Asus N76 UEFI - W7 64 Install Hangs on Logo (DVD UEFI Boot)

[rwx]

I am sorry Shane, this part sounded like you were facing the same issue as me:

I have the same issue. Win 7 boot loader appears then just stops. Win 7 is supposed to be UEFI capable. I'm stuck. All I know is I want Win 8 gone. Any help you can offer is appreciated.

Ok, back to the real problem now. If the Setup insists on MBR then: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/26203-convert-gpt-disk-mbr-disk.html

I don't see any other way.

 

[ShaneCurtis]

@rwx no my issue is the same issue as the one who started this post "Can't do a UEFI Boot of Win 7. Boot Loader loads then just stops never even gets into setup"

 

[gregrocker]

He says he wants to try UEFI, but has never confirmed he has a UEFI BIOS, whether Win8 came preinstalled (also requiring disabling Secure Boot), or whether he's following the steps to install to UEFI which he says he doesn't need.

 

[ShaneCurtis]

i would not be in this thread if my situation was not exactly identical. Yes have Win 8 Yes have UEFI capable firmware. Yes have disabled secure boot and so on and so on. Even have an Asus just like the person who started this thread any more obvious questions you'd like me to waste time answering?

 

[rwx]

@rwx no my issue is the same issue as the one who started this post "Can't do a UEFI Boot of Win 7. Boot Loader loads then just stops never even gets into setup"

Hi Shane, I am the one that started the thread but I never resolved that problem. I never successfully installed Windows 7 in UEFI mode. The moment the Windows logo appears, the animation of the logo freezes. I don't know if the problem we are facing is shared among other laptop models. I just wanted Windows 7 on my PC one way or the other (UEFI or BIOS) and since I had enough failures with UEFI, I was lucky enough to find a way to enable legacy BIOS which worked as expected. My disk is MBR.

 

[ShaneCurtis]

@rwx Yes same with me I hate Win 8 and just want it gone. They are not giving us a choice. All the available laptops are Win 8 so I bought it figuring it would be fairly straightforward to downgrade, wrong. I chose Asus cause they had the Win 7 drivers available. I think I'm just gonna have to wipe the hard drive and do MBR. It's too bad cause Asus was even smart enough to partition my hard drive for me so I got C OS and D Data which is something I do to all my machines by default. Was surprised to see it had already been done for me.

 

[rwx]

Once I enabled Legacy BIOS, my UEFI laptop behaves exactly as my BIOS based one but it would be good to know if someone actually finds a way with UEFI. I have a feeling the UEFI setup utility will need updating but could be wrong. I personally wouldn't do it because with Legacy BIOS, it just works the way I wanted it.

By the way, if your laptop is exactly the same model as mine, it probably came with 5400RMP HD.

I bought a new HD because the original was too slow. With the old HD, my new laptop ran slower than the old one because of the HD and my old one had a 7200RMP HD.

 

[ShaneCurtis]

I have Asus R704A-RH51. Not worried so fair about the hard drive. My laptop isn't my primary computer. I prefer a desktop to a laptop. The laptop is for when I don't wanna be stuck in my room and wanna watch TV or something while I'm on the computer. But yeah 5400 RPM is noticibly slow.

 

[gregrocker]

rwx, what are your exact settings for Legacy BIOS and Compatibility Support Module? Provide camera snaps as screenshots if possible.

Did you reset BIOS to defaults before making sure both of those settings are disabled? Does the UEFI DVD choice then appear in BIOS Boot Priority listings? Can we see a screenshot of those too?

If not did you try flash stick method to see if it will appear in the boot list, either in BIOS setup itself or using the one-time BIOS Boot menu key? UEFI Bootable USB Flash Drive - Create in Windows

Because you have been nice and patient I will work with you to resolve this as best possible. Did you originally decide to Bypass UEFI to Install WIn7?

 

[ShaneCurtis]

I think I'm just gonna convert the drive to MBR and do a BIOS install and persue this UEFI stuff as a project. I have the software from MS to recreate my Win 7 DVD and some pretty good instructions so we'll just see what happens. I have to clone my drive first before I do the install. Just a CMA messure. I have downloaded the drivers. If I solve the boot problem I will let you know. My settings are Secure Boot Disabled Fast Boot Disabled and CMS Disabled.

 

[theog]

CSM would need to be ENABLED, & set to UEFI or Legacy.

 

[ShaneCurtis]

CSM is used for compatability with older ROMs but if your want to boot using UEFI then you disable it. In other words, CSM Enabled means legacy CSM disabled means UEFI.

