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Question posted by rajp on October 23rd, 2013

Windows 8 Installation Drivers

I am getting an error when installing Windows 8 - no drivers . Can you please help with the correct driver DVD

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Answer #1: Posted by TheWiz on October 24th, 2013 3:25 PM

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This motherboard does not have drivers for Windows 8. You can try the Windows 7 drivers though. All the drivers can be found here:

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M2AVM/#support

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