Open local group policy editor (start > run > gpedit.msc)*
Go to:
Computer configuration
Administrative templates
Windows components
Windows update
Set the following policy to enabled: Do not include drivers with Windows Updates
My understanding is that this will prevent Microsoft from pulling down driver updates for your hardware when it does regular security/feature updating. I don't recommend this for all computers, only for those home built systems with parts from multiple vendors. I get all my updates from Gigabyte (which is still making build 1809 driver updates for my two year old motherboard), and I do my own sound and gpu updates for the discrete cards I've purchased. Letting Microsoft update these drivers automatically can have catastrophic consequences for some of your games. Bethesda games in particular seem very sensitive to system changes after they've been installed.
*Note: this is only applicable to Windows 10 Pro and Windows 10 Ent. If there's a Windows 10 Home hack to do this, I don't know what it is.
Friday, February 1, 2019
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
GA-Z270X-UD5 Motherboard and Windows 10 Pro build 1703
Update 1/13/2019: Did a rebuild today using Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2019, which is build 1809. Followed the install order below with the exception of step 11. Instead of doing that particular step, I instead enabled the group policy option to not include drivers with Windows updates. Here are the exact steps to enabling this. This is only valid in Win pro and Win enterprise.
Some notes I took with this latest install. The build seems pretty solid, no major issues noted aside from the usual event log detritus that seems to be impossible to resolve completely.
Install order of rebuild:
1. Windows (disconnect all but the single HD that Windows runs on.
2. Renamed PC (reboot, and power off to reconnect HDs/CDs/DVDs that were DC'd)
3. Turned off fast start under power options
4. Chipset (reboot)
5. MEI
6. IRST (reboot)
7. NIC (reboot, but on my own)
9. GPU (reboot, but on my own)
10. Audio (deselected Z-Series Extras) (reboot)
11. Added hardware IDs group policy to prevent updates (below)
12. LGS software
13. Steam
14. Games
Hardware ID:
GPU (EVGA GeForce 1070 GTX) -
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1B81&SUBSYS_62763842&REV_A1
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1B81&SUBSYS_62763842
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1B81&CC_030000
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1B81&CC_0300
APU (SBZ PCIe card) -
PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0012&SUBSYS_00101102&REV_01
PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0012&SUBSYS_00101102
PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0012&CC_040300
PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0012&CC_0403
HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_1102&DEV_0011&SUBSYS_11020023&REV_1009
HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_1102&DEV_0011&SUBSYS_11020023
Some notes I took with this latest install. The build seems pretty solid, no major issues noted aside from the usual event log detritus that seems to be impossible to resolve completely.
Install order of rebuild:
1. Windows (disconnect all but the single HD that Windows runs on.
2. Renamed PC (reboot, and power off to reconnect HDs/CDs/DVDs that were DC'd)
3. Turned off fast start under power options
4. Chipset (reboot)
5. MEI
6. IRST (reboot)
7. NIC (reboot, but on my own)
9. GPU (reboot, but on my own)
10. Audio (deselected Z-Series Extras) (reboot)
11. Added hardware IDs group policy to prevent updates (below)
12. LGS software
13. Steam
14. Games
Hardware ID:
GPU (EVGA GeForce 1070 GTX) -
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1B81&SUBSYS_62763842&REV_A1
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1B81&SUBSYS_62763842
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1B81&CC_030000
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1B81&CC_0300
APU (SBZ PCIe card) -
PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0012&SUBSYS_00101102&REV_01
PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0012&SUBSYS_00101102
PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0012&CC_040300
PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0012&CC_0403
HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_1102&DEV_0011&SUBSYS_11020023&REV_1009
HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_1102&DEV_0011&SUBSYS_11020023
Thursday, March 9, 2017
Gigabyte GA-Z270X-UD5 Windows 10 notes
Order of software installation for each item. Rebooted after each software install.
