Well done. You're almost there.
Just for your information, when you boot from the installation disk, the Windows PE that runs the installation wizard runs on disk X:
Now that you're running Win 7, open device manager and right click on a missing driver. When it ask where to look for, point to the folder with the chipset drivers and see if it finds it.
Thanks. I tried that with Device Manager (screenshot attached), but disappointingly, it refused to find anything.
When I tried to run the chipset install, it always crashed - then I applied SP1 etc and it worked, so now I have SATA, and... finally... USB!!!
Still not finding drivers for the other devices though, except the Radeon graphics chip - think I've located that one, but it takes forever...
What brand of Win 7 you have (home, HP, Pro or Ultimate)? I can send you a iso (with sp1) link (from M$) so you can download it.
Did you install the LAN or WiFi driver?
Thanks, it's Pro 64. That'd be useful... still looking for those damn drivers though, especially the one which lights up the keyboard - it's dark in here!
Have a look Solved: Windows 7 on HP Pavilion 15 n038sa - HP Support Forum - 3719776
Is for a HP with same chipset.
The link for Win 7 Pro 64. The link is valid for 24 hours
https://software-download.microsoft....fe34c7ba5587ba
Yeah... I found that link when I first started all this.
Unfortunately, the first item he refers to (the chipset) isn't on the target website any more...
For future reference, do yourself a favor and make sure you are installing using Win7 with SP1 (Megahertz' link above). That has the USB3 drivers built into it. I found that one out the hard way, after beating my head against a brick wall for several weeks of trying to install Win7 on my mother's laptop that came with Win8. I finally found my answer in one of the threads here. Installation was a breeze after that (although I had to add SP1 to the install disks myself at that time).
To find a driver:
- Open device manager and right click on the missing driver - Properties = Details tab - Harware Id's
Put the mouse on the bigest string and copy it. It's something like PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2822&SUBSYS_B0051458&REV_31
Serch the web for the driver.
OK time for bed - 00:53 here in the UK, and I've been working on this solidly for 2 days now. Still have a few left... can NOT get the graphics working properly, despite having tried every version I can find on the AMD website, and Googling the hardware ID etc.
Maybe tomorrow... sigh...
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