Solved Windows 8 ins't confusing, use common sense and logic

Jason Webb

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Important! Please be advised this only applies to the FX990 AMD chipset ASUS Crosshair V Formula/Thunderbolt MB

Warning: ASUS and ROG will not support you if you are experiencing issues with installing drivers for Windows 8. Drivers will only be available either just before, or near to the release date. Don't bother emailing ASUS or ROG as they will only advise the same as I have.

I apologise about the title, I wasn't sure if this would cause offence. However, in the event that you feel the title is offensive, then I apologise for any inconvenience caused.

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Install as normal
Asmedia USB3
AMD AHCI Driver (RAID)
Thunderbolt LAN Card

Install using (Compatibility Mode Win7)
AMD FX990 Chipset*
Intel Gigabit LAN Card
Thunderbolt Audio (Beta version only)
ASUS AI Suite II
ASUS ROG GameFirst
ROG CPU-Z
ASUS ROG Connect
ASUS ROG Connect Plus

* At the moment RAIDXpert does not install even in compatibility mode DO NOT install this otherwise the install manager is stuck in limbo and it never finishes.

Doesn't work
ADM FX990 Chipset (install as Win7) because Win8 isn't in the list of supported OS
Asmedia 106x SATA Controller Driver
RAIDXpert

Summary
Considering this MB is now 2 years old it's remarkable that only one part of the drivers wasn't compatible with Windows 8. RAIDXpert is quite a handy tool to use and you can monitor your RAID but is isn't essential so you can actually do without this being installed.

Just an idea for the Administrator, how about Eightforums having their own "Windows 8 Compatibility Centre Forum" with the following Sub forums, where users can post feedback about hardware, Drivers and Software compatibility so other members can find out if they work or not. I was going to do this last week and I know I said that I installed without any problems I actually forgot about RAIDXpert. all others were installed as Windows 7 Compatibility just in case they didn't install. I haven't tried them with compatibility mode inactive.

Hardware
Software
Drivers
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win7 Ult x64
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Rig (AMD Build)
    CPU
    AMD FX 8150
    Motherboard
    ASUS Crosshair V Formula/Thunderbolt
    Memory
    Corsair XMS3 1600MHz DDR3 8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    2x Sapphire HD 6870 Toxic OC Edition 1GB DDR
    Sound Card
    Thunderbolt
    Monitor(s) Displays
    DELL Widescreen Monitor
    Screen Resolution
    2048x1152
    Hard Drives
    3x OCZ Agility 3 SSD 120GB SATA 6gb
    2x Seagate Barracuda 500GB SATA 6gb
    PSU
    OCZ ZX Series 1.2KW
    Case
    NZXT Phantom Blue Neon lights (nice)
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro Series H100 EPL CPU Cooler/Air cooled system
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wireless Illuminated Keyboard K800
    Mouse
    Logitech Performance Mouse MX
    Internet Speed
    Virgin Media 100MB (July upgrade to 120mb)
    Other Info
    All ofthe above is subject to change, Next build will be Coolermaster COSMOS II. New MB with PCIE 3.0 GFX cards will all be AMD HD 7870 PCIE 3.0 . 4x 240GB SSD with 1TB SATA 6gb HDD for backup and other...?
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