- Downloaded all the motherboard related items from http://www.gigabyte.us/Support/Motherboard
Updated BIOS/UEFI to current version
Installed Windows 10 Pro
mb_driver_chipset
mb_driver_intel_me
- requires .net framework 4.5 (skipped - already installed!)
video driver (in my case, a 1070 gpu)
- set NVidia power management mode to adaptive, which works best for me, I think.
mb_driver_intel_irst
- disabled power management in this app and rebooted again
Intel nic driver
- Deselected advanced features, as it threw up a warning about incompatibility with win10
- Turned off NIC advanced power savings features
- Disabled 2nd NIC
SBZ driver (crappy, messy product)
Logitech software
- throws up the main window *and* a firewall notice, which I allowed for private networks
Turned off driver updating in group policy (pro only feature)
Turned off the other update setting in system
Connected to network
Updated Windows fully
Setup OneDrive
Installed Samsung Magician (need to manually disable autostart from little icon)
- Only install if you have Samsung hard drives
Installed Steam (verification required)
Installed Chrome
Disable sleep/hibernate (Power options)
Disable Link State Power Management by setting to Off in Power Options/Advanced Settings/PCI Express
Disable fast start
Click Control Panel.
Click Power Options.
Click Choose what the power buttons do.
Click Change settings that are currently unavailable.
Scroll down to Shutdown settings and uncheck Turn on fast startup.
Setup file and folder exclusions in Windows Defender. You'll have to figure out what needs to be excluded.
Friday, December 9, 2016
ASUS Z87-Plus Windows 10 notes
NOTE!
THE MAJORITY OF LINKS HERE ARE SPECIFIC TO THE ASUS Z87-PLUS MOTHERBOARD. I CANNOT VOUCH FOR THEIR SUITABILITY ON OTHER HARDWARE.
Windows 10 installs very nicely on this motherboard. The exceptions* to note are below, installed after getting a Win10 x64 PRO build completed:
- NVidia GeForce (uninstall the Windows supplied NVidia driver first using DDU with the safe mode option)
- NIC Intel
- IRST (SATA driver for the Intel SATA ports)
- ASMedia (SATA driver for the ASMedia ports)
My last build involved installing Windows, full Windows patching, then installing the aforementioned third party drivers. I installed in the order outlined above. I also (after Windows patching) turned off the Windows 10 "feature" of updating drivers automatically before I installed these third party drivers. I don't know if it makes a difference to install them before or after the big Windows patches. Who knows?
To install Windows, I disconnected all drives except for the C: drive, built a Win10 bootable USB and installed from that. Be sure nothing is plugged into any other USB port other than the essentials (I'd keep it to just the Windows USB installer stick, mouse and keyboard. Install your other stuff later).
*Note: there are other drivers I loaded, such as my Creative sound card drivers, my Logitech mouse and kb drivers, etc. But I did these well after everything else was done. I consider the GPU driver to be of critical importance, which is why it's listed as a general purpose install with the other motherboard pieces, above. If you have an AMD GPU, or are using the integrated Intel GPU, substitute those drivers for the NVidia and install in the same sequence.
Also, did more reading on IRST. You don't need to install the application, just the drivers. The application may make more sense if there's going to be RAID configuration involved, otherwise it's mostly just eating resources. The application, when running, looks like this in the taskbar:
Keep in mind that IRST driver versioning could be noteworthy. In my case, I'm using the version recommended by ASUS for my motherboard/OS combination. There are other versions that Intel has created. Newer is not better, and in fact having the newest is usually not recommended. Do your research on this if you don't have a vendor recommended version.
All links worked as of 12/9/2016. If there's a broken link, leave a comment about it if you'd like.
THE MAJORITY OF LINKS HERE ARE SPECIFIC TO THE ASUS Z87-PLUS MOTHERBOARD. I CANNOT VOUCH FOR THEIR SUITABILITY ON OTHER HARDWARE.
Windows 10 installs very nicely on this motherboard. The exceptions* to note are below, installed after getting a Win10 x64 PRO build completed:
- NVidia GeForce (uninstall the Windows supplied NVidia driver first using DDU with the safe mode option)
- NIC Intel
- IRST (SATA driver for the Intel SATA ports)
- ASMedia (SATA driver for the ASMedia ports)
My last build involved installing Windows, full Windows patching, then installing the aforementioned third party drivers. I installed in the order outlined above. I also (after Windows patching) turned off the Windows 10 "feature" of updating drivers automatically before I installed these third party drivers. I don't know if it makes a difference to install them before or after the big Windows patches. Who knows?
To install Windows, I disconnected all drives except for the C: drive, built a Win10 bootable USB and installed from that. Be sure nothing is plugged into any other USB port other than the essentials (I'd keep it to just the Windows USB installer stick, mouse and keyboard. Install your other stuff later).
