Hi, guys, I recently bought a i7-3770K with a Z77X-D3H and I was having some instabilities, so I flashed the BIOS (mine was F6, and now it is F16!!!). Now I want to install the latest drivers, because if the BIOS was F6, most probably all my drivers are way outdated.
The question is, on the webpage, Gigabyte has the list of drivers for Windows 7 64 bits:
Chipset
1 - Intel Management Engine Interface
2 - Intel INF installation
Lan
1 - Atheros LAN driver
SATA RAID/AHCI
1 - Intel® Rapid Storage Technology
2 - Intel SATA Preinstall driver (For AHCI / RAID Mode) Note: Press F6 during Windows setup to read from floppy.
3 - Marvell Preinstall Driver Note: Press F6 during Windows setup to read from floppy.
4 - Marvell Storage Utility
5 - Marvell SATA Controller Driver
USB 3.0
1 - VIA USB 3.0 Driver
2 - Intel USB 3.0 Driver
VGA
1 - Intel VGA Driver
I got it all, but I don’t know the order of installation of the Chipset and the SATA RAID/AHCI. The Intel INF installation needs to go first? What about the preinstall driver (it has two) in SATA RAID/AHCI? Should I preinstall before all the others? In which order? And why it says “Press F6 during Windows setup to read from floppy.”? Can’t I execute from the HDD? Or the note is just for who is installing from a floppy drive?
Usually I install the chipset drivers first, then the SATA, then the LAN, USB, VGA. Is that correct?
So, I would really appreciate any advice. I come from an AMD rig and it was pretty much straightforward, but this got me confused.
Cheers,