Windows 10 killed my $3600 custom PC

machare said:

So you might hope. I have a new Asus Z170-A mother board. I did a clean install of Windows 10 64bit and there was no driver for the network adapter! I previously installed the Windows 10 32 bit but that was an upgrade to Windows 8.1 which already had the correct driver. The good news was that I did not have to enter a licence key, and the 64 bit version runs the Classic Start Menu OK.

So what is this?



http://www.asus.com/US/Motherboards/...Desk_Download/

I thought that it was widely known that HW manufacturers are supposed to supply drivers to MS to include them with Windows !!!!

machare said:

Something I would have expected to be included on the Windows 10 64 stick (iso) so that it installed auotmatically and enable other drivers to be found.

No, no, no, no. Don't you notice that every PC component you purchase from store comes with a CD? That's the driver installer written specifically for specific hardware. But usually those are outdated so you have to go to manufacturer's site to download the latest ones.
You obviously don't read manuals.

machare said:

Something I would have expected to be included on the Windows 10 64 stick (iso) so that it installed auotmatically and enable other drivers to be found.

If you stop and look at how many Motherboard manufacturers there are and how many chipsets each put out. Then look at low many boards of each chipset they put out, I think it is unreasonable to expect Microsoft to have drivers for every one. If you add in all of the graphics cards there are, Lan and wireless manufacturers, there are millions of combinations of hardware in a computer possible. No one could expect Microsoft to have drivers for every single combination possible.

There is a reason you can get drivers from the manufacturer's web sites. The hardware manufacturers are responsible for providing drivers for the products they manufacturer. Microsoft has done a good job of providing drivers that will work on most components in the majority of computers. But, they can only provide the drivers provided to them by the manufacturers. Microsoft is not responsible for providing drivers, the hardware manufacturers are. If you consider the millions of combinations of computer components out, you would have to say Microsoft has done an excellent job of providing drivers. Anything not provided, it is your responsibility to find from the manufacturer. To expect anything else is unreasonable.

RWOne said:

Hell half the time the supposed manuals with your $300 or more Motherboard looks like it was written by a 3 year old with ADD, or a hired chimp.

The rule is you never use the Discs that come with it, you grab the latest from the manufacturer website prior to installation.

I mentioned the manual because the basics is there including driver installation and where to get the drivers from.

The CD is useful if you are building a PC when there is no access to the internet which can be upgraded later on.