*Note: there are other drivers I loaded, such as my Creative sound card drivers, my Logitech mouse and kb drivers, etc. But I did these well after everything else was done. I consider the GPU driver to be of critical importance, which is why it's listed as a general purpose install with the other motherboard pieces, above. If you have an AMD GPU, or are using the integrated Intel GPU, substitute those drivers for the NVidia and install in the same sequence.
Also, did more reading on IRST. You don't need to install the application, just the drivers. The application may make more sense if there's going to be RAID configuration involved, otherwise it's mostly just eating resources. The application, when running, looks like this in the taskbar:
Keep in mind that IRST driver versioning could be noteworthy. In my case, I'm using the version recommended by ASUS for my motherboard/OS combination. There are other versions that Intel has created. Newer is not better, and in fact having the newest is usually not recommended. Do your research on this if you don't have a vendor recommended version.
All links worked as of 12/9/2016. If there's a broken link, leave a comment about it if you'd like.
Friday, July 25, 2014
ASUS Z87-Plus (OS Install Guide)
Went
through another Windows 7 install (gave up on Windows 8.1 .. again) and
documented my steps fairly precisely, utilizing/refining on the steps
outlined in this [H]ardforum post.
(Work occurred on 7/23/2014)
=--Windows 7 rebuild--=
Asus Z87-Plus motherboard
Creative SBZ audio card
EVGA GTX 760 video
Plextor SSD
Standard HDD (nothing special, just a laptop footprint SATA drive)
1. Windows 7 x64 and reboot
2. Windows 7 SP1 and reboot
3. Windows 7 post-SP1 rollup (KB2775511) and reboot
4. Turn off UAC and reboot
5. USB3 drivers and reboot
6. MEI drivers and reboot
7. Manual* chipset install, to recognize the SMBus controller in device manager. Reboot
8. NIC drivers and reboot (you will be asked to set network location first)
9. Manual* install of IRST drivers, extracted and used against Standard AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller. Reboot x2 (I had no control over the 2nd reboot, it happened after login following the 1st reboot)
10. Creative SBZ drivers and reboot
11. NVidia video drivers and reboot (this will include a .NET 4 install)
12. Windows updates (118 important updates, 51 optional). Patching for hours.
13. Installed SSD specific utility. In my case, a Plextor drive this time.
14. Moved pagefile to non-SSD hard drive, as is routine and recommended.
15. Set Windows power plan to High performance. Set NVidia 3D settings to single display performance mode and prefer maximum performance, which is in line with my configuration.
16. Followed this guide for tweaking the OS to make it SSD friendly:
http://night-ray.blogspot.com/2012/11/ssd-and-windows-7.html
17. Relocated my temp folders to the non-SSD hard drive.
* Manual install meaning I extracted the files from the install packages and manually pointed the unknown devices in Device Manager to these files. This method avoids unnecessary bloated software that accompanies these packages.
Error logs have been very clean for several days. Very pleased with this outcome. Hopefully I realize some level of contentment with my system now.
The entire hardware build, as shown on a NewEgg wishlist:
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=25353665
(Work occurred on 7/23/2014)
=--Windows 7 rebuild--=
Asus Z87-Plus motherboard
Creative SBZ audio card
EVGA GTX 760 video
Plextor SSD
Standard HDD (nothing special, just a laptop footprint SATA drive)
1. Windows 7 x64 and reboot
2. Windows 7 SP1 and reboot
3. Windows 7 post-SP1 rollup (KB2775511) and reboot
4. Turn off UAC and reboot
5. USB3 drivers and reboot
6. MEI drivers and reboot
7. Manual* chipset install, to recognize the SMBus controller in device manager. Reboot
8. NIC drivers and reboot (you will be asked to set network location first)
9. Manual* install of IRST drivers, extracted and used against Standard AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller. Reboot x2 (I had no control over the 2nd reboot, it happened after login following the 1st reboot)
10. Creative SBZ drivers and reboot
11. NVidia video drivers and reboot (this will include a .NET 4 install)
12. Windows updates (118 important updates, 51 optional). Patching for hours.
13. Installed SSD specific utility. In my case, a Plextor drive this time.
14. Moved pagefile to non-SSD hard drive, as is routine and recommended.
15. Set Windows power plan to High performance. Set NVidia 3D settings to single display performance mode and prefer maximum performance, which is in line with my configuration.
