Viglen Vig860S Installation Manual

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Windows® 7 Installation and PCIE RAID Setup Guide

Operating System(s) Support:

The Vig860S motherboard is officially approved for Windows 10 for 6th and 7th gen Processors.
Windows 7 is supported for 6th gen process only.

Please note, there is no support of windows 7 operating system for 7th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM)
processor family (Codename Kaby Lake).

7th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) processor family (Codename Kaby Lake)

 Microsoft Windows* 10-64

6th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) processor family (codename Skylake)

 Microsoft Windows* 7-64
 Microsoft Windows* 8.1-64
 Microsoft Windows* 10-64

Microsoft support policies with updated Windows 7 & 8.1 guidelines.

Supported Windows Versions

Kaby Lake (Intel 7th Generation Core processors)

Windows 10 ONLY

Skylake (Intel 6th Generation Core processors)

Windows 7, 8.1,10

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Windows® 7 and USB driver installation

Based on the chipset specification, the Vig860S motherboard requires USB 3.0 drivers to be preloaded
in order to use USB keyboard/mouse during Windows® 7 installation. This section is a guide on
preloading USB 3.0 drivers and installing Windows® 7.

Method 1: Using SATA ODD & USB devices

Load the USB driver using the ASUS support DVD and install Windows® 7 using a USB device.

Requirement:

• 1 x EZ_Installer_Windows 7_V1.03.10

• 1 x Windows® 7 installation DVD

• 1 x Working system (PC)

• 1 x SATA ODD

• 1 x USB storage device (8 GB or more)

 The USB storage device requires 8 GB or more capacity. It is recommended to format the
Storage device before use.

 If you want to install Windows® 7 64-bit UEFI mode, use both a USB ODD and a SATA

ODD.

1. Insert the Windows® 7 installation DVD into a USB ODD, or copy all files on the Windows® 7
installation DVD to a USB storage device on a working system.

2. Connect the USB ODD or USB storage device to your system.

3. Insert the ASUS support DVD into a SATA ODD on your system.

4. Power on your system and press F8 during POST (Power-On Self-Test) to enter the boot
screen.

5. Select the USB ODD or USB storage device as the boot device.

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Figure 1 – Boot Device Menu

6. The USB driver will be loaded automatically during installation start-up.

Figure 2 – Windows start-up screen

The “Setup is starting...” screen will show up if the USB driver is loaded correctly.

7. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the Windows® 7 installation.

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Method 2: Using a modified Windows® 7 ISO

Load the USB driver and install Windows® 7 using a modified Windows® 7 installation DVD.
Requirement:

• 1 x EZ_Installer_Windows 7_V1.03.10

• 1 x Windows® 7 installation source

• 1 x Working system (PC)

• 1 x SATA ODD

1. On your working system, create an ISO image file of the Windows® 7 installation source using a
third-party ISO software.

2. Copy both “Auto_Unattend.xml” and “Auto_Unattend” folder from the root directory of the Driver
DVD to your system.

3. Edit the ISO file and add both “Auto_Unattend.xml” and “Auto_Unattend” folder into the ISO file.

4. Burn this ISO file onto an empty DVD to create a modified Windows® 7 installation DVD.

5. Insert the modified Windows® 7 installation DVD into an ODD on your system.

6. Power on your system and press F8 during POST (Power-On Self-Test) to enter the boot screen.

7. Select the ODD as the boot device.

8. The USB driver will be loaded automatically during installation start-up.

The “Setup is starting...” screen will show up if the USB driver is loaded correctly

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Method 3: Using ASUS EZ Installer

Use the ASUS EZ Installer Utility to create a modified Windows® 7 installation source.

Requirement:

• 1 x EZ_Installer_Windows 7_V1.03.10

• 1 x Windows® 7 installation DVD

• 1 x Working system (PC)

• 1 x SATA ODD

• 1 x USB storage device (8 GB or more)

1. Insert the Windows® 7 installation DVD.

2. Launch the ASUS EZ Installer located under Drivers\Windows 7 Installation Guide folder on Driver DVD and
FTP link for the drivers.

3. Select a method of creating a modified Windows® 7 installation file:

Windows® 7 OS disk to USB storage device

a) Select Windows 7 OS disk to USB storage device then click Next.

Figure 3

b) Check I agree and then click Next

Figure 4