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Yeah I know. If things were okay, it should have just worked the very first time I installed it (In the black slots) but it didn't, hence this whole thread. I put the mobo serial number in asus support website and it still has two years warranty although my friend has had it for about a year which is nice. I think it came with 3 years warranty. How is the RMA process with ASUS? Haven't done it myself before. Smooth and seamless?It should in theory work in either gray or black channels, but some board are picky with what slots work when only 2 of 4 are populated. The manual reccomends the gray slots for 2 dims.
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How is the RMA process with ASUS? Haven't done it myself before. Smooth and seamless?
Make sure only the boot drive is installed. Disconnect other drives.It has been some time I know, but my friend received the replacement mobo. I found time to re-build his machine today. It worked right away with no problems. So that's good at least. However, when I tried to installed windows 10, it wouldn't let me. The windows logo will appear and the dots will start circling and it will freeze there. I tried different USB ports. I suspected this has to do with secure boot and UEFI mode so I played with that in the BIOS but it didn't help. You can choose between other OS or windows UEFI mode. I used both but it didn't work. I think if I make a new bootable flash drive and select windows UEFI mode, it will work. I don't know how old the flash drive I used.
What else could be a reason for not being able to boot into a bootable windows media?
It has been some time I know, but my friend received the replacement mobo. I found time to re-build his machine today. It worked right away with no problems. So that's good at least. However, when I tried to installed windows 10, it wouldn't let me. The windows logo will appear and the dots will start circling and it will freeze there. I tried different USB ports. I suspected this has to do with secure boot and UEFI mode so I played with that in the BIOS but it didn't help. You can choose between other OS or windows UEFI mode. I used both but it didn't work. I think if I make a new bootable flash drive and select windows UEFI mode, it will work. I don't know how old the flash drive I used.
What else could be a reason for not being able to boot into a bootable windows media?
^^do that, on a new/different usb. did you use ms's creation tool?make a new bootable flash drive
In windows you can convert to gpt but you will lose data. All disks are now gpt but I see the system reserved and recovery partitions present in my OS drive as drive letters although they shouldn't be. I have never seen this before. And it only happened after I used the gpt header recovery feature.I would reinstall and unplug the other drive. MBR only supports up to 2tb, that's why you see all the other drive letters. Also, you don't have to use external software to convert MBR to GPT. You can do it in Windows.
Install on OS drive, get things going well under GPT and then hookup the other drive and use disk management to enable it as gpt.
Not true. I've converted my drive a couple of times with no data loss.In windows you can convert to gpt but you will lose data. All disks are now gpt but I see the system reserved and recovery partitions present in my OS drive as drive letters although they shouldn't be. I have never seen this before. And it only happened after I used the gpt header recovery feature.
remember how we said to disconnect other drives? it probably saw the old one was mbr and just rolled with it.I'm surprised we are this late in the game and my windows installation will default to MBR. Why?
Well, I already converted now. I was referring to the diskpart tool when I said you will lose data. Didn't know about this new mbr-to-gpt tool. If you search in google how to convert to gpt without losing data, you will get results showing the use of external software. You learn a thing everyday. The question now is how to hide the system and recovery partitions so that the user don't mess with them.Not true. I've converted my drive a couple of times with no data loss.
If I recall correctly, this is how I did it.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/mbr-to-gpt
Maybe, but supposedly both disks weren't initialized because it is a new build with new fresh disks.remember how we said to disconnect other drives? it probably saw the old one was mbr and just rolled with it.
The installer will see both drives. When it does it puts crap all over both. That's why I only put the boot drive in during fresh install. Afterwards I hook up the additional drive and enable/initialize with disk management in Windows.Maybe, but supposedly both disks weren't initialized because it is a new build with new fresh disks.
I can't agree more with you because that is what happened in this case. I now fully understand why you said disconnect all other drives. Thanks.The installer will see both drives. When it does it puts crap all over both. That's why I only put the boot drive in during fresh install. Afterwards I hook up the additional drive and enable/initialize with disk management in Windows.
You really should just blow things away and start over. Windows installs go pretty quickly.I can't agree more with you because that is what happened in this case. I now fully understand why you said disconnect all other drives. Thanks.
So other than starting all over again, do you know of a way to get rid of the system and recovery partitions being visible in My PC? I might just leave it as is and call it a day but I'm afraid he will accidentally delete files from them which will ruin his system and make him call me for support.