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Z77-D3H onboard VGA driver won't install

Z77-D3H onboard VGA driver won't install
« on: August 04, 2012, 08:51:16 pm »
I've just received all my new parts and have done a fresh install.  I downloaded the new drivers before and all of the drivers outside the onbard video driver and BIOS won't install.  For the VGA driver it says I don't meet minimum requirements, but reading the file I am way above the requirements.  Has anybody else experienced this or have a fix.  I've redownloaded the driver 6 times and on different web-engines.  Thanks!

Specs:
CPU: Intel i5-3570K
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H (manual = http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4140#manual )
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128543
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231476
GPU: EVGA 560 Ti (non-OCed yet) & EVGA 8400 GS (downclocked)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130683
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130585
SSD: Crucial M4 128GB 6 Gb/s
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148525
PSU: Corsair 850W HX850 Silver Plus
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139011
Cooling: Corsair H80
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181016

Re: Z77-D3H onboard VGA driver won't install
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2012, 08:29:29 pm »
This is a more detailed layout of what happened if this helps anyone.  Gigabyte is taking their sweet time in replying to me.

I recently purchased a new motherboard, along with many other components, and now have problems with it BSODing. I did a reformat for a clean install with all the new components on my Crucial M4 128GB 6Gb/s. Got all the way through installation and installation of all updates and all my programs. I ran into some problems with trying to install the BIOS and VGA (for the CPU) drivers (and I also tried the setup from the x64 folder in the VGA extract, but it never brought up a window after 15 minutes). The exact wording of the errors is below. So I used @BIOS to update from F13 to F14. This cause a BSOD on the reboot and every restart.

So I proceeded to do a complete reformat and noticed that the BIOS still remained at F14. I got through everything again and went to make a backup and clone (as I always do) and it BSOD on the restart from the cloning (I used WD Acronis Tru Imagine as my backup HDD is a Western Digital).

I had had enough for the day and went to bed. I decided to see if it would boot to safe mode this morning and tried through boot manager, which froze. Then tried to get into BIOS which froze. Then tried a normal mode boot and it went right to the desktop with no BSOD and I was able to do multiple things. So that makes it very confusing.

So do you have any things to help with this? Also can you direct me to a download or why the BIOS and VGA (for the CPU) drivers will not let me install them. Nothing is overclocked. I have disabled a few things for the SSD (disk defragmenter, superprefetch, hibernation, sleep, monitor turn off, system restore points).

BIOS Installation Error:
The version of this file is not compatible with the version of Windows you're running. Check your computer's system information to see whether you need x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of the program, and then contact the software publisher.

VGA (for CPU) Installation Error:
This computer does not meet the minimum requirements for installing the software.

Re: Z77-D3H onboard VGA driver won't install
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2012, 07:02:18 pm »
Are these forums ever checked by Gigabyte???  Can't even get a response out of them via e-mail for 2 business days now.  Tried the phone, but the guy didn't even know there was a driver for the VGA (run through the CPU).

matt0339

Re: Z77-D3H onboard VGA driver won't install
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2012, 10:18:48 pm »
Good luck. I contacted their customer support 3 days ago with no response. I was also told to wait for a moderator to help me in my other topic, but nothing yet.

smashly

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Re: Z77-D3H onboard VGA driver won't install
« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2012, 10:30:10 pm »
Hi,
To install Intel graphics driver you will need to make it your primary display device.
1) Boot up into your bios.
2) Under the Peripherals section of the bios, Set "Initiate First Display" to "IGFX", save and exit.
3) Plug your monitor cable to one of the motherboard graphics ports.
4) Boot into windows and install the Intel graphics driver.
Once you have installed the Intel graphics driver you can revert your default display device back to your dedicated video card ( eg: PEG / PEG1 / GTX 560 ti)

As for the Bios side of things I'd advise against @Bios for updating your bios.
Personally I don't trust any net/windows based bios flashing utilities.
If your needing to flash a bios then put the update bios on a usb stick and boot into QFlash instead.
At least this way you can update your bios without hard drives and windows interfering.

 
« Last Edit: August 09, 2012, 10:36:57 pm by smashly »

Re: Z77-D3H onboard VGA driver won't install
« Reply #5 on: August 10, 2012, 02:11:57 pm »
Smashly thank you very much.  You've explained how to do things more than the 6+ gigabyte "tech" people I've talked to.  From what I've deciphered I need a 64-bit BIOS driver and it will Q-flash properly.  Still waiting on a response from them about that.