 

[ShaneCurtis]

I Think I Figured It Out

Hi Guys
I think I figured out the issue of Booting Win 7 using UEFI and GPT. I was preparing to convert my GPT drive back to MBR. I went to Admin Tools and began trying to delete the partitions and such. It allowed me to delete drive D, my Data drive but would not let me delete the others. OK no problem boot the windows dvd and do the rest from there.

When I prepared to boot I noticed something odd on my boot menu, options to boot the cd both CSM and UEFI. Just to see what would happen I picked the UEFI option expecting that it would hang. It DIDN'T. Setup started and I was allowed to select a partition to install Win 7. No warnings about it being GPT. When I selected drive C it said that the partitions were in the wrong order. I deleted them and allowed Windows to recreate them. The install is currently running but is looking good.

Long story short, I think the answer to running Win 7 in UEFI mode is that there has to be unallocated space on the target drive. This is the only thing that was different this time. I know it doesn't make sense but it appears to work. I will keep everyone posted.

 

[ShaneCurtis]

I Think I Figured It Out

Hi Guys
I think I figured out the issue of Booting Win 7 using UEFI and GPT. I was preparing to convert my GPT drive back to MBR. I went to Admin Tools and began trying to delete the partitions and such. It allowed me to delete drive D, my Data drive but would not let me delete the others. OK no problem boot the windows dvd and do the rest from there.

When I prepared to boot I noticed something odd on my boot menu, options to boot the cd both CSM and UEFI. Just to see what would happen I picked the UEFI option expecting that it would hang. It DIDN'T. Setup started and I was allowed to select a partition to install Win 7. No warnings about it being GPT. When I selected drive C it said that the partitions were in the wrong order. I deleted them and allowed Windows to recreate them. The install is currently running but is looking good.

Long story short, I think the answer to running Win 7 in UEFI mode is that there has to be unallocated space on the target drive. This is the only thing that was different this time. I know it doesn't make sense but it appears to work. I will keep everyone posted.

 

[gregrocker]

Which is why I told you 17 hours ago:

You may have to delete all partitions to get it to reinstall correctly, but in that case you can make Recovery media first - which I would do anyway to have a secondary backup. You can also save a System image of Win8 to use in place of Factory Recovery.

 

[ShaneCurtis]

It Worked

The install has completed. It appears to have worked quite well. I am now running Win7 Professional with GPT on my laptop. So cool. Now have to install drivers but it's cool. So the short answer to booting Win 7 using UEFI and using GPT is that there has to be unallocated space on the drive .

 

[gregrocker]

Next time follow the steps given instead of acting snotty. You'd have had it installed yesterday.

 

[rwx]

Hi Guys
I think I figured out the issue of Booting Win 7 using UEFI and GPT. I was preparing to convert my GPT drive back to MBR. I went to Admin Tools and began trying to delete the partitions and such. It allowed me to delete drive D, my Data drive but would not let me delete the others. OK no problem boot the windows dvd and do the rest from there.

When I prepared to boot I noticed something odd on my boot menu, options to boot the cd both CSM and UEFI. Just to see what would happen I picked the UEFI option expecting that it would hang. It DIDN'T. Setup started and I was allowed to select a partition to install Win 7. No warnings about it being GPT. When I selected drive C it said that the partitions were in the wrong order. I deleted them and allowed Windows to recreate them. The install is currently running but is looking good.

Long story short, I think the answer to running Win 7 in UEFI mode is that there has to be unallocated space on the target drive. This is the only thing that was different this time. I know it doesn't make sense but it appears to work. I will keep everyone posted.

But that doesn't make sense? Sorry I don't understand. You see, the initialization of Windows setup does not have any relation to how your HD is partitioned!

- You put the DVD in your DVD drive
- Restart the computer and boot into UEFI mode
- You get the message "Windows is loading files...." with the black background and white progress bar on the bottom - which happens to be copying the WIM file in RAM
- The moment that disappears, the animated Windows logo appears on screen for about 3 seconds and while the logo animates itself, literally, the logo animation freezes and game over. You can't even enter setup

How is that related to how your HD is partitioned? It does not make any sense. It's totally unrelated.

 

[ShaneCurtis]

I didn't follow your directions cause you didn't address my question and you're the one who started with the smart mouth attitude

 

[rwx]

Shane, I am sorry if that's the way you saw it and I apologize as I did not mean it like that, all I did is try to help you by providing you with the instructions that worked for me.

As far as other posters have suggested "diskpart" or whatever, I refuse to follow those instructions because I know better and I am saying those instructions are illogical to my siutiation. I even took the HD out and put a fresh new one and I had the same problem. Windows 7 setup will not load in UEFI mode.

Either way, I found a way to enable legacy BIOS mode and this avoids all the issues I had.