EasyTune 6 doesn't open

[Psycho101]

.NET 3.5.1 should be installed by default on Windows 7. However as with anything els it can I suppose become corrupt. You can try to reinstall it by going to Control Panel > Programs and Features > Turn Windows features on and off, uncheck .NET, ckick OK to remove it, then go back and re tick the box to do a re-install. Note that you may need to have your Windows disk to hand to re-install it.

[nyeah]

i'm using f3c BIOS and fresh windows 7 64 bit

ET6 working normal here

do you install with overclocked hardware?

[ed1]

No, I did not install Windows with overclocked hardware. But I may have installed ET6 after an initial round of overclocking.

[ed1]

I just went to the Windows features menu, turned on a couple of .net 3.5.1 subfeatures (http and non-http communications) and reinstalled ET6.

Same error message window opens: "Could not load the device driver." That's all it says.

I am wondering if the problem is in any way related to my system having Windows 7 64-bit on an SSD drive.

[Psycho101]

I have Windows 7 x64 and two SSD's one boot and one games with no issues. It's almost certainly a motherboard and or BIOS issue. You may find, drastic as it sounds that a Windows install from scratch may also help. I hardly ever recommend it as it's pretty major, but it would eliminate any external factors such as missing or corrupt drivers and system files.

Maybe first, try running sfc /scannow from an administrator cmd prompt (must right click cmd and hit run as admin, even if your account is an admin). This will check all files that are important and replace the corrupt ones if any are found. You will need the install CD if it finds any errors or incorrect versions so that it can replace them with a good copy.

[Lsdmeasap]

I would suggest a clean install now as well, as I asked and a few other people have also informed me they are using F3c and this board and have no issues installing or using EasyTune.

Overclocking would not matter to easytune, something else is wrong on the software side of things. A clean install would be much easier than trying to narrow down what driver or program is causing this, or whatever else the problem might be.

[dolf]

The same sh*t here. I am with clean install of windows 7 64bit (not on C) but the latest Easy Tune 6 doesn't start at all. No error mesages, no driver missing, nothing. This is my first Gigabyte bord after many years and I am very disappointed to discover that the software is still not working like 8-9 years ago. I am using the latest BIOS f3g. I hope that "Easy Tune 6" problem will find solution soon. I would suggest to NOT waste your time with re-installation of the OS .

[DocSigma]

I get the same problem. Error that a driver didn't install and my mobo is the UD3R rev.1.6 using the FB bios.

[DocSigma]

It actually does run though. After it gives the driver didn't load error, just right click the ET6 icon in taskbar and select show and easytune opens. I don't use this for anything other than to check what im seeing in CPU-Z but it does open. Would be nice to eliminate that error message though.

[Psycho101]

I understand that people are frustrated, but to be honest, ET6 is actually pretty useless. CPU-Z is a much more reliable tool, so I would use that for basic CPUID use. Certainly don't use ET6 to check CPU-Z with.

As far as ET6's other functions, I wouldn't particularly recommend you use them anyway. Speedfan can be used to control fans and monitor current board, CPU and CPU Core temperatures and is much more versatile than ET6, as well as being nicer to look at. ET6 looks dated.

Definitely stay away from its overclocking features too. The only reason to go to that section using |ET6 would be to see what voltages you have set in the BIOS. I'd never use it to change them. OC in the BIOS. There is the inconvenience that if you need to post settings here then you'll have to reboot to write them down rather than take a screenshot of the Advanced > Voltages tab, but that's no real hassle, it takes about 2 minutes. Most people should be able to memorize a lot of BIOS settings too. I know every tweak and setting needed for this rig at 3.9GHz, 3.8GHz, 3.6GHz and stock 2.8GHz.

I can't help further with the missing driver or the complete failure to start because ET6 has always worked for me. It's running fine on this current install of Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit, it also runs on XP 323bit on the same rig. Having built systems based on the newer UD3P/R 1.6, I can confirm that ET6 worked on them too with a standard Vista 64bit/Windows 7 64bit install, no tweaking needed on Win 7, just a .net update needed for Vista or simply installed SP2.