Windows 10: Windows 10 killed my $3600 custom PC

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.

 

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

 

Now that is funny.

 

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 But usually those are outdated so you have to go to manufacturer's site to download the latest ones.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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

*Ditto

 

Wrong! You always use the disc that came with your motherboard...as a beverage coaster while you install the OS on your new system.

This just tells me that people are jumping in to building their own PCs (good) without doing the proper preparation beforehand (bad). It is one of the most crucial steps you can take for any new system. Download the drivers and basic apps you will need to a flash or external drive prior to do anything else. If you don't understand how to do this step, it is time to call in help, such as a friend who has done this before. If you expect Microsoft to magically have all of these drivers ready for you, then you probably aren't grasping the entire process and should probably ask for some help or guidance before getting started.

 

We still have not heard from the thread starter for this thread.

 

Was just thinking the same....

 

Aww, C'mon Deacon, you don't use those for coasters, you have a ton of leftover AOL discs sent to you in the mail for that ....

I do keep my mainboard discs that come with mine, but they go into a folder for storage, with it's invoice and warranty info, etc. Kept for a last last last last last resort *Smile

Oh to add to the bottom, if you know the manufacturers site, on occasion, you could get away with grabbing the ethernet / wifi adapter only, then once online with the new system, grab the others. Lazy, but it works as well if you have a connection, or don't have a large enough storage medium for all the drivers (Lame if that's the case too, I mean, a tiny flash drive can hold them ... *Smile )

 

The OP seems to have checked out, but I wanted to describe for others how I was able to deal with this issue.

The client experienced an unintentional upgrade to 10 (seems quite common) and booted up to a black screen with arrow cursor. I was able to bring up the task manager (ctrl-alt-del) and start msconfig using run new task. I then set the machine to boot in safe mode from the boot tab and rebooted. This successfully booted to a desktop in safe mode. IIRC, I tried to revert to Win7 from there but it wouldn't do it from safe mode. I reopened msconfig, disabled safe mode and rebooted. This time it booted up normally and I was able to revert to Win7. Don't know if this will help anyone else, but it worked for me.

 

Maybe this $3600 rig includes a $3000 60" smart curved TV as a monitor.

 

Same here
I like members like that come on here slagging Microsoft off over Windows 10 then don't bother to come back
Also I always used the disc for setup.
I did with my HP Printer then once up and running when to the site and updated the software etc afterwards