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Review on GIGABYTE Z490 AORUS LGA1200 Motherboard Computer Components by Norman Costello

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Great motherboard with bad drivers!

If you buy this motherboard and plan to install a new Windows system on it, please note that you need to backup Windows update to USB drive or CD. After cleaning the system, I inserted the CD that came with the motherboard to install the drivers. They won't install because I haven't installed updated Windows. So I didn't have a network driver to access the internet. (No Internet = No Windows Update) (No Windows Update = Network drivers cannot be installed). Even when I used USB to transfer drivers from Gigabyte's website, I had to update Windows. The only way I was able to get it was to put Windows Creator on a USB stick and then install my laptop updates on the new computer. Very long process and not much help on the internet for help. So if anyone else runs into this problem, hopefully they're using Windows Creator from another computer and push the latest update.

Pros
  • Intel 2.5GbE LAN
Cons
  • Ratio Kit