How to install drivers using Windows Recovery "Load Drivers" option.

[Emnel]

Done it all, sadly no change to speak of.

 

[Boozad]

Have a read through this. And can you describe in detail exactly what you did from installing the new BIOS up to the point of the PC not booting.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/219533-troubleshooting-windows-7-failure-boot.html

 

[Emnel]

1. My windows loaded after I installed that bunch of motherboard drivers/utilities and Asus Suite.
2. Several prompts requesting promison to launch an application appeared. I assumed that's related to those driver installations and ok'ed all of them.
3.Opened that Asus Suite and got annoyed by the fact installed all those drivers manually from their own archives first not knowing about the program.
4. To be sure that I updated everything I ran the update of all the drivers once again through the Suite. Without a restart.
5. Downloaded a proper BIOS file from Asus site and used "Upgrade BIOS from file" feature in Suite.
6. Used change icon option there for no reason and then pressed Flash.
7. Said "yes" to the restart question.
8. After the restart BIOS required me to enter it, so I did. Everything looked fine besides high and jumpy CPU temperature due to not replaced thermal paste. I accepted changes.
9. Startup stopped at BIOS once again due to temperature warning. I turned it of for a sec, then turned back on.
10. First startup restart at Windows animation occurred, but next startup was once again interrupted by temperature warning at BIOS level.
11. I turned it off, bought a new paste, fixed temperature problem.
12. Startup restarts like the first one from point 10 continue.


As detailed as I could Big thanks for taking the time, btw. Much appreciated.

 

[Boozad]

What's giving the high temperature warning? Are you sure you applied thermal paste correctly and have you checked the CPU temperatures in the BIOS? Is the fan running on the CPU cooler?

 

[Emnel]

I watched CPU temp in BIOS few times for several minutes after implementing the paste and it was steady 30-33C. Before I applied paste it was jumping to 80+C at times. Fan is running.

I'm going through all the things in that last link.
No luck so far.

 

[Emnel]

I just realized I wasn't 100% correct. I actually can run Startup Repair mode even without disc/use. After 1 failed startup computer asks me if i want to do it again or to the repair bit. It loads just fine, unlike Safe Mode.

Not sure if that's relevant.

 

[Boozad]

Run Startup Repair three times in a row, see if that works.

 

[Emnel]

I've done that 6 times in a row with only reboots inbetween, on top of probably 20 in a meantime. No effect. They just spit "Bad driver" feedback.

I've also tried anything from that last link that doesn't require PartitionMagic or clean install.

Neither bootrec.exec options nor that nt60 sys command had any effect.

I guess I'll call it a night and catch up on family duties before wife kills me. If you have any other ideas, please let me know. Ill try them first thing tomorrow, and if that won't help I guess I have to do a fresh install and hope that issue isn't in BIOS or hardware afterall.

Once again thanks for your time and effort!

EDIT:
I ended up reinstalling the system.

 

[Boozad]

II ended up reinstalling the system.

I had a feeling it would end up that way, did you perform a clean install?

My advice would be to only use ASUS AI Suite as minimally as possible, I don't know what it did to your system there. If you need to update drivers ask here first and we'll guide you through it, don't use AI Suite for it.
Can I ask why you needed to flash your BIOS?

 

[Emnel]

Yes, I did perform a clean install and was trying to follow guides from here as much as possible (cleaned and aligned my SSD before installing a system etc.).

It turns out I remembered wrong and Asus AI Suite doesn't update drivers themselves. it only installs few semi-useless utilities (GPU Boost, Probe II, and 3-4 others0 and "Update" option within it is for updating BIOS only.

I learned that when I installed it as a 2nd thing right after Ethernet Driver I just left it be for science and installed drivers from the same downloaded archives I used yesterday, but making a restart after every single one. It looked fine, but I later found that installation of one of those produced some Startup errors in Windows Logs. Similar to the ones I've seen there yesterday. I'll look into those drivers more closely.

