ASRock A520M Motherboard: Windows 7 won't boot

[SparkyNZ]

I just bought a new ASRock A520M motherboard+cpu. My SSD drive is detected in SATA Port 1 (in setup) but I cannot get it to boot.

The SSD has Windows 7 x64 installed on it. It just won't even try to boot - the motherboard just goes straight back to the BIOS/Setup screen.

I've tried F11 and Del on startup but no difference.

In Advanced->Storage, I tried enabling CSM, tried various combinations of UEFI/Legacy settings but I still can't get it to boot. I might be doing something wrong though because CSM is automatically disabled again after it fails to boot so I may need some detailed guidance on this.

I tried the Windows 10 SSD from my laptop - that boots fine. It just won't boot Windows 7 and that OS has all of my apps that I use. I don't really want to reinstall with Windows 10 - some of the apps probably won't run on Windows 10.

Can somebody please help me with getting Windows 7 to boot.

 

[SilVER DRaGoN]

I am no expert on this but I have a pc with the msi a520m mb in it & I was unable to get it working with win 7.
I ended up bunging win 10 on it & only use it as a backup machine.

As I understand, there are currently no drivers for this mb for win7.
I was able to update my win7 iso to overcome the usb3 / mouse/ keyboard / hdd issues.
I managed to get quite far with installation but eventually failed at the last stage when it gets stuck on windows loading screen.

I considered putting an old graphics card in to see if that would work but never got around to it. lol
Hopefully someone more knowledgeable can help you.

 

[torchwood]

Hi

W7 does not include Ryzen drivers, you are going to need to slipstream them into your image
look at this thread, link for those drivers is in post #3

Update your Win 7 installation media

 

[SilVER DRaGoN]

Hi

W7 does not include Ryzen drivers, you are going to need to slipstream them into your image
look at this thread, link for those drivers is in post #3

Update your Win 7 installation media

The ryzen modded drivers are only for processors 3400g & below.
If your processor is newer than that, mine is ryzen 3 4300ge, the modded drivers still don't work. Or at least, they weren't working when I tried.
May have been developments since then though.
I might give it another try. lol

 

[BrainDamage]

Check and see if there are any Win7 drivers listed for your MOBO: ASRock > Motherboard

AFAIK the 4xx series are the last mobos with Win7 drivers, and it's been like that for a while. I suggest you take back your mobo and trade it in for an X470 or B450 (Asrock is a good choice). Make sure to check the drivers listed for your new mobo on the support website.

 

[SIW2]

ASRock 500 series mainboards CAN NOT work on win7..

Forum - [Solution] Win7 Drivers for modern AMD USB 3.0/3.1 Controllers

 

[SparkyNZ]

Yeah, I didn't realise there wouldn't be any Win7 drivers for the board so I went ahead with a clean install of Win10 instead.

I'll still be reinstalling software in a few months time..

Case closed.