ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K6 No Mouse or keyboard?

buzbybixby

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Greetings all. just booted the mobo up for the first time and have no mouse or keyboard in windows. Have keyboard in the bios but no mouse.

I imagine it may need the drivers loaded but I cant use a mouse or keyboard in Windows 7 so I am DOA.

Any help appreciated!
 


I actually had a ssd with win 7 on it. I have done this before on other motherboards and it has worked fine but so far not on the z170. Even tried the usb ports on my monitor but no go on the mouse and KB
 
SO I read through the Asrock directions but it mainly focuses on how to install win 7 with the usb driver but I already have win 7 installed, does this mean I need to reinstall win 7 using the usb driver or is there a way to get the usb drivers working with my already instaslled win 7?
 
The problem is Microsoft is trying to encourage Windows 10 use, and making it difficult in Skylake to install Win 7.

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/3h8vk0/build_help_installing_windows_7_on_skylake_z170/
 


Amazing timing I was reading that tread as you posted, lol
So reading through it is pretty disconnected on a solution. Has anyone found a simpler solution more recently?
 


actually windows 7 was out of support when 100 series came out. but the mobo manufacturer was nice enough to have instruction on how to install windows 7 on the new board.