Need help with case airflow setup

[Deleted member 217926]

As someone else just pointed out in another thread you may also have problems getting your USB ports to work while installing Windows 7 assuming that's a Skylake build. I don't see your specs listed.

 

[thenemisis2]

First of all i'm not keeping windows 7, i'm installing it then upgrading to windows 10. The USB ports seem to work as the USB is showing when connected to the port in the bios. I can't find onboard device config or anything concerning M2s in the gigabyte bios. Il fix the fan setup after I can get this windows thing going on, as for the build here it is.

-i7 6700k 4GHz
-Gigabyte Z170X-Gaming 7
-Corsair Vengeance LPX DDD4 3000MHz (8GBx2)
-Noctua NH-D15 (dual fans)
-EVGA Supernova G2 850W (80+gold)
-Sound Blaster Z sound card

-Sapphire Radeon 6950 2GB (as for now, will be GTX1080 soon)
-Windows 7 x64-bit home premium

 

[weberdarren97]

Good high quality components.

Please note that Z170 was designed for Windows 10. Please install 10 and just use your 7 license to activate 10 (yes you can do that). Windows 10 should have native support for your drive, if I'm not mistaken.

 

[Barty1884]

You can use your Windows 7 product key to activate Windows 10 (just ensure you create bootable media with the appropriate version of W10 ie Home, Pro etc).

First of all i'm not keeping windows 7, i'm installing it then upgrading to windows 10.

Please install 10 and just use your 7 license to activate 10 (yes you can do that). Windows 10 should have native support for your drive, if I'm not mistaken.

This is your easiest solution. Install 10, use your W7 key to activate. Problem (hopefully) solved.

 

[thenemisis2]

Good high quality components.

Please note that Z170 was designed for Windows 10. Please install 10 and just use your 7 license to activate 10 (yes you can do that). Windows 10 should have native support for your drive, if I'm not mistaken.

Thing is this is a clean build from scratch, no prior OS nor other drives. There's just the 950 pro, so I can't really install windows 10 because I can't even find the M2 options in the bios.

 

[weberdarren97]

Can you get to the screen for boot priority and take a picture of it (you'll have to use a camera or phone bc there is no screenshot option in BIOS)? Thanks

 

[Barty1884]

@thenemisis2 - from what you've said so far, you have the 950Pro as your Boot Priority #1, and it's shown in the BIOS.

If that's the case, your settings already sound correct (the 950Pro won't show in boot priority if you don't have the settings configured properly).

When you go to install Windows 10, the 950Pro should show up as an option. The lack of the driver is only applicable to W7, W10 it's there natively.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

The solution is in the link in my first post above. NVMe drives don't show up in BIOS like traditional SATA drives do.

Or do it the easy way. Download Windows 10 to a USB drive using the USB creation tool here:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

Unplug any other drives except the 950 Pro and install Windows 10. Activate 10 with your Windows 7 key.


Using a 512GB 950 Pro with a Gigabyte Z170X UD5 myself.

 

[thenemisis2]

The solution is in the link in my first post above. NVMe drives don't show up in BIOS like traditional SATA drives do.

Or do it the easy way. Download Windows 10 to a USB drive using the USB creation tool here:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

Unplug any other drives except the 950 Pro and install Windows 10. Activate 10 with your Windows 7 key.


Using a 512GB 950 Pro with a Gigabyte Z170X UD5 myself.

After downloading the official windows 10 usb version from the microsoft site itself then mounting it on the usb I finally could pass the windows installation. Has for the M2 section in the bios, I still couldn't find it but since it's working it is not bothering me right now. The bios I for device config looks like this:

 

[Deleted member 217926]

My BIOS are identical. Change the boot order to make the 950 Pro first. Turn fast boot on. Enjoy ~2 second Windows boot times.

Windows 8/10 features should also be on I think. Check the book to make sure of that though.

Disabling full screen logo will also save a few seconds off the POST time I believe.