16. Followed this guide for tweaking the OS to make it SSD friendly:
http://night-ray.blogspot.com/2012/11/ssd-and-windows-7.html
17. Relocated my temp folders to the non-SSD hard drive.
* Manual install meaning I extracted the files from the install packages and manually pointed the unknown devices in Device Manager to these files. This method avoids unnecessary bloated software that accompanies these packages.
Error logs have been very clean for several days. Very pleased with this outcome. Hopefully I realize some level of contentment with my system now.
The entire hardware build, as shown on a NewEgg wishlist:
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=25353665
Monday, July 8, 2013
ASUS Z87-Plus motherboard - driver installation guide
-- EDIT JUL 25, 2014--
Went through another Windows 7 install (gave up on Windows 8.1 .. again) and documented my steps fairly precisely, utilizing/refining on the steps outlined in the Hardforum thread below under the Jun 17 edit.
(Work occurred on 7/23/2014)
=--Windows 7 rebuild--=
Asus Z87-Plus motherboard
Creative SBZ audio card
EVGA GTX 760 video
1. Windows 7 x64 and reboot
2. Windows 7 SP1 and reboot
3. Windows 7 post-SP1 rollup (KB2775511) and reboot
4. Turn off UAC and reboot
5. USB3 drivers and reboot
6. MEI drivers and reboot
7. Manual* chipset install, to recognize the SMBus controller in device manager. Reboot
8. NIC drivers and reboot (you will be asked to set network location first)
9. Manual* install of IRST drivers, extracted and used against Standard AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller. Reboot x2 (I had no control over the 2nd reboot, it happened after login following the 1st reboot)
10. Creative SBZ drivers and reboot
11. NVidia video drivers and reboot (this will include a .NET 4 install)
12. Windows updates (118 important updates, 51 optional). Patching for hours.
13. Installed SSD specific utility. In my case, a Plextor drive this time.
14. Moved pagefile to non-SSD hard drive, as is routine and recommended.
15. Set Windows power plan to High performance. Set NVidia 3D settings to single display performance mode and prefer maximum performance, which is in line with my configuration.
16. Followed this guide for tweaking the OS to make it SSD friendly:
http://night-ray.blogspot.com/2012/11/ssd-and-windows-7.html
17. Relocated my temp folders to the non-SSD hard drive.
* Manual install meaning I extracted the files from the install packages and manually pointed the unknown devices in Device Manager to these files. This method avoids unnecessary bloated software that accompanies these packages.
Error logs have been very clean for several days. Very pleased with this outcome. Hopefully I realize some level of contentment with my system now.
-- EDIT JUL 17, 2014 --
The entire hardware build, as shown on a NewEgg wishlist:
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=25353665
-- EDIT JUN 17, 2014 --
I've had a number of performance issues and all around strange behavior. Found this post on [H]ard|Forum:
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1772439
Follow that forum post, ignore what I wrote below, and unless absolutely necessary, don't install the Asus AI suite. It gave me nothing but problems. I also ditched the ASUS Xonar DX sound card and picked up an SB z-series card which I'm much happier with. Also returned to Win 7. Much better performing system overall. The only glitch I have is a flagged device in device manager, but the hardforum post confirms that it will be like this, and as long as you're not using Asus AI suite, it's a non-issue. I've ignored it, and had no issues. Also, my event logs are now finally staying error free. You'll notice that the hard forum post is not using any Asus drivers. Because of these driver issues, I will seriously reconsider ever getting another Asus mobo.
I also recommend disabling all the quick start, fast start, hibernation, super standby, WHATEVER, on the mobo and in Windows. Once I turned that all off, things started working much better. But good luck to you if you decide you want to make it work. Don't forget to disable the onboard sound if you have a sound card. If you update the BIOS, the onboard sound will probably re-enable itself, so check again post bios update.
====
IGNORE THE POST BELOW - leaving it for posterity
====
Context: picked this mobo up the other day for a new build. As usual, little to no info out there on the order of installation for the various minutia (drivers, etc) that need to be applied to a newer motherboard with medium to higher end components. Hopefully this is helpful to someone.
ASUS Z87-Plus mobo
Xonar DX sound card
i5-4670K LGA1150 proc
Samsung 250GB SSD
4.
