Broadwell E

[Chalenge]

They just changed it so the default installation is DX9.

Windows 7 has to have the latest BIOS for your MB and it has to support UEFI. The Windows 7 SP1 x64 DVD will boot in UEFI mode and only then will it work, but you're right Windows 10 is boom, one and done.

[Skuzzy]

I have never had a problem with UEFI support in Windows 7, but like Chalenge said, you have to make sure the BIOS support is solid.

[MADe]

do I know it. every body and his brother was able to use w7 in uefi. just not me!

1st was this error,
cx8004242.
W7 would not install to the 100MB efi partition it created. error reflects a to small size......................... ..
using diskpart to create the GPT scheme was the workaround. made my own efi partition at 260MB, windows install will start.

2nd error was this,

stop: c0000218 {Registry File Failure}
the registry cannot load hive (file):\Systemroot\System32\config\system or its log or alternate.
its corrupt, absent or not writable.

This occurred after initial unpack, 1st reboot this BSOD pops at windows gui screen. So it will not finish install. Could not get around it.
Mobo has updated FW and is CSM ready. yada yada yada
I know its not the usb sticks cuz I made the w10 stick as well.

weird thing as well. I had bought another w7 key so as to be legal. it activated this w10 install????????????????????????
W10 what an eye candy cluster fuuccc. more useless junk jeez
who's got the w10 component services list for disablement?

[Pudgie]

My biggest issue w\ Win 10 HP at the time I tried to install it on my box was device driver initialization after OS install and probably the USB initialization during POST issue as well.

I just might wait until AMD's Zen CPU's come out then build a full AMD box ( I still have my XFX Radeon BE R9 290X vid card to use)then try to install Win 10 on it and see how it goes then.

Hope all is working well for you now.

 

[MADe]

Yes Pudg ty it all functioning well with w10.
Drivers were no issue, only issue I have now is disabling crap. CORTANA for instance, I turned off everything and it still takes ram. MS has some bloat you cannot uninstall. The only way to disable updates is with the component services option. pita.

I believe theres something running in background that's causing an occasional Frame rate drop/freeze. Last night I disabled everything in AH 3 DX11, card profile is all 3d app setting or off. Ran 2048 text.This high end machine still balks occasionally. GTX 1070 with 8GB of DDR5........................
Some of this is internet lag, but I think theres something more happening.

Either way this pc is state of the art, it should eat AH code np................