

(See picture 03) 03_Systemdevices.jpg 133k. Open "Control Panel/System & Security/System/Device Manager/System devices" if you want to check that the chipset (Z370) driver was installed. It will work and the Z370 chipset driver will be installed.Īlthough on Asus site it is listed as Windows 10 driver, Intel Chipset Driver (version 10.1.1.44 - 0) is Windows 7 & 8 compatible, as you will see if you read the "Readme File Information" which will be displayed at the beginning of the installation process (See picture 02). jpg fileĪfter Windows 7 installation, open the folder which contains files extracted from "Intel_Chipset_Win10_V101144_20170830_7.45.zip". Insert your Windows 7 bootable media, turn on or reboot the PC and press F8 (for Asus motherboards) at the beginning of the boot sequence in order to select the booting device. At the end, the USB 3.0 and NVMe drivers were slipstreamed into Windows 7 on my USB drive.

I inserted my Windows 7 bootable USB drive and i checked "NVMe" box (just in case someday i will use a SSD NVMe drive for OS). I selected: "Update the original Windows 7 OS in the USB storage device". "Please select." the option that suits you best and follow the rest of the steps. Add usb 3.0 and NVMe drivers to windows 7 install. I made this bootable USB drive using a very nice and well known application: Rufus! I have already had a Windows 7 Professional 圆4 SP1 bootable USB drive which i used to install Windows 7 on my ex Haswell-Z87 configuration. Get a Windows 7 圆4 SP1 kit (DVD, or Windows 7 bootable USB drive). Extract the zip files on a portable drive. Select OS "Windows 10 64bit" and download: Intel Chipset Driver (version 10.1.1.44 - 0) and SATA drivers (version 15. You will not find here any chipset and SATA drivers! Extract the zip files on a portable drive. Select OS "Windows 7 64bit" and download: Audio driver, LAN driver and "ASUS_EZInstaller_1.03.16". Windows 10 chipset and AHCI (SATA) drivers have native compatibility with Windows 7 and Z370. You will need a dedicated graphics card because Windows 7 compatible driver for Coffee Lake IGPU is not available. Almost all of the drivers required to install Windows 7 on Z370 PC are available! (Only Coffee Lake IGPU does not have a Windows 7 compatible driver.)
