d.burnette
CLASSIFIED ULTRA Member
- Total Posts : 5496
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2007/03/08 13:19:32
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 17
Hey gang,
After holding out a while , I am considering taking the plunge and upgrading to Windows 10. Still going to do more reading up on it, but am thinking I may go ahead and do it here before too much longer.
My question is, I see there are Windows 10 chipset drivers listed here for the X79 Dark. I take it I will want to install those, which I will do, what I am curious about will having the 8.1 drivers installed now cause any conflict in updating initially to Windows 10? I plan on doing the update route rather than a clean install, prefer to save that agony for when I upgrade to a new motherboard.
Thanks for any tips,
Don EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.2 GHz all cores | EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra | 32 GB G Skill Trident Z 3200 MHz CL14 DDR4 Ram | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler | EVGA T2 Titanium 1000w Power Supply | Samsung 970 Pro 1TB m.2 Nvme | Samsung 970 Evo 1TB m.2 Nvme | Samsung 860 Evo 1TB SATA SSD | EVGA DG 87 Case |
|
MhzManiac
SSC Member
- Total Posts : 772
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2011/03/22 06:01:42
- Location: U.P., Washington
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 8
Re: X-79 Dark Windows 8.1 upgrade to Windows 10?
2015/12/17 12:05:54
(permalink)
When I upgraded to Win 10, I did not change anything Microsoft installed as far as drivers. I had not given it any thought since everything was working. So now you got me thinking, should I look to see if the EVGA drivers are newer and install them???
That is me in the picture, anyone else ever pet a live Lion?EVGA Z390 FTW (Bios 1.08) i9-9900KF 8 core, 32G Corsair Vengeance LPX Dual Chl 3000 XMP-1 , Intel SSD6 M.2 2TB, Samsung 840 PRO 1TB / 512G SSD, Gigabyte RTX 2080 Super , Win 11 Pro 64, EVGA Supernova 1300 watts, NZXT Phantom 820, Strix Raid DLX 7.1 surround, Corsair H100 Liquid , Dell S2417DG /S2409W / Acer XB241H Predator / Samsung C24F390 Curve/ Oculus Rift S VR
|
d.burnette
CLASSIFIED ULTRA Member
- Total Posts : 5496
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2007/03/08 13:19:32
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 17
Re: X-79 Dark Windows 8.1 upgrade to Windows 10?
2015/12/17 12:33:20
(permalink)
They are likely the same then, though I guess the EVGA supplied ones could have a little difference to them.
Perhaps an EVGA Tech might comment further on that...
Don EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.2 GHz all cores | EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra | 32 GB G Skill Trident Z 3200 MHz CL14 DDR4 Ram | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler | EVGA T2 Titanium 1000w Power Supply | Samsung 970 Pro 1TB m.2 Nvme | Samsung 970 Evo 1TB m.2 Nvme | Samsung 860 Evo 1TB SATA SSD | EVGA DG 87 Case |
|
MhzManiac
SSC Member
- Total Posts : 772
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2011/03/22 06:01:42
- Location: U.P., Washington
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 8
Re: X-79 Dark Windows 8.1 upgrade to Windows 10?
2015/12/18 06:52:27
(permalink)
I went ahead and installed the EVGA chip set drivers. So far, so good.
That is me in the picture, anyone else ever pet a live Lion?EVGA Z390 FTW (Bios 1.08) i9-9900KF 8 core, 32G Corsair Vengeance LPX Dual Chl 3000 XMP-1 , Intel SSD6 M.2 2TB, Samsung 840 PRO 1TB / 512G SSD, Gigabyte RTX 2080 Super , Win 11 Pro 64, EVGA Supernova 1300 watts, NZXT Phantom 820, Strix Raid DLX 7.1 surround, Corsair H100 Liquid , Dell S2417DG /S2409W / Acer XB241H Predator / Samsung C24F390 Curve/ Oculus Rift S VR
|
bdary
Omnipotent Enthusiast
- Total Posts : 10327
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2008/04/25 14:08:16
- Location: Florida
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 116
Re: X-79 Dark Windows 8.1 upgrade to Windows 10?
