

Windows 7 will install drivers it does not have built in, if Windows Update is configured to allow that. Your board's download page has a specific Intel USB 3.0 driver in the Windows 7 section: Windows 7 does have USB 2.0 drivers that are automatically installed (when is the last time, if ever, that we installed a USB 2.0 driver?), and has an AHCI driver (msahci) that is automatically installed if the SATA mode is set to AHCI, for example. Windows 7 does not have a built in USB 3.0 driver that is automatically installed. i have a strong feeling its a driver issue because all the hardware was working fine yesterday before the reformat also for the record i checked the USB settings in the bios and everything is enabled so that shouldn't be the issue.

Does anyone have any idea what might be going wrong here, or how to help me get my ports back up and running.
