Zotac drivers Asrock board

[travalon]

Thank you to everyone here. I know if I ever have a problem or question the fine members of TH are here for me. I tried search but to be honest I didn't know how to word it.

So, I built a htpc using a Zotac itx, installed win7 pro 64 (my 1st ever Win 7 install), updated (which took a while) and began tests. All the usb 2/0's died .Zotac gone.
Enter Asrock -

What will happen if I boot my updated Win7 HDD with the Zotac drivers from the Asrock mobo?

Win7 loaded really fast compared to XP 32 biit but the updates took quite a while. I was hoping that since the hardware is missing the Zotac drivers would lay dormant until I remove them. Then I can load the Asrock and GPU drivers. New board will be here today.



This is my build

i3 2100
MB ASROCK|H67M-ITX/HT H67 LGA1155 R
VGA PNY|VCGGT4301XPB GT430 R
MEM 4Gx2|G.SKILL F3-10666CL9D-8GBXL
Seagate hybrid 500gb 7200 rpm x 2
A little old Coolmaster case w/300 psu
a dl dvd multi writer from a laptop stuck in a usb enclosure
and a Thermaltake Slim X3 cpu heat sink and fan



Last build 2009


EVGA E758-A1 3-Way SLI (x16/x16/x8) LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard -
CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified
Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor (it's a D0)
Megahalems heatsync w/90? mm 120cf fan
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
OCZ Platinum 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
Sony Optiarc 24X DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Black

 

[WR2]

What will happen if I boot my updated Win7 HDD with the Zotac drivers from the Asrock mobo?

You'll end up killing all the kittens. Or the universe will end. Not sure which will happen.

 

[WR2]

Does the [strike]Zotac[/strike] Asrock ITX system run OK, except for the USB ports?
It's probably easier just to update the drivers you need.

See if this method works for you:
Update a driver for hardware that isn't working properly
They mention the automatic and manual methods for updating drivers.
watch the Demo Video

 

[travalon]

Maybe the Aztecs know.....

 

[travalon]

The Zotac board was an impulse buy. After reading about their customer support (or lack there of) and failing to fix the USBs and only having 1 day to return the board I nixed it. So The asrock will be here soon I feel more comfortable with it already. But to answer your question Yes it was running fine. The 2.0's pooped out when I plugged a mouse into a 3.0.
Thankyou for the link But I don't have the Zotac anymore.

 

[neon neophyte]

should work, windows should look for the new drivers it needs and stop using the old ones

might not work

cant hurt to try

however, i cant help but say its a better idea to just do a fresh install. they dont take that long anyway

 

[WR2]

It won't hurt to try. You might get far enough in Windows startup to get a Repair option.

Win7 has a pretty good stable of standard generic drivers. And I think USB 2.0 drivers are pretty generic.

 

[the great randini]

if you buy the same chipset it may work but
i would sysprep with the generalize option which would make you install hardware independant.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/ee530017
be aware in win 7 you can only sysprep 3 times.

 

[WR2]

I think you could save time and effort using neon neophyte's fresh install suggestion.

 

[travalon]

I guess my question should have been "will I damage any of my hardware if it doesn't work?"

 

[neon neophyte]

"cant hurt to try"

 

[WR2]

No, I don't see any chance of hardware damage from a wrong mix of software drivers.

 

[travalon]

neon neophyte at least my curiosity won't kill your cat. I guess there's 1 way to find out everybody. I'll let you know.

WR2 thx for the confidence

 

[travalon]

So I guess we'll have to wait until day after tomorrow to find out. The really cheap PSU Case combo I bought is just about as wrong as I could have gotten for the Asrock board. With the vid card the psu needed to be taken out or it wouldn't fit. But, that's a moot point because the psu died after less than 8 hours running the Zotac machine. I'll searcg to find out what would cause the psu to not fire up.

 

[neon neophyte]

heh, probably fried your zotac board as well

 

[travalon]

The USB 2.0s died after 3 days. The ASROCK was DOA (unless it fried without the psu fan spinning up). RMA'd it. Ordered corsair 430 w from tiger 4 $20 after rebate.

Old psu passed the paperclip test but I'll use it for something else.

I'll never go that route again. go ahead and giggle neon 😛

 

[neon neophyte]

no giggles. condolences <3

 

[travalon]

Now that I finally got a board that will post I know the answer.

NOPE!!!

Windows detects the painfully obvious "Hardware change" and wants me to re-install.

So there you have it folks.

 

[travalon]

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