Struggles with Maximus X Hero

brautigan79

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Oct 31, 2017
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I am rapidly approaching my wits end with my new Maximus X Hero (wifi) motherboard. I replaced a 2500k and asus mobo with the Hero and 8700k. The system posted and booted up just fine from the get go. I installed the Intel chipset and tried to install other drivers from the included asus CD. I cannot get the following drivers to actually install:

Realtek audio
Intel Lan
Asus wi-fi
Asus Bluetooth

Consequently the pc has no internet access. I went to the asus website on an old laptop and tried downloading drivers directly from there to a sub drive. I tried to install them on the main system and no dice.

Upon further research it seemed the issue might be an outdated bios... so I downloaded the 0505 bios from the asus website (to a fat32 formatted usb drive) and tried to flash the bios via the ezflash utility in the uefi. No luck. Further research led me to believe I needed to change the cap file name to m10h.cap or m10hwifi.cap. Neither worked.

Am I missing something or might I have a defective board?
 
Solution
In case it helps anyone in the future, a reinstall of Windows 10 did the trick. I used the Rufus tool to create a bootable usb (from an old laptop I had laying around) and went through the various prompts.
Alternatively, if I look in the device manager I see Bluetooth radio, Ethernet controller, and network controller... all with the little yellow triangle icon. If I select update driver and point it to the folder in which I have saved said drivers I get the following:

"Windows found drivers for your device but encountered an error while attempting to install them.

Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (2) I219-V

The system cannot find the file specified"
 
Correct, that is the motherboard.

I installed those chipset drivers again this morning. It did not ask for a reboot. Nor did it correct my problem, unfortunately.

I cannot flash the bios in the uefi
I cannot install LAN, wi-fi, audio, or Bluetooth drivers

 
In case it helps anyone in the future, a reinstall of Windows 10 did the trick. I used the Rufus tool to create a bootable usb (from an old laptop I had laying around) and went through the various prompts.
 
Solution