Windows 10 cant find any network and didnt install drivers.

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So I built a new computer myself using parts from amazon and it was time to install windows 10. However, when it got to the part where its supposed to help you pick a network, my only option was to "skip it for now" (even though I had a ethernet cable attached) . After I reach the desktop, I try and find a network and noticed there was no LAN or wireless option. So I got to the device manager and notice a ton of drive errors. I clicked the tab and used Action to try and recover the drivers, but it doesn't do anything. At this point I decided to put the motherboard drivers on a usb flash drive and just move it onto the desktop. But when I put the files on the desktop and clicked the setup application, nothing happens. I have no idea why this is happening. Was my windows 10 corrupted or something? Did I maybe not plug something in right? I have no internet, it wont allow me to install files, it won't update itself to fix the drivers. I even did a full reset on windows to try installation again, didn't work. Please help, I really need this computer to work.

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Once Windows has been clean installed you must then install first the MBs chipset drivers, then the storage/SATA drivers and third the graphics drivers, the drivers can either come from a disk provided by the motherboard manufacturer or downloaded from their site and saved to a flash drive etc, this is a must and Windows should not be allowed to check for updates before it has been done as more often than not Windows installs the wrong drivers or in the incorrect order and this can cause all sorts of problems.

Regarding the wireless connection, Windows 10 has generic drivers that should work with your MB but you must do as the above first and once the drivers have been installed you need to pair the wireless device with the wireless router.
 
phillpower2 said:
Once Windows has been clean installed you must then install first the MBs chipset drivers, then the storage/SATA drivers and third the graphics drivers, the drivers can either come from a disk provided by the motherboard manufacturer or downloaded from their site and saved to a flash drive etc, this is a must and Windows should not be allowed to check for updates before it has been done as more often than not Windows installs the wrong drivers or in the incorrect order and this can cause all sorts of problems.

Regarding the wireless connection, Windows 10 has generic drivers that should work with your MB but you must do as the above first and once the drivers have been installed you need to pair the wireless device with the wireless router.
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So I installed the chipset and the SATA drivers, but the VGA installation could not find the drives to install. I tried installing the graphics drivers for the graphics card instead but said its not compatible with the current version of windows and I double checked that it is for windows 10 that I chose. I then tried again to install the LAN drive to try and update windows to see if that would help. But again, double clicking on the setup application for LAN didn't do anything. No pop-up or anything. Am I doing something wrong?
 
You need to start afresh I`m afraid following the exact steps as post in my reply #2 and in particular the quoted below;

phillpower2 said:
Once Windows has been clean installed you must then install first the MBs chipset drivers, then the storage/SATA drivers and third the graphics drivers, the drivers can either come from a disk provided by the motherboard manufacturer or downloaded from their site and saved to a flash drive etc, this is a must and Windows should not be allowed to check for updates before it has been done as more often than not Windows installs the wrong drivers or in the incorrect order and this can cause all sorts of problems.
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No need to clean install Windows just do a reset, choose the Remove everything option then install the drivers that you saved to the flashdrive.

MB drivers from here

GPU drivers from here
 
phillpower2 said:
No need to clean install Windows just do a reset, choose the Remove everything option then install the drivers that you saved to the flashdrive.

MB drivers from here

GPU drivers from here
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So I downloaded, unpacked and put the Chipset, the storage, the VGA, the graphics drives and the LAN files on a flash drive. I then swapped them over to the other desktop after the cleaning of windows happened. After windows was back up I then installed the chipset and then the storage, each of them doing a restart. However once I got back to the VGA and graphics files, they gave me the same error. The LAN files still wont do anything when I click on them.

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Ryanchrono said:
So I downloaded, unpacked and put the Chipset, the storage, the VGA, the graphics drives and the LAN files on a flash drive
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Try without unpacking
Copy the files Phillpower2 gave you to a flash drive
Copy the files from flash drive to a folder - Make on called drivers
Then double click on the download
It should then self extract and run
 
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PeterOz said:
Try without unpacking
Copy the files Phillpower2 gave you to a flash drive
Copy the files from flash drive to a folder - Make on called drivers
Then double click on the download
It should then self extract and run
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I don't know what you mean by 'on called drivers'. If you mean for me to just keep the file unzipped and then extract it on the other desktop, I tried that and it still didnt do anything.
 
So a bit of an update to my situation. At one point the computer randomly restarted and began doing a ton of windows updates. After which the graphics card was able to properly install its updates and a LAN was installed from the Armoury Crate app. The motherboard LAN drive still wont even do anything when clicked though. I'm a bit worried that something may still be wrong with the motherboard though. Is there something else I should make sure is installed? Could you help me understand what could be causing this? And explain to me a little more as to why the VGA wont install either?
 
Let's see what @phillpower2 recommends.
In the mean time
Right click on start
Click on Device manager
Click on the down arrow next to Network adapters
Right click on the failed network adapter
Click on properties
Click on details tab
Click on down arrow to show hardware id
Attach a screenshot.
To do a screen shot press the windows key and the print screen
This will put a pic in Pictures>Screenshots
 

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