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I messed up a chipset inf install, did i do any damage?
I reinstalled windows 7 tonight and i did a intel chipset inf install before i installed the Intel Management program or whatever it is. When I came to the last screen of the install (it seem like it installed the inf files) my screen went black, all my fans went to like 100% and stayed there till i hard powered off. When I rebooted my bios said something like "You have failed an overclock, default bios values will be loaded" and then went back into windows without a problem.
It wouldnt let me reinstall the inf files on that OS installation (and i wasnt sure how to see if they were installed, i assumed they werent because of what happened), so I reinstalled windows 7 again. This time i made sure to install the Intel Management program before updating the chipset inf files, everything went fine then.
The only side effect I can see as far as the system behaving abnormally is that my DVD drive spins very loud now. Like jet engine loud almost. It definatly didnt do that before. Is there any way to fix it in a setting or do I need to replace it? And what if any other damage could be caused by a bad inf file install like mentioned above? Thanks.
edit: i just installed battlefield 3 from CD rom and it was QUIET as a tit mouse whispering in a library. I dont get how it can go to sounding like a jet engine when i had my Gigabyte driver CD in to barely any audible noise at all when im installing BF3 off disc, very weird.
TL DR : does doing a botched chipset inf installation cause any major damage to your computer?
Last edited by Tank997; 20 Apr 2012 at 05:30.