New MB and CPU; same HDD and OS. Couple of Qs

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  1. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit.
       #11

    I just did the same thing you did but I deleted a lot of the old drives and shut down the old system. I then changed the mother board put in the old drive and restarted. When I restarted windows installed all the generic drivers, it took a little time then I restarted and installed the new mother board drivers, reactivated windows. Every thing has been working fine for a week. I think you can delete the old drivers and restart if windows needs them it will install a driver or ask you to install it. You should be OK to go. good luck
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  2. Posts : 229
    W7 64 Ult
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       #12

    Thanks for all the responses. :)

    smarteyeball said:
    Try:

    As long as you have installed the:
    Intel® Chipset Device Software...from the Intel website
    Intel(R) Management Engine Interface V9.0.0.1287 for Windows Vista/7/8 32bit & 64bit.(WHQL)...from the Asus Website

    In device Manager manually use the "Browse my Computer" option to let Win find and install the files.


    original thread here worked for them.
    Cool - thanks for that.

    So, as I alluded to earlier, I downloaded the latest X79 chipset drivers from the intel website. That got rid of the "Performance Counters", the "System Interrupt Controller" and 33 of the "Base System Device". But I still have one remaining "Base System Device".

    I did what the user in that thread suggested - d/l-ed the Intel(R) Management Engine Interface from ASUS, but got a "can not copy files. Install aborted" error. I was able to install the (older) one from the CD, but that has not gotten rid of the one remaining "Base System Device". I called ASUS - that did not help. I am going to post in that TH thread, and see where I get.

    Cheers.
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  3.    #13

    Have you enabled Automatically deliver drivers via Windows Update (Step 3) and then run all rounds of Important and Optional Updates, with reboots, then check for Updates again until there are no more?

    Until then I would not import or change any drivers.

    There are also important patches for the OS and your hardware performance that will be delivered.

    If performance does not improve after all this, import the latest Asus Chipset from the Support Downloads website for your mobo or PC.

    Then import any other missing drivers in Device Manager. We can help you find these.
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  4. Posts : 229
    W7 64 Ult
    Thread Starter
       #14

    I have that set to "Let me choose what to do" - not automatic.

    gregrocker said:
    and then run all rounds of Important and Optional Updates, with reboots, then check for Updates again until there are no more?
    Yes. At this point, the only updates found and not installed are language packs.

    gregrocker said:
    If performance does not improve after all this, import the latest Asus Chipset from the Support Downloads website for your mobo or PC.

    Then import any other missing drivers in Device Manager. We can help you find these.
    I don't have any performance issues. Actually, everything is running so well, I am almost tempted to just leave it. But I would really rather not.

    And as far a the chipset goes, I have already applied the latest vers from the Intel site.

    Cheers.
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  5.    #15

    You can trace the mystery device using Hardware Identification

    Does Intel Mgmt Interface appear to do anything? Which drivers did it install, if any?
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  6. Posts : 229
    W7 64 Ult
    Thread Starter
       #16

    gregrocker said:
    You can trace the mystery device using Hardware Identification

    Does Intel Mgmt Interface appear to do anything? Which drivers did it install, if any?
    Ah - cool.

    Ok, so the Vendor Search popped up as Acer (my two monitors are both Acer S241HL's) and the Device Search yielded no results.

    I d/l-ed the latest driver from the Acer site, and now have a folder with S241HL.inf and S241HL.ICM No .exe or other means of installing the driver. Thinking I may need to put those somewhere, I searched my Win dir. for "S241HL" figuring I might have an older version of either of the aforementioned files - I found a few.

    I have an inf and icm in C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\Install, and both again in C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\s241hl.inf_amd64_neutral_1d4828331b0026a3
    and a third icm in C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\color

    Should I replace those with the new files I just d/l-ed?

    If I go to the Dev Mgr and update driver, choosing to browse manually, I point to C:\Windows, and get "Windows could not find driver sw...". If I point to the folder where those new files have been extracted to, I get the same message.

    Thanks!
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  7.    #17

    Sometimes you have to browse from the Device Driver Update tab into the driver folder in the extracted download to get it to pick up driver.

    If you'll tell us the exact driver and provide a link we can help you better.

    If this is one you traced then provide the identifiers, too.
    Last edited by gregrocker; 07 Dec 2013 at 23:23.
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  8. Posts : 229
    W7 64 Ult
    Thread Starter
       #18

    gregrocker said:
    Sometimes you have to browse from the Device Drive Update tab into the driver folder in the extracted download to get it to pick up driver. .
    Right - that's what I did.

    This is the driver:

    http://global-download.acer.com/GDFi...ONITOR&Step2=S SERIES&Step3=S241HL&OS=8P1&LC=en&BC=ACER&SC=PA_6
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  9.    #19

    I've never seen a monitor driver become a problem or not be found. Most all are in the installer or quickly updated via Windows Updates. Could it be another Acer driver? Is it listed as Unknown Device?

    Confirm you've enabled Automatically deliver drivers via Windows Update (Step 3) and run all rounds of Important and Optional Windows UPdates to completion. Check again now for Updates.
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  10. Posts : 229
    W7 64 Ult
    Thread Starter
       #20

    gregrocker said:
    I've never seen a monitor driver become a problem or not be found. Most all are in the installer or quickly updated via Windows Updates. Could it be another Acer driver? Is it listed as Unknown Device?
    Could be another Acer driver I guess - but what? I have two monitors, but they are the same m&m.

    gregrocker said:
    Confirm you've enabled Automatically deliver drivers via Windows Update (Step 3) and run all rounds of Important and Optional Windows UPdates to completion. Check again now for Updates.
    Yep - did that. The only thing there are those previously mentioned lang. packs. Below is what my D.M. looks like. Thanks!


    New MB and CPU; same HDD and OS. Couple of Qs-dm.jpg
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