wetworker Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 My Motherboard - MSI Z170A Gaming M7 ATX LGA1151 Z170 DDR4 3PCI-E16 4PCI-E1 SATA3 HDMI DisplayPort USB3.1 Motherboard Anyone experience this? or a way to fix it. So. I have a legit version of Windows 8.0 on DVD that I was using on my old Rig.I upgraded to windows 10 on my old rig with the image that I download from Microsoft servers onto a thumb drive. All was fine activated and all. One week ago I got a new Skylake rig without an OS installed because I have said W10 on a thumb-drive. After installing windows 10 to my new rig drives and all worked fine, I tried to activate the OS. no luck. I contacted Microsoft and they told me I have to reformat and start from windows 8. then to 8.1, then to windows 10 free upgrade. This is where the problems started. I did the format and installed W8 but for some reason my motherboard internet drives don't show up when I tried to install from the MSI motherboard driver DVD.I searched MSI websites and download a few different drives, I get a message saying that windows 8 is not supported. without internet I can't do anything especially activating my W8. and then to windows 10. Currently I'm running Windows 10 via a crack on my new rig.I thought Microsoft should have at least tied your Microsoft ID to the OS that was activated, or give you the option of removing the Activated OS from your older rig. Anyone have a solution? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1276748-msi-drivers-not-working-for-this-board-on-windows-8/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circaflex Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 Your post is very hard to follow. So you are saying, your old computer was originally with Windows 8, you did the upgrade to windows 10. You bought a new motherboard or computer without an OS and tried to use the Windows 10? That wont work because the free upgrade is now tied to your hardware id(old motherboard). you need to purchase a license for the new computer. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1276748-msi-drivers-not-working-for-this-board-on-windows-8/#findComment-597113734 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wetworker Posted November 3, 2015 Author Share Posted November 3, 2015 Thanks for the reply. I finally fixed it. The drives they say to use did not work, I had to use w7 drives to finally get internet connect. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1276748-msi-drivers-not-working-for-this-board-on-windows-8/#findComment-597116788 Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_K Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 One thing to note about windows 10 and network drivers is that they're pretty crappy, I've got a lot of issues with mine (marvell chipset) which aren't present in windows 7. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1276748-msi-drivers-not-working-for-this-board-on-windows-8/#findComment-597116824 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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