Hi All
I have been pulling my hair out for two days trying to get this problem solved. I have stopped installing or customizing my computer because I don't know if I'm going to have to reinstall or not. Here's the scoop.
I just did a clean install of Windows 7 Pro 64 from a freshly formatted hard drive.
I am using an Asus P5QL-EM main board with an Intel Core2 Duo 2.8GHz with 4G RAM and an older 80G IDE hard drive and an LG IDE DVD burner (all the SATA ports are empty).
Other than the keyboard and mouse the only other thing installed in the computer is the Radeon 4870 PCIE Video Card.
I have completed the install, and everything works perfectly. I have a web cam that I did not plug in, but I tested it and it doesn't work....wow $8 down the tubes
I was so happy I could have just...well you know...
Then I made the mistake of checking Device Manager to make sure there were no problems. Whoever said "Ignorance is bliss" had it right.
I have an unknown device (The Horrors!).
When I check the properties it says: Location: on Intel(R) ICH10 LPC Interface Controller - 3A18
I have checked into this and it appears to be a part or the Intel SATA hardware. This board uses the G43 chipset, so I downloaded those drivers from Intel and tried installing them, but no luck. I tried following their instructions, but they're a little convoluted. I used the "update driver" from Device Manager, and navigated to where the Windows 7 directory was containing all the drivers for this chipset, but it didn't install. I also tried the setup.exe but it didn't help. I went to the Asus website and downloaded the Win 7 64 chipset drivers for this board and tried the setup.exe but got the same results.
I found one other guy with this same problem in the Asus forums. Apparently he did an upgrade, so he dumped his install and did a fresh one and his problem is gone now. He was thanking the guy who gave him a link to the Intel site with these chipset drivers, although I don't know why (I tried those drivers...no joy).
The funny thing is that I only got Win 7 because I thought XP was getting a little old, and I didn't want my fairly new hardware running a fossil operating system. Now I'm actually pining for Windows XP. To top it all off, I don't much care for Win 7. They've really dumbed down the o/s, and the start menu really sucks bad now. It reminds me more of a kids toy than a professional o/s for adults.
Any help would really be appreciated. I'm all worn out from spending 10 hours straight (other than bathroom breaks) trying to solve this problem.
I was under the impression that, with Windows 7, problems like this were a thing of the past. To top it all off, it's an Intel driver causing the problem....go figure....
I have been pulling my hair out for two days trying to get this problem solved. I have stopped installing or customizing my computer because I don't know if I'm going to have to reinstall or not. Here's the scoop.
I just did a clean install of Windows 7 Pro 64 from a freshly formatted hard drive.
I am using an Asus P5QL-EM main board with an Intel Core2 Duo 2.8GHz with 4G RAM and an older 80G IDE hard drive and an LG IDE DVD burner (all the SATA ports are empty).
Other than the keyboard and mouse the only other thing installed in the computer is the Radeon 4870 PCIE Video Card.
I have completed the install, and everything works perfectly. I have a web cam that I did not plug in, but I tested it and it doesn't work....wow $8 down the tubes
I was so happy I could have just...well you know...
Then I made the mistake of checking Device Manager to make sure there were no problems. Whoever said "Ignorance is bliss" had it right.
I have an unknown device (The Horrors!).
When I check the properties it says: Location: on Intel(R) ICH10 LPC Interface Controller - 3A18
I have checked into this and it appears to be a part or the Intel SATA hardware. This board uses the G43 chipset, so I downloaded those drivers from Intel and tried installing them, but no luck. I tried following their instructions, but they're a little convoluted. I used the "update driver" from Device Manager, and navigated to where the Windows 7 directory was containing all the drivers for this chipset, but it didn't install. I also tried the setup.exe but it didn't help. I went to the Asus website and downloaded the Win 7 64 chipset drivers for this board and tried the setup.exe but got the same results.
I found one other guy with this same problem in the Asus forums. Apparently he did an upgrade, so he dumped his install and did a fresh one and his problem is gone now. He was thanking the guy who gave him a link to the Intel site with these chipset drivers, although I don't know why (I tried those drivers...no joy).
The funny thing is that I only got Win 7 because I thought XP was getting a little old, and I didn't want my fairly new hardware running a fossil operating system. Now I'm actually pining for Windows XP. To top it all off, I don't much care for Win 7. They've really dumbed down the o/s, and the start menu really sucks bad now. It reminds me more of a kids toy than a professional o/s for adults.
Any help would really be appreciated. I'm all worn out from spending 10 hours straight (other than bathroom breaks) trying to solve this problem.
I was under the impression that, with Windows 7, problems like this were a thing of the past. To top it all off, it's an Intel driver causing the problem....go figure....