[RESOLVED, by TSD]1950x will not boot media comp.

MisterJ wrote: Thanks, Wardog.  I am sorry I mentioned W7.  I have no interest in installing W7 on my system, I only used the disk to see if it would function and it does.  Enjoy, John.

NP John.

I only pointed it out as your issue with 7 there on x399 system.

hehe, No. Not unless you ha(d)(ve) an important program that the programmers left at 7.

wardog wrote: Windows 7 you need to use: http://www.asrock.com/microsite/win7install/

Clarification:

To enable USB mice and KBs you need to use the above patcher on Windows 7.



Too, I wonder, on one of your attempts , use the SATA Floppy Image available on your MB's dl pages. RAID or otherwise.

I unzip it right to the 10 USB install stick and F6 it where it asks what drive you want to use to install to. It'll present 3 dirs, with the top one being RAID drivers pre-install.

I dl/'d the media tool last night. 1703.15063.0

Thanks, wardog.  I am nowhere close to the .wim file and I created it last week - a little down level but still W10.1703.15063.540.  I think your second comment may be the closest!  I tried enabling compatibility and could not even boot into BIOS.  I did a clear CMOS, then booted an old W7 install disk.  It went to the first install window with no problem.  Only trouble is my mouse and KB are wireless and W7 has no drivers.  If you will read my last post, I have removed everything except Monitor and power.  W10 install DVD won't boot but W7 does.  The W10 install disk boots just fine on this machine (R7).  I will quit for today but may move this optical drive to my TR machine tomorow.  Thanks and enjoy, John.

Two things come to mind..........

Only one SSD, connected to M2_1

Catch that this board has three power connections? 4-pin, 8-pin, and 24-pin?

Consider your wim used is now outdated? For TR I'd consider using the latest official 10 build released. Not one of the Preview ones.

Thanks, datonyb.  I have been doing my W10 (W7 before) installs for a long time by booting WinPE (built using ADK).  I then start a flat install (disk drive), so one of SSDs contains my install files.  The other two are new with nothing on them.  I saw the FlashBack feature, but did not want to be a pioneer.  G.Skill has some neat FlareX coming and they should (X399 TR only) be on the qualified list.  Thanks much and enjoy, John.