Hey all, I am having an issue and thought I would throw it your way. Seeing as I have no idea how much information you would like I will give what i think will be relivant.
So to start, I was having an issue with my computer after loading windows 8.1 so I decided to do a clean install, it had been a few months. Seeing as my windows 8 key is for upgrade only and not a fresh install I decided to load an activated copy I had put on my wife's pc that has been running fine for two months. The fresh install seemed to go fine but when I went to load my drivers from my asus disc at about 75% on the second reboot I got a blue screen and it says something to the effect "Windows can not correct error reinstall windows" so I format the ssd I'm using and start again. This time again the load goes fine but on the second restart blue screen...
so what am I doing wrong? Is it just that I am telling the asus disc to load all drivers at once? Is it an issue wittithe activated copy of windows I am using or could it be a hardware issue that is only running into issues when I load the drivers?
i am just wondering what the best course of action would be from here and what steps I should take. I will answer an questions I didn't cover and a full i list of my build I am speaking of is on my profile.
Downloaded the latest ones from Asus website?
Have you tried just installing the drivers one by one? Take note if a particular driver causes the error..
I will try installing them one at a time from the website tonight. I had these issues last night and am at work now. Just looking for a starting point for when I get home. Thanks.
I had a similar issue with my new build. If you're running an OC on your chip, installng anything that creates changes to your mobo BIOS will cause it to crash.
If you have an ASUS motherboard, you should be able to do USB flashback to get the BIOS healthy again.
If you want to install drivers, your BIOS needs to be in the default settings.
If you haven't made changes to your BIOS, I cannot be sure of the issue.
Drivers are on the OS level, not the BIOS level.
He referred to the "ASUS disc". If that is for a video card, you would be right.
However, when I ran my ASUS disc for my motherboard, installing utlities and drivers, that corrupted my own BIOS.
The disk installs Windows drivers. It has nothing to do with changing the BIOS.
Now that you mention it i do have a mild OC on my chip. I will also set bios to default before I continue.
He said that he tried to install everything at once, from the ASUS disk, not the Windows disk. The utilities and other things found on that disk can corrupt your BIOS. It happened to me, there was no other cause.
If it makes changes to the motherboard, when you're running an overclock, that is the cause of the issue. Because you cannot make changes without your mobo being in its default state.
If he is referring to the disk that came with his ASUS mobo, I am confident that the USB flashback will work.
It was a pretty strong learning curve for me, recently. I did a lot of reading up on it since.
Yeah, it sounds like the issue that I had. I had never encountered it before. Fortunately, I got a lot of help.
All you need is a pen drive, and I'll find you the BIOS you need to download. It is a really simple fix that takes two minutes.
It will remove your OC and just return everything to normal. Then you will have to refresh/install windows.
http://uk.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1155/P8Z77V/#download
Under the download tab.
Click BIOS utilities.
Download both files.
Place them in the same folder.
Run the "BIOS renamer"
Move the file (after it has been renamed) onto a USB drive (has to be formated to FAT32, it is a default format)
Plug it into the specified 'flashback' slot.
Make sure your motherboard is plugged in/ can draw power. Leave it turned off!!
Just press the flashback button and hold it for 5 seconds.
Lots of flashing lights and stuff. When they stop, it should be fixed.
Awesome thanks! I will do this tonight and let you know if it a works out.
Windows these days... Only ever used the driver disk to install LAN drivers. Don't have to deal with that shit on Fedora ;)
Yeah, I am really hoping that this is the fix. It sounds right to me.
My ASUS motherboard disk totally screwed up my computer. I couldn't even get it to display.
Speak later.
Yeah, I installed the LAN driver, that was fine. Fan Xpert installed fine.
BUTTTTTT
I clicked on "InstALL", which is the fast and easy way to download everything on that CD. Thing is, most of it is just bloated crap, or appears to be. And it makes changes to your mobo.
So InstALL can be the quick and easy way to kill everything, too.
It is JJ's fault. Goddamnit, JJ!
That's really odd; I installed a few drivers off of my Asus disk, namely the LAN driver, and I never had issues in Windows.
It depends. If you see my post up top, a lot of things don't actually upset the BIOS. Some of the utilities on that CD can make changes to the BIOS, though. Like I said, LAN and Fan Xpert were fine. They go on the OS, as you said.
That explains why OP had his system boot up a number of times, but failed to boot after more things were installed. As some of the features require multiple installs.
Burn him! He's the only worker at Asus! HE MADE EVERYTHING!
And into this motherboard, he poured his cruelty, his malice.
9 boards were given to TekSyndicate, who above all, desired power.
