intel USB 3.0 Driver  

ld caught that page before, lm contemplating using @bios tho lm wondering if its ok to do it through safe mode (also l'll do it from the hard drive and not over the internet) but lve heard many say not to use the tool however since l dont have a spare thumb drive (or at least not one l trust) or any cdr's l doubt l could do it using q-flash hell l havent got any floppies either (or a drive to put one in lol).

just wanted to update, have updated bios to F7 strangely there was some new devices picked up after updating, looked like they were intel based ones (didnt catch what they were as the bubble tips passed to quick).

however there hasnt really been any change to the wireless, its still fluctuation despite excellent signal, so l guess l will be purchasing a new adapter.

l used Q-Flash (was pretty worrying waiting, however l tested the thumb drive on my laptop to make sure there was no corruption etc, tho it would be more apt to call it a microSD to usb converter as it was the only thing l had to hand).



l am curious, is there a place where l can find similar logs to the ones lve linked to:Woke up to BSOD

reason l ask is while those were obtained from a bsod dump l posted it would be interesting to see if l could find out if updating the bios rectified those issues.

actually my bios from factory settings was UEFI based, the original version was F4 (took a backup before and after the upgrades). did two cold boots to check there was no problems (it still says F7 so l guess things are ok lol).

you are correct in assuming lve tried other drives.. in fact l use two different externals and a thumb drive and lve had teracopy crash using all of them.. however l have downgraded to the version on my laptop will have to see how it goes to if things happen again.

that said lm using the front ports (easier to access), that said my wireless speed issues lve changed from the bottom set of ports to the top (l believe the bottom 6 are usb 3.0 and the top ones are usb 2.0 with the idea they are for keyboards and mice).

as for that F14b bios l was told to update to, it definitely wasnt for my board considering the updates only go up to F7.. however someone did suggest changing to legacy support in bios, l did take a gander for the setting however there seemed to be only one and l couldnt edit it but it stated "partial initial".

well if it isnt the wireless hardware (my usb dongle being outdated) then the only thing l can assume is that my issues relate to USB drivers.

problem is how l would find out if there are any issues with my usb 3.0 drivers, l was only told based upon a bsod memory dump (which thankfully hasnt happend since l removed the older ram). so l dont know if windows is still picking up problems.

that said l wondered if my teracopy issue was related to the usb problem or it could have just been a bug in the new version (will give it a few weeks with the downgraded version l know has been completely fine on my laptop).

as for the version of the drivers lm using its 3.0.0.16. which according to the motherboard website are the latest drivers (gigabyte said they were the latest as well).

not sure about the intel management engine, it doesnt show up on my start menu.. even ran a search for it so l guess l dont have it installed, but looks like something useful.

as for other devices, l dont seem to have any problems with keyboard/mouse and the sound card that lve noticed.

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change that.. just downloaded the install of the intel management engine and it told me that the files on system were newer than the ones from the gigabyte website so l guess l do have it.

there should be nothing wrong with my lan, l just prefer not to use it due to bad past experiences of my system getting fried due to power spikes resulting from the phone line and entering my system through the lan. wireless just removes that possibility.. l may have been extremely unlucky to have had it happen twice, but twice is enough which is why l use wireless.

tho l do plan to get a new wireless adapter so if it is hardware l can rule that out.