NVidia drivers.
Took the .NET 4 option. Forced
reboot.
Went through another Windows 7 install (gave up on Windows 8.1 .. again) and documented my steps fairly precisely, utilizing/refining on the steps outlined in the Hardforum thread below under the Jun 17 edit.
(Work occurred on 7/23/2014)
=--Windows 7 rebuild--=
Asus Z87-Plus motherboard
Creative SBZ audio card
EVGA GTX 760 video
1. Windows 7 x64 and reboot
2. Windows 7 SP1 and reboot
3. Windows 7 post-SP1 rollup (KB2775511) and reboot
4. Turn off UAC and reboot
5. USB3 drivers and reboot
6. MEI drivers and reboot
7. Manual* chipset install, to recognize the SMBus controller in device manager. Reboot
8. NIC drivers and reboot (you will be asked to set network location first)
9. Manual* install of IRST drivers, extracted and used against Standard AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller. Reboot x2 (I had no control over the 2nd reboot, it happened after login following the 1st reboot)
10. Creative SBZ drivers and reboot
11. NVidia video drivers and reboot (this will include a .NET 4 install)
12. Windows updates (118 important updates, 51 optional). Patching for hours.
13. Installed SSD specific utility. In my case, a Plextor drive this time.
14. Moved pagefile to non-SSD hard drive, as is routine and recommended.
15. Set Windows power plan to High performance. Set NVidia 3D settings to single display performance mode and prefer maximum performance, which is in line with my configuration.
16. Followed this guide for tweaking the OS to make it SSD friendly:
http://night-ray.blogspot.com/2012/11/ssd-and-windows-7.html
17. Relocated my temp folders to the non-SSD hard drive.
* Manual install meaning I extracted the files from the install packages and manually pointed the unknown devices in Device Manager to these files. This method avoids unnecessary bloated software that accompanies these packages.
Error logs have been very clean for several days. Very pleased with this outcome. Hopefully I realize some level of contentment with my system now.
-- EDIT JUL 17, 2014 --
The entire hardware build, as shown on a NewEgg wishlist:
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=25353665
-- EDIT JUN 17, 2014 --
I've had a number of performance issues and all around strange behavior. Found this post on [H]ard|Forum:
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1772439
Follow that forum post, ignore what I wrote below, and unless absolutely necessary, don't install the Asus AI suite. It gave me nothing but problems. I also ditched the ASUS Xonar DX sound card and picked up an SB z-series card which I'm much happier with. Also returned to Win 7. Much better performing system overall. The only glitch I have is a flagged device in device manager, but the hardforum post confirms that it will be like this, and as long as you're not using Asus AI suite, it's a non-issue. I've ignored it, and had no issues. Also, my event logs are now finally staying error free. You'll notice that the hard forum post is not using any Asus drivers. Because of these driver issues, I will seriously reconsider ever getting another Asus mobo.
I also recommend disabling all the quick start, fast start, hibernation, super standby, WHATEVER, on the mobo and in Windows. Once I turned that all off, things started working much better. But good luck to you if you decide you want to make it work. Don't forget to disable the onboard sound if you have a sound card. If you update the BIOS, the onboard sound will probably re-enable itself, so check again post bios update.
====
IGNORE THE POST BELOW - leaving it for posterity
====
Context: picked this mobo up the other day for a new build. As usual, little to no info out there on the order of installation for the various minutia (drivers, etc) that need to be applied to a newer motherboard with medium to higher end components. Hopefully this is helpful to someone.
ASUS Z87-Plus mobo
Xonar DX sound card
i5-4670K LGA1150 proc
Samsung 250GB SSD
1.
OS: Clean install of Windows 7. Single partition, all on SSD.
a.
Reboot once after first login.
2.
CHIPSET: Install Chipset drivers from MOBO
manufacturer stock CD.
a.
Forced reboot, then install, then another forced
reboot.
3.
SP1: Install SP1. It will force reboot multiple times.
a.
Reboot after first notification that SP1 is
installed.
a. Would not install, needs internet
connection. Installing LAN driver.
5.
LAN: Install LAN driver. Deselected the teaming/VLan crap. Chose home network.
a.
Manual reboot
6.
VIDEO: NVidia drivers. Took the .NET 4 option. Forced reboot.
a.
