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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: johanbar on December 06, 2012, 07:30:23 am
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Hi Guys
Hope someone can assist:
I'm trying to install Win7 64 to a existing GPT disk on my GA-X79-UP4(rev. 1.0) Bios Ver : 2 board.
I have ACHI enable on all the SATA connectors and have a LG bluray drive connected up with my install DVD which works just fine.
It boots the Bios version of the Installed but I cannot get the UFI:Boot version available or see it in the Bios.
Is there a reason why the board wont allow or display the EFI boot option?
Thanks
Johan
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Hi Guys
No replies :( Its clear now that the board does not pick up that the Install DVD is EFI bootable. I created a USB install stick with the Microsoft USB DVD download tool. Only now does the board detect a UEFI: USB boot drive.
Finally I thought: I booted it. Try to install to my GPT drive and it says "You cannot install to a GPT drive" I hit Shift F10 and load \Windows\Panther\setupact.log from the setup media: and there it is: Callback_BootEnvironmentDetect: Detected boot environment: BIOS
Its still in BIOS boot. How do you boot this thing in EFI ??
I should have bought Asus :( :(
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Hi there
It seems this is an issue with a copied install disc. Even from the original .iso available from Microsoft, the board does not detect the EFI option for boot media.
I proceeded to make a USB Win64 boot stick - now the EFI option is available. When you boot this - it still boots to Bios and not EFI. (very poor)
I then used this post http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=209045 to force a EFI boot. This works. Only to run into other issues.