drumlin Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 This is one of those noob questions. I'm so accustomed to simply sticking the Windows DVD installer in and setting things in motion and not thinking much about it. With the Hackintoshing stuff there's much talk about the now-common UEFI systems, and so I've learned that Win 7 can be installed for UEFI with current motherboards. Must Windows be installed for UEFI if a dual-boot system is the desired end result? Each OS would be on its own SSD. The motherboard is the Asus Z97-AR, and my working Windows installation wasn't done for UEFI. Would rather not re-install if not needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nawcom Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 UEFI can bootstrap hard disks in a legacy BIOS mode or EFI mode individually as set in the UEFI settings (usually listed as a Compatibility Support Module or CSM in there) so if the OSs are on separate hard drives then there's nothing to worry about. It's usually enabled by default; there shouldn't be any need to tinker with things in there. Also FYI can use Clover as the bootloader in legacy BIOS mode without issues as well if you wanted to. I personally don't bootstrap any of my hard drives in EFI mode even though my motherboard uses UEFI. You're all good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patelbros Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 My Board too supports UEFI but I am sticking to Legacy Boot as it is easy to manage and my BIOS too is happy about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meaposte Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Hi Guys, I have an Asus Z97-AR everything went ok except the audio, realtek ALC892 chipset I used [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] yosemite installation, checked realtek ALC892 on [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] post-installation settings, I had tried lot of kexts without luck can you help me please thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Hi Guys, I have an Asus Z97-AR everything went ok except the audio, realtek ALC892 chipset I used [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] yosemite installation, checked realtek ALC892 on [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] post-installation settings, I had tried lot of kexts without luck can you help me please thanks 1 - We don't use/give support for Tonymac tools. 2 - You use "kext-dev-mode=1" boot args? 3 - Try VoodooHDA.kext Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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