L Louis McCawley Honorable Feb 9, 2014 53 0 10,640 Jun 11, 2014 #1 As it say windows isnt recognised by bios. I have changed bios settings!
dodger46 Splendid Nov 19, 2011 4,837 1 24,960 Jun 12, 2014 #2 Louis McCawley : As it say windows isnt recognised by bios. I have changed bios settings! Need much more info. What PC? What are you trying to do? New build? Upgrading? Repairing? Upvote 0 Downvote
Louis McCawley : As it say windows isnt recognised by bios. I have changed bios settings! Need much more info. What PC? What are you trying to do? New build? Upgrading? Repairing?
L Louis McCawley Honorable Feb 9, 2014 53 0 10,640 Jun 12, 2014 #3 new build. amd fx 6300, r9270x msi mobo 1terabyte seagate barracuda hardrive Upvote 0 Downvote
dodger46 Splendid Nov 19, 2011 4,837 1 24,960 Jun 12, 2014 #4 Louis McCawley : new build. amd fx 6300, r9270x msi mobo 1terabyte seagate barracuda hardrive Try switching to Legacy Boot in BIOS. Which MSI mobo? Upvote 0 Downvote
Louis McCawley : new build. amd fx 6300, r9270x msi mobo 1terabyte seagate barracuda hardrive Try switching to Legacy Boot in BIOS. Which MSI mobo?
dodger46 Splendid Nov 19, 2011 4,837 1 24,960 Jun 13, 2014 #6 Louis McCawley : 970A G43 Presume you tried this? Upvote 0 Downvote
L Louis McCawley Honorable Feb 9, 2014 53 0 10,640 Jun 13, 2014 #8 so how does legacy mode work Upvote 0 Downvote
dodger46 Splendid Nov 19, 2011 4,837 1 24,960 Jun 13, 2014 #9 Louis McCawley : so how does legacy mode work Usually allows booting by old style BIOS as opposed to UEFI, but I think in this case it only applies to USB devices and DVD drive shouldn't be affected. Try setting defaults, F6 once you're in Setup/BIOS Upvote 0 Downvote
Louis McCawley : so how does legacy mode work Usually allows booting by old style BIOS as opposed to UEFI, but I think in this case it only applies to USB devices and DVD drive shouldn't be affected. Try setting defaults, F6 once you're in Setup/BIOS
L Louis McCawley Honorable Feb 9, 2014 53 0 10,640 Jun 13, 2014 #10 just reset to defaults and it hasn't made a difference Upvote 0 Downvote
dodger46 Splendid Nov 19, 2011 4,837 1 24,960 Jun 13, 2014 #11 Seems you're not the only one to have problems installing Win8 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1898976/windows-msi-970a-g43-motherboard.html Upvote 0 Downvote
Seems you're not the only one to have problems installing Win8 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1898976/windows-msi-970a-g43-motherboard.html
L Louis McCawley Honorable Feb 9, 2014 53 0 10,640 Jun 13, 2014 #12 yep.. all thats missing is a solution Upvote 0 Downvote
dodger46 Splendid Nov 19, 2011 4,837 1 24,960 Jun 13, 2014 #13 Perhaps best start a new thread entitled 'Need help installing Windows 8 on MSI 970A G43' then list what you've tried so far... Upvote 0 Downvote
Perhaps best start a new thread entitled 'Need help installing Windows 8 on MSI 970A G43' then list what you've tried so far...