2015/12/18 06:59:30
(permalink)
MhzManiac
I went ahead and installed the EVGA chip set drivers. So far, so good.
That's a good idea. Personally, I would install all the latest drivers for the board. Sometimes MS will install a driver just to make things work, but not always the latest.
|
MhzManiac
SSC Member
- Total Posts : 772
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2011/03/22 06:01:42
- Location: U.P., Washington
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 8
Re: X-79 Dark Windows 8.1 upgrade to Windows 10?
2015/12/18 20:02:19
(permalink)
It was the only one I saw dated 2015.
That is me in the picture, anyone else ever pet a live Lion?EVGA Z390 FTW (Bios 1.08) i9-9900KF 8 core, 32G Corsair Vengeance LPX Dual Chl 3000 XMP-1 , Intel SSD6 M.2 2TB, Samsung 840 PRO 1TB / 512G SSD, Gigabyte RTX 2080 Super , Win 11 Pro 64, EVGA Supernova 1300 watts, NZXT Phantom 820, Strix Raid DLX 7.1 surround, Corsair H100 Liquid , Dell S2417DG /S2409W / Acer XB241H Predator / Samsung C24F390 Curve/ Oculus Rift S VR
|
bdary
Omnipotent Enthusiast
- Total Posts : 10327
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2008/04/25 14:08:16
- Location: Florida
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 116
Re: X-79 Dark Windows 8.1 upgrade to Windows 10?
2015/12/19 10:41:38
(permalink)
MhzManiac
It was the only one I saw dated 2015.
Yeah, in post #5 I should have said "verify" MS installed the latest drivers after a fresh OS install and update if needed. Sometimes they don't give you the latest one's.
|
Trelor
iCX Member
- Total Posts : 496
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2007/04/06 10:38:50
- Location: Northern, NJ
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 7
Re: X-79 Dark Windows 8.1 upgrade to Windows 10?
2015/12/20 09:04:54
(permalink)
Heatware: Trelor - I primarily use eBay which is attached to my heatware.
|
quadlatte
CLASSIFIED ULTRA Member
- Total Posts : 7191
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2006/09/14 16:52:58
- Location: Greensboro, NC
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 56
Re: X-79 Dark Windows 8.1 upgrade to Windows 10?
2015/12/29 20:55:40
(permalink)
MS sometimes are just the basic driver, no extras no enhancements, that said the one evga will have are just the stock manufactures drivers, they don't mod them at all. So for Intel drivers you can go to Intel and get the latest ones. Same with all the other drivers.
|
rjohnson11
EVGA Forum Moderator
- Total Posts : 102241
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2004/10/05 12:44:35
- Location: Netherlands
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 84
Re: X-79 Dark Windows 8.1 upgrade to Windows 10?
2015/12/29 22:52:04
(permalink)
|
d.burnette
CLASSIFIED ULTRA Member
- Total Posts : 5496
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2007/03/08 13:19:32
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 17
Re: X-79 Dark Windows 8.1 upgrade to Windows 10?
2015/12/30 04:12:05
(permalink)
Thought I would report back I did the upgrade from 8.1 to 10 this past Saturday, everything went very smooth and is operating very well. Probably the smoothest Windows upgrade I have done.
Don EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.2 GHz all cores | EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra | 32 GB G Skill Trident Z 3200 MHz CL14 DDR4 Ram | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler | EVGA T2 Titanium 1000w Power Supply | Samsung 970 Pro 1TB m.2 Nvme | Samsung 970 Evo 1TB m.2 Nvme | Samsung 860 Evo 1TB SATA SSD | EVGA DG 87 Case |
|
bdary
Omnipotent Enthusiast
- Total Posts : 10327
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2008/04/25 14:08:16
- Location: Florida
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 116
Re: X-79 Dark Windows 8.1 upgrade to Windows 10?
2015/12/30 06:37:36
(permalink)
Always nice when it's a smooth transition... 
|
seth89
CLASSIFIED ULTRA Member
- Total Posts : 5290
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2007/11/13 11:26:18
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 14
Re: X-79 Dark Windows 8.1 upgrade to Windows 10?
2016/01/13 15:32:30
(permalink)
My x79 Classified with the new updated bios had no issues with the upgrade.
