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Mobo: MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING
CPU: 6700k (Skylake)
Following the master El Capitan install guide (http://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/u...upported-intel-based-pc.172672/#install_elcap)
First I followed the main guide, but after step 4, I got stuck. El Capitan had installed, but I couldn't boot up (black screen). I posted details about this in the forum (http://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/stuck-at-post-installation-probably-simple.191972/), waited, bumped, waited, but no responses. I don't know what else to do, so I chose to move on.
I reformatted my flash drive and put the Windows 7 installer on it, thinking, OK I'll just put Windows on this machine instead. But I couldn't do that. No matter what, the computer boots to Clover, and doesn't see the Windows installer USB stick.
So I'm thinking to myself: why does it keep going to Clover? Clover must be on the hard drive, and the only way I know to get it off the hard drive is to put El Capitan back on the USB stick (via Unibeast), and then as soon as I get to the first screen, go to Disk Utility so I can wipe the drive. So I put El Capitan back on the USB stick, and when I insert that USB stick into the machine and boot it, I still don't see the USB stick. I see Clover:
I have tried different USB ports on the computer. No difference.
I also went into the BIOS and changed the boot device order and put USB flash drive first. Still doesn't work. I still get to Clover (screenshot above).
Please help. I'm totally stuck now. I can't properly install El Capitan, I can't install Windows, and I can't boot to the flash drive at all. Now I'm really stuck. I'm sure it's something simple, but it's frustrating the heck out of me.
Mobo: MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING
CPU: 6700k (Skylake)
Following the master El Capitan install guide (http://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/u...upported-intel-based-pc.172672/#install_elcap)
First I followed the main guide, but after step 4, I got stuck. El Capitan had installed, but I couldn't boot up (black screen). I posted details about this in the forum (http://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/stuck-at-post-installation-probably-simple.191972/), waited, bumped, waited, but no responses. I don't know what else to do, so I chose to move on.
I reformatted my flash drive and put the Windows 7 installer on it, thinking, OK I'll just put Windows on this machine instead. But I couldn't do that. No matter what, the computer boots to Clover, and doesn't see the Windows installer USB stick.
So I'm thinking to myself: why does it keep going to Clover? Clover must be on the hard drive, and the only way I know to get it off the hard drive is to put El Capitan back on the USB stick (via Unibeast), and then as soon as I get to the first screen, go to Disk Utility so I can wipe the drive. So I put El Capitan back on the USB stick, and when I insert that USB stick into the machine and boot it, I still don't see the USB stick. I see Clover:
I have tried different USB ports on the computer. No difference.
I also went into the BIOS and changed the boot device order and put USB flash drive first. Still doesn't work. I still get to Clover (screenshot above).
Please help. I'm totally stuck now. I can't properly install El Capitan, I can't install Windows, and I can't boot to the flash drive at all. Now I'm really stuck. I'm sure it's something simple, but it's frustrating the heck out of me.