Hi all
Five years ago when building my core i5 PC I found out after the build and OS install that I had a problem, resulting in system instability due to significant data loss. I had lots of issues with Windows updates and also with the USB 3 slots not working properly. I found out later that, especially with ASUS motherboards, I should have installed the OS with the board preferably outside the PC case and on a flat surface (e.g. the motherboard box), connected to just a power supply, a monitor, the hard drive, CPU fan, 4-pin speaker, and just 1 stick of RAM in slot B1 in order to avoid substantial data loss.
With the help of Sevenforums experts, I was able to stabilize the PC to a large extent, especially with the Windows updates, but I never got USB 3 to work properly, and the slots remained marked slower than USB 2.
Now I want to correct the build error by stripping the PC to its basics and starting from scratch to perform a clean install of Windows 10.
How do I get the motherboard, ASUS B85M-G, to forget the mistake I made 5 years ago? Would resetting to default values be enough? Also, what is the installation sequence of the drivers I may need since I am starting afresh e.g.
From Intel's website -
Chipset Device Software
From Asus site for Windows 10 -
VGA
Chipset (MEI)
LAN
BIOS
AUDIO
SATA (RAID, do I need this?)
UTILITIES
Hotfix (?)
Thanks.