What drivers to install for Asus P5N-E SLI mobo after Vista 32bit install?

[gigahertz20]

I installed Vista 32bit on an Asus 650i P5N-E SLI motherboard.


All the drivers on the CD that came with the motherboard are old and are for Window XP, so I don't dare to install any of those.

I guess I should just install the latest Nvidia 650 SLI chipset drivers?

I have a SATA optical drive and a 320GB SATA hard drive, I'm not doing any kind of RAID setup so I guess I don't need any SATA drivers or anything do I? I noticed in the ASUS download section for this mobo they have tons of RAID drivers and SATA drivers but I wasn't sure if I needed any of those.

(http://support.asus.com/downlo...-us&model=P5N-E%20SLI)

The Asus download section is cluttered with so many files I can't tell which is which, I think Asus needs to do some major organization changes. They should just create a utility that scans your computer and tells you which drivers you need like Gigabyte does and Nvidia now offers a tools that does this same thing as well. So much easier.....




Computer System:

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Dual Core Processor
HSF: Thermaltake Big Typhoon VX
Motherboard: ASUS P5N-E SLI
Memory: Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C4 2GB Kit DDR2-800 XMS2-6400
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0
PS: Corsair 520W Power Supply
Case: Antec P180 Silver Mid Tower
GPU: EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3
Optical: Liteon SH-16A7S SATA 16X DVD±RW Drive Black
Operating System: Vista Home Premium 32 Bit (Just Installed)
LCD Monitor: Samsung 225BW Black 22" 5 ms (GTG) DVI Widescreen
Speakers: Logitech Z-5300E Speaker System Retail
Sound Card: Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty
Mouse: Logitech G7
Keyboard: Logitech G15

 

[NoelS]

GHz,

The site you showed me isn't where I go to download drivers. Go to Download on that page then select Motherboard, 775, and P5NE-SLI. That will give you sections for each kind of driver. Within each section, look for Vista 32bit and the latest driver and download it.

As for raid, you really need RAID/AHCI drivers so your SATA devices will run at SATA speeds and not at IDE speeds. I think they are in the SATA section...

You do need to load AHCI drivers BEFORE you install Windows. Main thing is to select AHCI on the first page of the BIOS BEFORE you install Windows, then select F6 as soon as Windows install starts, there you load the AHCI drivers.

Since you have already installed Windows, you can try a repair install using the Windows Install CD. First, go into BIOS and select AHCI instead of IDE. Second, put the Windows CD in the CD tray and start the install process. Hit F6 as soon as it asks for it. Now select the SECOND "R" that comes up during install (not the R for Recovery Console but second time you see an R, for repair). Then continue, go through an almost normal install process. This will keep all your programs and settings AND will install your SATA/AHCI drivers.

Now when you start all should work as you want it...

Good luck, Noel