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    What driver to install 7/64 on P34W v3?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by rbp, Jun 26, 2015.

  1. rbp

    rbp Notebook Enthusiast

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    If this is covered before please let me know. I tried to install 7/64 on a P34W v3 and there was a driver missing. The Gigabyte tech guy said I need to have bios FA04 or FC04, it comes with FB04 which wont work. Something about compatibility with USB 3. He did say it was a bit tricky. Any suggestions where to start? Cant find any bios downloads or instructions for flashing the bios. The Gigabyte website doesn't have P34W v3 drivers, only P34w v4.

    The error message I am getting is the "a required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing. If you have a driver , floppy disk, CD, DVD or USB flash drive, please insert it now"

    What freaking driver are they talking about??? I tried directing it to a USB 3 driver but that was not the trick. This is not hard, right? Lots peeps put 7/64 on these machines?
     
    rbp, Jun 26, 2015
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  2. tijo

    tijo Sacred Blame

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    Did you try installing from a DVD or a USB drive? If you tried from a USB drive, I'd verify that the iso you used wasn't corrupted, I've seen that happen before.
     
    tijo, Jun 27, 2015
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    pete962 Notebook Evangelist

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    I would follow tech support advice and update bios first and seems this would be one of places to get it http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5325#bios
    As far as how to do it: Normal procedure for most laptops would be to download bios on another computer, copy to memory stick, boot to bios with memory stick in USB port, find bios update menu and follow that. The tricky part could be your usb ports: they're all usb 3 and you may have first go to usb menu and choose support for legacy usb or something like that, I'm sure gigabyte has exact instructions if you search properly.
     
    pete962, Jun 28, 2015
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