The Solution (finally solved).
Hey all
I just installed Windows 7 but my normal windows XP driver CD is not working
It doesn't recognize any of the drivers for LAN, AGP.. etc
Anyone know where i can find these drivers from??
Thanks for the help!
Hi momo, i
had the same problem ...
I own also that board and had to realize that drivers are only available for Windows® 98, ME, 2000 & XP.
Installed Windows new (on a second HD of course, but that doesn't matter, it's from scratch) and 7 doesn't could use the SATA controller due to no founded driver.
And all drives in that computer are SATA.
So i searched through the whole internet and finally found
the right one one i could use whichsoever i had to modify so that
7 eat it - It would go beyond the scope of that post if i would point the way out i had to make to brainwash
7 to recognize the driver to be valid for it ...
So, AGP, LAN, Onboard-Sound and USB had to be completed.
All went as usual - means, i got it to use it under
7.
Except the Ethernet controller ...
Another search - and minutes later i found a driver that i also had to modify so that Windows 7 eat it.
I modified the [hardly searched and finally found {unofficially}] Windows Vista x86/x64 driver and got it finally too.
With "Windows Update" i
manually found out that a newer driver is available for Windows 7 for the C-Media Audio components - and installed it.
So, i got Windows 7 to run on an AsRock K8-ComboZ.
In the end i have 7 installed on it - without errors, fully usable with all devices workin' as expected.
As follows my [customized] driver for Windows 7 for the ALi M1689 Chipset [found on the AsRock K8Combo-Z mainboard]:
- My [customized] S-ATA Driver
- For the ALi M5289 SATA/RAID Controller, which is integrated into the ALi M1689-Chipset from nVidia.
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- My [customized] LAN-/Ethernet-Driver
- For the ALi M526X Ethernet-Controller, which is also integrated into the ALi M1689-Chipset.
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Just for info [or for further Driver searches using G+]:
The ALi Chipset is internal often referred as the ULi Chipset - it's the unofficial name from nVidia for that Chipset.
The ALi/ULi M1689 Chipset is also internal referred as "
S1689".
- Related Driver → nVidia's ALi/ULi' "M1689".
Note:
You need particularly this drivers from nVidia for the AsRock K8Combo-Z, due to the nVidia bridge PCI-Chip on the board.
But, don't try to open or run that "IntegratedDriver2.20.exe" on 7!
It will install drivers that makes the Windows 7 Installation corrupt - aside from that, you would get an error - cas these drivers are [we remember] for Windows® 98, ME, 2000 & XP ...
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You would only need the driver for the Windows Vista Beta Build 5320 that are included in this package - and that i already customized ...
So, you have to just run that setup under XP;
The Setup will expand all necessary files [also the one you would need] to the following path:
"C:\Documents and Settings\user name\Local Settings\temp\pft14.tmp\"
Let the Setup just stay open and copy that folder [it's 17,8 MByte in size] to another place.
... and so on .... I already done it ...
The AsRock K8Combo-Z is internal also called "K8Combo/ASR".
The Onboard Audio-Chipset is the Realtek "ALC850".
The Onboard LAN-/Ethernet-Chipset is the Realtek "RTL8201BL/PHY".
- Related Driver → ALi/ULi's "M526X".
The Onboard SATA/RAID Controller-Chipset is the "ALi/ULi M5289".
- Related Driver → ALi/ULi's "AGP v3.0".
So ...
Just start the Windows 7 Setup and point it on the Drive dialogue to that place, where you have extracted the ALi/ULi M1689-Chipset driver from above - USB-Stick, burned CD, another Windows installation - whatever, it doesn't matter.
Now you have within Windows 7 the access to any SATA drives.
Install it on an [if you would do or plan to do so] and boot finally Windows 7.
After that, the last missing device is the LAN-/Ethernet-Controller that Windows hasn't a driver for [and will not find the needed one anyway nor either on the internet or the Windows Update Services ...
Point the Device Manager for the driver of the Ethernet-Controller to the place, where you've placed my ALi/ULi M526X driver.
You're done.
Anything else, will be automatically installed if you run the Windows Update [the other needed drivers will be listed as optional updates].
Don't forget to come back and post your results.
In this sense
Smartcom