Once that was kinda working (Prime95 showed that I was wrong about cooling situation being resolved) I went ahead and plugged&installed my video card. That landed me straight at BSOD forum

This time I can use forums via Safe Mode tho. MASSIVE quality of life upgrade compared to writing all day using my derelict Samsung Galaxy S Advance yesterday

Can I ask why you needed to flash your BIOS?

I probably didn't need to do that, but I wasn't aware of all the dangers associated. I had GPu(CPU?) related issue described in the link above and I I simply overdid it while updating my drivers and whatnot. I guess those temperature BIOS alerts are a new feature in a version I installed. Never seen them before and I don't think that my temp was at 80C right after every possible restart.

 

[Boozad]

What driver is producing Startup errors? If you list your hardware I can help you look for the relevant drivers.

 

[Emnel]

My system specs are up to date down in the right bottom corner. It's one of the MoBo chipset drivers. It produced two when I was installing it and i found them later in Event Viewer after I got x116.

I'll look into it in a sec and link the specific downloaded driver that produced the error. Not sure if it's something to worry about, but after yesterday I'm a bit jumpy about MoBo drivers.

Edit. It's a "Setup" error, not "Startup"

 

[Emnel]

Ok, I think I know what might have been an underlying problem here. I downloaded wrong drivers.

As it turns out motherboard P8H61-M LX2 that I have is not the same as P8H61-M LX2 R2.0. And that correct one and drivers for it can't be found on a regional Asus site (like asus.com/uk), but only on the base one (asus.com). And if you simply write "asus.com" or get there from google result you'll be redirected to the regional one.
Drivers are probably mostly the same (since they are working) but not entirely, hence the whole shitstorm.


If you could follow that 1st link above, take a look and tell me which one I should d/l and install it would be great. I'll probably reinstall the system once again just to be sure, anyway, now when I already backed everything I need up.

 

[Boozad]

I'll take a look later this afternoon mate, bear with me as I'm a little busy at the moment.

 

[Emnel]

No worries, even in a few days will be just fine!

 

[Boozad]

Trying to install the incorrect drivers explains a lot to be honest, always double check and then treble check what you're doing, it's always better to be safe than sorry. Sometimes it's best to learn our lessons the hard way though.

Onto your drivers. After performing a clean install of Windows, download the first two drivers linked below (Chipset and LAN) and install them, then run all rounds of Windows updates, installing and rebooting as required until no more are offered. Check Device Manager to make sure there are no :warn: next to any of your devices, if there are post back and we'll get that sorted.

   Note

Do not install AI Suite just yet.

   Tip

Given the issues you're having with your GPU I'd remove it from the PC prior to the clean install, let's get Windows up and running properly before we tackle that problem.

One

 Chipset driver (09/06/2011)

Download

Two

 LAN driver (01/11/2011)

Download

Three

 Audio driver (01/11/2011)

Download

 

[Boozad]

Lurk away Jack, I appreciate the invaluable input.

 

[Layback Bear]

I removed my post in search of better information.

It's very hard to find information on this power supply but I'm going looking.

At best the power was a big (?) when it was new.


Gav I have no doubt this computer has more than one or even two problems.

Once the wrong drivers have been install and possibly the wrong chipset and possibly corrupted bios it's all over but the crying.


Update:
I can't find two sites that agree on the specs of the power supply.
I can't find any reviews from the sites I normally use for such reviews.

I'm done looking for information about this power supply.
If I can't find sites that have reviewed this power supply good or bad I'm thinking one of the problems is the power supply.

 

[Boozad]

I'm pretty sure you're right Jack, I think it would be best to get the hardware down to an essential minimum with a brand new clean install with just the essential drivers loaded and all updates installed then work from there. Maybe that way we can identify problems one by one as they crop up and tackle them without the influence of other problems clouding the issues.

 

[Layback Bear]

With a proper clean install and Windows 7 Updates should take care of the drivers but the tinkering with motherboard bios is still a mystery and could be one of the system killers along with the power supply.

ASUS AI Suite is another program looking for a place to cause damage.