Need work around for gigabyte gbb36x driver issue for Windows 7 upgrade?
I am trying to upgrade my 64-bit Vista Business to 64-bit Windows 7 Professional (I can not do a clean install, must do upgrade).
I have made numerous attempts to upgrade using the install disk; but after several hours it just rolls back to Vista Business.
When I ran the Compatibility Check - it says that my gigabyte gbb36x controller is not compatible; but I have downloaded the 64-bit, Windows 7 driver from the manufacturers website.
How can I manually upload the driver prior to / during the upgrade installation?
Or is there a better way to do solve this issue?
Thanks
I have made numerous attempts to upgrade using the install disk; but after several hours it just rolls back to Vista Business.
When I ran the Compatibility Check - it says that my gigabyte gbb36x controller is not compatible; but I have downloaded the 64-bit, Windows 7 driver from the manufacturers website.
How can I manually upload the driver prior to / during the upgrade installation?
Or is there a better way to do solve this issue?
Thanks
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Okay - I have downloaded the 1.17.53 drivers from JMicron, installed it using setup.exe, rebooted to confirm they are in place, and upgraded to Windows 7 Professional.
After 5 hours, it literally finished a minute ago and I still have, wait for it, Vista Business!!!
I have access to a Microsoft engineer and I am in the process of confirming (through the setupact.log file) that it crapped out due to the controller driver. I will post a fix when I know something - but at this point, I am pretty sure I just have to wait until JMIcron fixes the driver.
In the meantime, I appreciate your guidance in this matter. Thank You.
After 5 hours, it literally finished a minute ago and I still have, wait for it, Vista Business!!!
I have access to a Microsoft engineer and I am in the process of confirming (through the setupact.log file) that it crapped out due to the controller driver. I will post a fix when I know something - but at this point, I am pretty sure I just have to wait until JMIcron fixes the driver.
In the meantime, I appreciate your guidance in this matter. Thank You.
ASKER
IMPORTANT - Please note the following:
I have successfully updated to 64-bit Windows 7 Professional from 64-bit Vista Business with help from a Microsoft engineer
When I tried to update my system, it would run for several hours and restore my original system with a very non-descript error message saying my previous system was restored. When I ran the Upgrade Advisor, the primary indication was that Gigabyte/JMicron Controller was not compatibile. But the root problem was actually the Intel Matrix Storage not updating correctly.
The latest driver from the mobo manufacturer, 1.17.50.2, dated 29Sep09, it does work correctly.
The problem was not obvious, but analysis of the upgrade log files indicated that my system crashed from the Intel Matrix Storage. (Upgrading Vista to Windows 7 fails with error 0xc0000359 and reference to iastor.sys see http://support.microsoft.c
FYI - I have a P35 with an ICH9R mobo with 8 HDD's & 1 DVD. The DVD is on the PATA Controller; the first 2 HDD are on the Gigabyte/JMicron controller running in RAID1 (Mirror) with my C Drive/OS and applications; and, the remaining 6 HDD are on the Intel controller running RAID5 (Parity) with all of my data.
Hope this helps.
I have successfully updated to 64-bit Windows 7 Professional from 64-bit Vista Business with help from a Microsoft engineer
When I tried to update my system, it would run for several hours and restore my original system with a very non-descript error message saying my previous system was restored. When I ran the Upgrade Advisor, the primary indication was that Gigabyte/JMicron Controller was not compatibile. But the root problem was actually the Intel Matrix Storage not updating correctly.
The latest driver from the mobo manufacturer, 1.17.50.2, dated 29Sep09, it does work correctly.
The problem was not obvious, but analysis of the upgrade log files indicated that my system crashed from the Intel Matrix Storage. (Upgrading Vista to Windows 7 fails with error 0xc0000359 and reference to iastor.sys see http://support.microsoft.c
FYI - I have a P35 with an ICH9R mobo with 8 HDD's & 1 DVD. The DVD is on the PATA Controller; the first 2 HDD are on the Gigabyte/JMicron controller running in RAID1 (Mirror) with my C Drive/OS and applications; and, the remaining 6 HDD are on the Intel controller running RAID5 (Parity) with all of my data.
Hope this helps.
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