Enable UEFI Mode

[dalen]

Guys/gals I need some help please. I purchased a Sapphire RX 580 to extend the life of an old home-built PC. Of course in Windows 7, my detected boot environment reads : Bios. I need the UEFI environment to make this RX 580 light-up. I tested the card in another PC and it works so that eliminates the RX 580 as the problem. I don't have the $$ for a new build from scratch.

My motherboard is an MSI P67A-GD53 B3 specifically an MS 7681 Ver 2.01. The processor is an Intel I5 2500k Sandy Bridge. I have the latest MSI bios v1.19 for the board. Any bios beyond v1.19 adds support for Ivy Bridge processors so I haven't moved up further for fear of bricking my board. Presently my MSI bios interface uses Click Bios UEFI so I know the board supports at least some early version of UEFI (don't know what class though). I have an OEM version of Windows 7 64 bit with Service Pack 1.

Specifically how do I go about enabling UEFI just short of a total Win 7 reinstall? And if I have to reinstall Win 7 to use UEFI mode, how do I do it?

 

[igtaba]

You can enable or desable UEFI setting from the bios, you probably have it in legacy. And you need to do a reinstall, so do a back up and all of that

Read this: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askcore/2011/05/31/installing-windows-7-on-uefi-based-computer/
, if you're not used to this procceds like updating the bios I would recommmned that you take it to a service or something like that, coz if you f#$k up the bios update you WILL kill the motheboard.

 

[dalen]

You can enable or desable UEFI setting from the bios, you probably have it in legacy. And you need to do a reinstall, so do a back up and all of that

Read this: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askcore/2011/05/31/installing-windows-7-on-uefi-based-computer/
, if you're not used to this procceds like updating the bios I would recommmned that you take it to a service or something like that, coz if you f#$k up the bios update you WILL kill the motheboard.

 

[dalen]

I need to clarify. After reading the blog you provided - thank you by-the-way - I read the following comments. One poster stated you need Windows 7 with Service Pack 1. On my version of Windows, I installed Service Pack 1 as a later MS update. My Windows 7 DVD is the Home Premium 64 bit version from 2009. Does this mean my version won't support or can't be installed in a UEFI environment?