05-09-2013 12:48 PM - last edited on 03-06-2024 09:09 PM by ROGBot
05-09-2013 02:03 PM
05-09-2013 03:33 PM
05-10-2013 02:18 AM
05-10-2013 06:09 AM
Rift wrote:
Hey Nodens I followed the first part where it shows yu how to use disks art to clean the drive. Unfortunately no go. It always just creates two partitions.
apocalypzez wrote:
I used parted magic to restore ssd performance.
And regarding GPT partition and UEFI boot guide, first thing is to make sure your GPU/s has the required UEFI BIOS (I got it from evga upon requesting them personally via email), after that just disable CSM and use other OS under secured boot. Also enable fast boot under boot menu and if you using raid make sure you have the OROM message as keep current, coz your raid menu should appear inside bios once CSM disabled (these process will help you get that extra boot speed, especially during bios post) nd just follow the windows 8 prompt....!! Would be straight forward. However I used the modded 1707 BIOS with 12.6 RAID OROM but overall sequence should be the same.
Good luck
05-10-2013 09:56 AM
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05-10-2013 03:06 PM
Nodens wrote:
You don't need to do this on TRIM supporting drives. Unless you want to bench the drive. Otherwise you're just reducing its life by incurring unnecessary writes all across the drive.
If there is no UEFI GOP firmware for the video card, it doesn't matter as you can keep CSM on, with UEFI first suboptions. You won't get the spped improvement in booting but if your video card has no UEFI GOP for it out yet thats all you can do.
Keep current is not needed or suggested. There is no OROM loaded at all so it would affect nothing at all. Unless your array has an issue. With keep current you won't see it while booting. So it's a bad idea.
Also you can't disable CSM entirely if you're installing Win7.
12.6 OROM is entirely irrelevant to this process and in fact if you install in UEFI mode, it's not even used so there's no point, AT ALL, flashing a modded UEFI image with it.
05-10-2013 07:15 PM
feniks wrote:
you don't need to convert anything or clean anything. just go to BIOS and disable the CSM, then boot to Win8 EFI installation media (F8 at boot up, select "UEFI: DVD/USB media") and in installer select the destination drive, delete all partitions (so it stays empty), then make it install on that empty drive. win8 will take care of everything and prep GPT layout.