New 1700X X470 Gaming Plus and Windows woes

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I can't get past the "missing drivers issue" when trying to install windows 10 on a new system

What is confusing is that I've dd'd the windows 10 image to a USB drive of 32GB in size (I wonder if that could be the issue) and it boots just fine but it gets stuck looking for drivers, I've never seen this before on any intel system I've built.

I'm not sure what to do.

I created the image using RUFUS on a windows 10 vm using VirtualBox on my mac passing the drive to the VM to no avail.

on the X470 side under windows settings it's set to windows mode UEFI non CSM.

Has anyone else had this before? I looked at the drivers/support section and couldn't find a driver.

Setup is as follows:

X470 Gaming Plus
1700X
32GB ddr4 3200 ram
Sandisk Extreme pro 1TB NVMe gumstick
RX580


****** SOLUTION *****
For future readers the solution was to disable UEFI in my bios and then the USB key I created with Rufus in the VirtualBo windows VM (created using the same ISO i was trying to boot off of) worked
 
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I received a error called NDIS issue during a clean install using a 64gb USB drive. It seemed related to my onboard WIFI, I never did get around it at the time. But I did get the current driver later for the Intel WIFI and thought if I did a clean install I could load it during setup. I dont know if this relates to your situation but good luck, Windows 10 is a bitch.
 
I've done several AMD Windows 10 clean installs on PC's without driver issues. I always download the latest AMD AM4 chipset driver and I would download your RX580 driver. From your boards support page you can get your audio and lan drivers. Put the drivers on a usb stick, install Windows without your ethernet or wireless connected (this prevents windows from searching for drivers}. Install the drivers from the usb stick. Your device manager shouldn't have any missing drivers at this point. Finally plug in the ethernet go to settings and run Windows Update.
 
To be able to install Windows 10 then boot should be GPT initialized.I guess just google it and give it a shot.I have same motherboard hope it helps.
Also just to be clear.The windows install stops and a box windows setup comes up and asked for select the driver to install and then another pop up with browse,Ok,cancel.Anyway I seen this on intel and AMD but mostly with trying to install Raid.
Plug the USB flash drive (in one USB2.0 port on the back panel)
M2_1 supports only M.2_NVMe drives and Sata 1 slot will not work when NVME drive plugged in.
 
Yeah the NVMe drive is the only storage installed other than the usb I’m trying to boot from.

I’ll try formatting the drive with GPT and putting the stick in the usb2.0 slots.

I knew it must be related to the NVMe drive and not the usb sticks — the curious thing is though I can go into the system recovery part and via diskpart see the NVMe drive just fine.

I’ll also disconnect the Ethernet if that helps
 
I probably misread your post. Your saying the install gets stuck 'Looking for drivers' ?...………………...The best solution would be to create your Win 10 install usb on a PC if you have access to one. I'd be happy to make you one and send it to you.
 
I really appreciate the responses and the offer mothman

In a stroke of luck I read a stack Overflow article suggesting to try installing in legacy mode disabling all UEFI and it worked. It found everything. The installer even found the m2 NVMe ssd and partitioned it. I’m doing burn in tests now.

I usually like to understand at fundamental levels what’s going on but this whole this is so baffling. I haven’t built a PC in years. I guess I’m rusty.

What do I lose being in none uefi mode?
 
You shouldn't have had any problem installing with Secure Boot set to 'Windows UEFI' mode with CSM disabled. Do you happen to any other drives besides the nVME hooked up ?...…….I'll bet your VM created a Legacy Bios install usb. UEFI with GPT partition table boots faster and is more secure than legacy. Regardless of which boot method UEFI GPT or Legacy MBR once the OS is running there's basically no difference in performance.
 
What version of windows 10 are you trying to install, not 1903 by chance? Reason I ask, is because when it was released, it was blocking usb drives, and this could be an extension of that issue.. if so, you may have just found the work around.
 
I can't get past the "missing drivers issue" when trying to install windows 10 on a new system

What is confusing is that I've dd'd the windows 10 image to a USB drive of 32GB in size (I wonder if that could be the issue) and it boots just fine but it gets stuck looking for drivers, I've never seen this before on any intel system I've built.

I'm not sure what to do.

I created the image using RUFUS on a windows 10 vm using VirtualBox on my mac passing the drive to the VM to no avail.

on the X470 side under windows settings it's set to windows mode UEFI non CSM.

Has anyone else had this before? I looked at the drivers/support section and couldn't find a driver.

Setup is as follows:

X470 Gaming Plus
1700X
32GB ddr4 3200 ram
Sandisk Extreme pro 1TB NVMe gumstick
RX580

I recommend downloading the Windows 10 Media Creation tool, using that to create the usb installer and installing from that.
 
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