What to do when the O.S. drivers aren't made for your mobo?

I tried Vista, but there is a problem. My motherboard manufacturer hasn't made Vista drivers for supporting the O.S. No sound, no internet, plus a bunch of other unidentified problems with devices.

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/...erboard&ProductID=1928&ProductName=GA-K8N-SLI

So, basically this board came out just a little while before Vista, maybe not before Vista beta and yet I can't use Vista on it.
What a drag.

Well, that is, unless there's an idea to resolve it.

If anyone has any ideas, I'd like to read them.

Sound: http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads...&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false#AC

Chipset(including lan): http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_nf4a_winVista_15.01.html

Edit: Weird thing is I think Vista has the ac97 audio codec driver built in, should be picking it up.

Thanks for the links. I will try them and see if they relieve problems identifying other devices.

conway said:

Edit: Weird thing is I think Vista has the ac97 audio codec driver built in, should be picking it up.

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Some AC97 chipsets seem to work off the bat, some dont. From what I see, itsm ostly the HD sound ones that need extra drivers.