The .NET option is probably what required the
internet connection. Observing the
driver pull down .NET from Microsoft.
7.
AUDIO: Install the stock driver from the ASUS
site.
a.
Forced reboot, although it should be noted that
sound started working prior to reboot
b.
After reboot, set Windows sound to 24 bit, 44100Hz
and Xonar to 8 channels, PCM 44.1 KHz and 5.1 speakers, set to Game mode and
disabled GX.
8.
MOBO: Install Intel Management Engine
Components.
a.
Manual reboot
9.
USB: Install the Intel USB 3.0 Host Controller
Driver
a.
Forced reboot
10.
SATA: Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver.
a.
Forced reboot
b.
After reboot, I was forced to do another reboot
by Windows.
i.
I also noted here that Audio wasn’t working. But this Xonar DX card has always been flaky
so it may have been happenstance. The
reboot cleared it up.
c.
Note that there are components that appear to be
on a delayed startup, but they will show up in the notification area eventually
(hopefully with a green checkmark). I
tend to let that piece always load before moving on to other drivers, etc.
11.
SATA: ASMedia
Host Controller Driver. I have
nothing connected to it, but it exists on the mobo, so I’m installing it.
a.
Forced reboot
12.
SSD: Samsung Magician 4, in my case. Intel has their own, and I’m sure most
manufacturers do.
a.
Manual reboot
b.
The Samsung software places itself in startup,
forcing a UAC. I’ll be taking it out of
startup if research proves it’s not needed.
YMMV.
c.
The SSD tool also has an “OS Optimization”
routine it can run. I did this, and it
advised a reboot. This also adds a
category (I think) called “Samsung High Performance” in the power save options
area.
d.
Rebooted
e.
I added the Samsung Magician as a scheduled
task, 1 minute delay, to run for any user at logon, highest privileges and
removed it from the startup group. Failed!
13.
DIRECTX
9: Ran the web setup. About 100MB.
a.
Manual reboot
14.
KB/MOUSE: Logitech gaming software for both
devices.
a.
Should clear up some WUDFRd.sys warnings showing
in event logs
b.
Manual reboot
i.
A quick check of the logs shows the error
remains. May leave it, may research, but
system does not seem to be affected.
Probably not related to the Logitech gear now, but who knows.
15.
WINDOWS
UPDATES: The critical/important
first, then the optional. Disabled the
malware and IE installs for now.
a.
Anecdotally, the important updates, leaving off the
IE and Malware pieces, was still 301MB as of 7/8/2013. Time for a new SP, methinks
16.
MSE: Installed Microsoft Security Essentials,
updated, rebooted and did a full system scan.
17.
FINALE: Clear out all the event logs, and do
several reboots in a row, checking the event log between each. If there continue to be errors or warnings,
run each down individually. The goal is
to achieve zero errors, and minimal warnings.
I suspect some warnings may be unavoidable, but I believe all errors
(provided you have working hardware) can be resolved eventually.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
ASUS P8Z77-V Pro - driver installation guide
I have a new computer, purchased the first week of July 2012. I've created this driver installation guide to assist anyone with similar specs.
Specs:
Asus P8Z77-V Pro motherboard
EVGA GeForce 560Ti GTX discreet video
Intel Core i5-3750K CPU @ 3.4 GHz (IvyBridge)
Intel 330 Series SSD (120GB)
Asus Xonar PCIe audio card
WDC SATA HDD (secondary, "D" drive)
Antec 620W PSU
Antec Eleven Hundred case with '6' case fans
Corsair 1333 4GB memory sticks x2
It's very surprising how little information is out there regarding the installation order of the software after installing Win 7 x64. So, after a few false starts, I've documented the install order of my drivers. It's rough, but should be useful to anyone with similar hardware that can read.
Key
RB = reboot.
UAC=User Account Control
HDD=Hard Disk Drive
__________________________________
There should be minimal errors and warnings in the event log when complete
- Disabled WiFi in the BIOS and removed the software controlling it.
Never used it, didn't want it. Reduces the network adapter count, perhaps helps performance.
- Set Intel SSD toolbox to run Intel TRIM command manually weekly.
- Patched Win 7 monthly. No issues thus far.
- Installed the ASUS motherboard monitoring tool.
I don't use this much, but when I need it, I have it. Mostly for temp monitoring.
