» New Asus Z97 Mobo - Have 2 install drivers ?

craige4u

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Recently got Asus Z97 Deluxe and to my surprise – None of the Lan ports worked nor does 2 of the USB 3.0 Ports at the back, out of the box.
I had to install Drivers from CD for both Intel Lan ports to work.

I have never installed any drivers ever in any of my prior Mobo and all standard features worked out of the box.

Please check the below pic... what drivers now would be required so that everything here in pic works – Any idea what are those ?

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Please tellme why simple things like Intel Lan ports and USB 3.0 ports aint working without installin drivers. Also, do you guys needed to install drivers with your mobo ?

PS: I don't want to install any bloatware from Asus, so please tellme specifically what are the drivers required in my case.
 

craige4u

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I have carefully researched and understand what each of the drivers do... The only query I am having is with the:

Intel AHCI/RAID Driver Path – Its nothing but an path to folders with tht driver on the CD. Also it cannot be installed frm there as they are just files with none tht is executable.

Apart frm tht by any chance do you know how to use Asus Probe Sensor and the inbuilt Wifi module to act as an router. (Already installed all drivers and antenna)

PS: You know where to look for the Chipset driver tht is installed vesion number ?