that tells me, do you?

I've been searching by the vendor id/hardware id, PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8168, a Realtek network chip. I'm not sure that I trust third-party driver sites to provide malware-free drivers, though. Seems like a good vector to me and, as I mentioned above, I am paranoid.

Thanks for the help so far.

 

[captaincharisma]

if the assistant tells you it is not compatible then you may be out of luck. a stretch would be to see if you can find a driver that would work from another website or see if the windows 7 driver will work but both of those options would be slim

 

[WyomingKnott]

Thanks for the help, Captain. I gave up on the upgrade path and did a fresh install. Et voila! Network connectivity.

 

[Y0GI]

Thanks for the help, Captain. I gave up on the upgrade path and did a fresh install. Et voila! Network connectivity.

A "fresh install" of what: Win 8? Win 10?

Yogi

 

[WyomingKnott]

Win10. Fresh install instead of an upgrade from Win7.

 

[Y0GI]

Win10. Fresh install instead of an upgrade from Win7.

Glad that you got it to work!

Yogi