- *Removed the Lucidlogix tool. I would leave this off on a new install. Not recommended by
a number of third parties and really doesn't work that well.
- Not sure if it's clear, but disable the onboard video and audio as I'm using discretionary
cards for both. Do this prior to installing Win 7.
Specs:
Asus P8Z77-V Pro motherboard
EVGA GeForce 560Ti GTX discreet video
Intel Core i5-3750K CPU @ 3.4 GHz (IvyBridge)
Intel 330 Series SSD (120GB)
Asus Xonar PCIe audio card
WDC SATA HDD (secondary, "D" drive)
Antec 620W PSU
Antec Eleven Hundred case with '6' case fans
Corsair 1333 4GB memory sticks x2
It's very surprising how little information is out there regarding the installation order of the software after installing Win 7 x64. So, after a few false starts, I've documented the install order of my drivers. It's rough, but should be useful to anyone with similar hardware that can read.
Key
RB = reboot.
UAC=User Account Control
HDD=Hard Disk Drive
__________________________________
Disconnect the secondary HDD
Set boot device to DVD
Install Win 7
At first boot, logon and then reboot
Disable UAC temporarily
.NET 1.1 install
RB
.NET 1.1 SP1 install
RB
DirectX 9
RB
Chipset
RB
Win 7 SP1
RB, then shutdown
Connect 2nd HDD
Power on
Intel GB Lan driver
RB
Audio driver install
RB
Intel Rapid Storage Technology
RB x2 (DVD driver installs automatically)
Intel Management Engine Interface
RB
ASMedia SATA controller
RB
WiFi driver
RB
Intel USB3 driver
RB
Intel motherboard Graphics
RB
NVidia drivers
RB
ASMedia USB controller driver
RB
Set boot device to DVD
Install Win 7
At first boot, logon and then reboot
Disable UAC temporarily
.NET 1.1 install
RB
.NET 1.1 SP1 install
RB
DirectX 9
RB
Chipset
RB
Win 7 SP1
RB, then shutdown
Connect 2nd HDD
Power on
Intel GB Lan driver
RB
Audio driver install
RB
Intel Rapid Storage Technology
RB x2 (DVD driver installs automatically)
Intel Management Engine Interface
RB
ASMedia SATA controller
RB
WiFi driver
RB
Intel USB3 driver
RB
Intel motherboard Graphics
RB
NVidia drivers
RB
ASMedia USB controller driver
RB
Turn off disk defrag for SSD
Intel SSD Toolbox
RB
Formatted/readied HDD2
Moved pagefile to HDD2
RB
.NET 4
RB
Adobe Flash Player
Java (JRE)
RB
Changed BIOS settings (? - not sure why, ymmv)
RB
SET Java temp cache to 887MB
Disable Java auto-updating
Intel SSD Toolbox
RB
Formatted/readied HDD2
Moved pagefile to HDD2
RB
.NET 4
RB
Adobe Flash Player
Java (JRE)
RB
Changed BIOS settings (? - not sure why, ymmv)
RB
SET Java temp cache to 887MB
Disable Java auto-updating
*Lucidlogix VIRTU MVP (dual video card optimizer for gaming)
RB
Microsoft Security Essentials or your favorite AV app
RB
Set Volume Shadow Copy service to Automatic
Start Volume Shadow Copy service (recommended by Intel)
Re-Enable UAC
Microsoft Security Essentials or your favorite AV app
RB
Set Volume Shadow Copy service to Automatic
Start Volume Shadow Copy service (recommended by Intel)
Re-Enable UAC
There should be minimal errors and warnings in the event log when complete
Update SEP 2012: Some post install, production use changes I've successfully made
- Disabled WiFi in the BIOS and removed the software controlling it.
Never used it, didn't want it. Reduces the network adapter count, perhaps helps performance.
- Set Intel SSD toolbox to run Intel TRIM command manually weekly.
- Patched Win 7 monthly. No issues thus far.
- Installed the ASUS motherboard monitoring tool.
I don't use this much, but when I need it, I have it. Mostly for temp monitoring.
- *Removed the Lucidlogix tool. I would leave this off on a new install. Not recommended by
a number of third parties and really doesn't work that well.
- Not sure if it's clear, but disable the onboard video and audio as I'm using discretionary
cards for both. Do this prior to installing Win 7.
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