I checked the dates of the "important" drivers and they all seemed to be the up to date.
Now that you have me thinking, I am going to head over to the support page and see if there is anything new and special for W10.
|
zerocool101
iCX Member
- Total Posts : 473
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2006/04/18 20:05:33
- Location: Wisconsin
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 1
Re: X-79 Dark Windows 8.1 upgrade to Windows 10?
2016/02/07 19:44:51
(permalink)
Just tired upgrading from 8.1 to 10. The install went great, but now its taking over 2 minutes for the PC to boot (sits at the black load screen with the little circle spinning). What the heck!!!! Booted with 8.1 in under 15 seconds.
post edited by zerocool101 - 2016/02/07 20:45:41
13900KS on Z690 Dark KP FE 4090
|
arestavo
CLASSIFIED ULTRA Member
- Total Posts : 6916
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2008/02/06 06:58:57
- Location: Through the Scary Door
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 76
Re: X-79 Dark Windows 8.1 upgrade to Windows 10?
2016/02/08 05:07:40
(permalink)
There have been lots of problems with the upgrade version of Windows 10 for many different computer systems. I'd recommend a clean install.
|
zerocool101
iCX Member
- Total Posts : 473
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2006/04/18 20:05:33
- Location: Wisconsin
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 1
Re: X-79 Dark Windows 8.1 upgrade to Windows 10?
2016/02/08 07:20:04
(permalink)
Tried clean WIN 10 install as well, and it still boots for 2 minutes. WIN 8, I never had these issues.
post edited by zerocool101 - 2016/03/03 08:55:26
13900KS on Z690 Dark KP FE 4090
|
NO_sauce
iCX Member
- Total Posts : 268
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2016/01/25 13:37:44
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 3
Re: X-79 Dark Windows 8.1 upgrade to Windows 10?
2016/02/08 07:28:56
(permalink)
Most 8.1 drivers I have found work fine with Windows 10. If 10 drivers are unavailable I just try 8.1.
|
d.burnette
CLASSIFIED ULTRA Member
- Total Posts : 5496
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2007/03/08 13:19:32
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 17
Re: X-79 Dark Windows 8.1 upgrade to Windows 10?
2016/02/08 17:16:30
(permalink)
zerocool101
Tried clean install as well, and it still boots for 2 minutes.
Sounds like you have something loading causing an issue in your Windows 10 loading. On SSD it really should only take a few seconds. I would suggest doing a clean boot of Windows 10 with the bare minimum, and then add stuff back in one and a time till you hopefully find the culprit. How to clean boot Windows 10: http://social.technet.mic...oot-in-windows-10.aspx
Don EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.2 GHz all cores | EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra | 32 GB G Skill Trident Z 3200 MHz CL14 DDR4 Ram | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler | EVGA T2 Titanium 1000w Power Supply | Samsung 970 Pro 1TB m.2 Nvme | Samsung 970 Evo 1TB m.2 Nvme | Samsung 860 Evo 1TB SATA SSD | EVGA DG 87 Case |
|
zerocool101
iCX Member
- Total Posts : 473
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2006/04/18 20:05:33
- Location: Wisconsin
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 1
Re: X-79 Dark Windows 8.1 upgrade to Windows 10?
2016/02/08 18:10:51
(permalink)
It's at the black screen before Windows even loads. It just sits right after bios for 2 minutes before it finally allows me to login. I did a fresh install of windows 10 and it does it from the first boot. With WIN 8, I never had these issues, on the same hardware.
post edited by zerocool101 - 2016/03/03 08:56:03
13900KS on Z690 Dark KP FE 4090
|
zerocool101
iCX Member
- Total Posts : 473
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2006/04/18 20:05:33
- Location: Wisconsin
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 1
Re: X-79 Dark Windows 8.1 upgrade to Windows 10?
2016/02/11 21:59:48
(permalink)
System boots fine in WIN 8.1 (15 seconds). WIN 10 takes forever (2+ minutes). I am back on WIN 8.1 for now.
post edited by zerocool101 - 2016/02/11 22:04:33
13900KS on Z690 Dark KP FE 4090
|