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MSI Z77A-GD65: From Windows to ML in Pictures

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Going Bald

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First, to avoid power management problems, go to http://biosrepo.wordpress.com/faq/ (thanks again, samisnake), download a patched BIOS and flash your board.
Boot your Windows machine and procede:
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Then go to your new PC Mac - for this I am using a test setup - stilll researching a case to meet my needs with this board/CPU.
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So, with the iBoot-Ivy-Bidge in the DVD-RW and the SL retail DVD handy, boot it up to BIOS and make our settings.
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Save and exit and continue boot.
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HOLY COW !!! That's insane !!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Well, I don't have a camera to do movies for youtube, so I used my Canon SLR.
 
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Thanks for this, I used it to get my Msi z77a-gd65 and i5 3570k running rock solid. Only wakes with power button though, but apart from that it works great.
Thanks again.
 
spacetoilet said:
Thanks for this, I used it to get my Msi z77a-gd65 and i5 3570k running rock solid. Only wakes with power button though, but apart from that it works great.
Thanks again.
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One of those pages in the BIOS where you can set the "wake on.." settings has a wake on USB device IIRC that you can enable for using mouse/kb to wake it. I always use the control key.
 
Going Bald said:
One of those pages in the BIOS where you can set the "wake on.." settings has a wake on USB device IIRC that you can enable for using mouse/kb to wake it. I always use the control key.
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Got it! But I think the custom hotkey option is for ps2 only.
I do have one more niggle I found, it has only happened twice so far but sometimes on a reboot the keyboard wont work until I unplug and plug back in again.
It's USB 2.0 in one of the mobo main back ports.
 
spacetoilet said:
Got it! But I think the custom hotkey option is for ps2 only.
I do have one more niggle I found, it has only happened twice so far but sometimes on a reboot the keyboard wont work until I unplug and plug back in again.
It's USB 2.0 in one of the mobo main back ports.
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Use the 2 USB ports next to the PS2 socket for your mouse/KB. I put the KB on the one closest to the board and the mouse next to the PS2 socket. Never had a problem with either.

Main problem I have right now is a system lockup if I plug in a USB3.0 HDD, and a boot hang if I try to boot with the USB3.0 drive already connected, to either of the ports next to the network port.
 
Is it possible to do this using a thumb drive with iBoot instead of burning it to a CD?
 
Shffl said:
Is it possible to do this using a thumb drive with iBoot instead of burning it to a CD?
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Same question here
can this be done with just a thumb drive instead of a DVD?
Do we really need to install snow leopard and then upgrade to mountain lion, or we can go straight to 10.8?
everything works with this board?
 
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