I upgraded my motherboard (from an AMD socket to an Intel socket Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3-EU), CPU (Intel i5 6600) and RAM (Vengeance 2x4 GB 2666 DDR4) and have spent the last two days getting it all to work amidst a series of setbacks.
When I now start the computer windows 7.1 loads, I didnt reinstall windows but after starting the OS for the first time since the upgrade most drivers seem to have automatically installed fine. Via the device manager I can see that the new hardware is recognized and working.
The problem: The USB drivers are not installed. From the driver CD I've managed to install chipset drivers and other recommended drivers (network etc), and successfully rebooted between each install.
But when I install the Intel USB 3,0 drivers (version 4.0.1.40) something strange happens. The install itself is successful (my mouse starts working flawlessly) and right after the installation I get a system notification that a lot of new hardware has been found and successfully installed (I think because windows now recognizess all the things that I have plugged into USB).
If I now try to restart my PC I get the blue screen of death. The "windows loading" screen (the one with the black background just after the motherboard logo is finished) is just starting its first second of animation and I get a blue screen for a fraction of a second, and this goes on in a loop.
What I've tried
Anyone have any ideas what could be causing the BSoD? It's annoying me that the drivers are doing their thing and working right up until I reboot. I'd like to avoid reinstalling windows if possible because I won't have that option for a few days, but do you think doing so will fix it? Can I try something else first instead?
Any ideas are extremely appreciated, what was supposed to be a quick upgrade has taken the better part of two days and I'm desperate to get it all working so I can try to get a little use out of my computer during the holidays.
When I now start the computer windows 7.1 loads, I didnt reinstall windows but after starting the OS for the first time since the upgrade most drivers seem to have automatically installed fine. Via the device manager I can see that the new hardware is recognized and working.
The problem: The USB drivers are not installed. From the driver CD I've managed to install chipset drivers and other recommended drivers (network etc), and successfully rebooted between each install.
But when I install the Intel USB 3,0 drivers (version 4.0.1.40) something strange happens. The install itself is successful (my mouse starts working flawlessly) and right after the installation I get a system notification that a lot of new hardware has been found and successfully installed (I think because windows now recognizess all the things that I have plugged into USB).
If I now try to restart my PC I get the blue screen of death. The "windows loading" screen (the one with the black background just after the motherboard logo is finished) is just starting its first second of animation and I get a blue screen for a fraction of a second, and this goes on in a loop.
What I've tried
■ Startup repair fails, checkdisk fails, and no memory issues are found. Safe mode gets BSoD like normal mode. Selecting "Last known working configuration (advanced) at least lets windows load but the new USB drivers are gone.
■ I've updated my BIOS to the latest version and then installing the USB drivers because that worked for some other people with similiar BSoD. No luck for me.
■ The Gigabyte webpage driver section has the same version of the USB 3,0 drivers, so I haven't tried downloading these.
■ Edit: I also tried downloading the "Intel Driver Update Utility Installer" that recommended me another usb 3,0 driver (this one version 5.0~) but the same thing happens.
Anyone have any ideas what could be causing the BSoD? It's annoying me that the drivers are doing their thing and working right up until I reboot. I'd like to avoid reinstalling windows if possible because I won't have that option for a few days, but do you think doing so will fix it? Can I try something else first instead?
Any ideas are extremely appreciated, what was supposed to be a quick upgrade has taken the better part of two days and I'm desperate to get it all working so I can try to get a little use out of my computer during the holidays.
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