Help: Windows 10 ISO and MOBO Flash

[Tgunz019]

Hey all... While on COVID-19 lockdown I decided to build my first gaming PC. I have been a traditional Xbox gamer but wanted to move away from the Xbox explore the PC Gaming world. 

 

Running into a problem with loading Windows 10... DRIVERS.

1. I create the USB ISO on my MacBook and can get the USB ISO to boot

2. Won't instal because there are no drivers

 

I'm wondering if I need to flash my Tomahawk B450 MAX to get this PC working. Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

[urmoshin]

What do you mean by there are no drivers?

[Kilrah]

You should not need any specific drivers. Need more info.

[Tgunz019]

I plug the windows 10 USB ISO in and boot up, smash F11, and can select the USB drive. Then Windows 10 installer loads - I select the language and hit next but after than point the installer says there aren't any drivers and I can't continue the installation. 

 

I'll get a picture and post here when I can break away from the WFH desk in a few. 

[Guest]

Do you see your storage drive in BIOS? Sounds like it's either not seeing the drive or the storage controller.

[Guest]

Maybe the install ISO is corrupt? It is a good idea to re download and burn the ISO to the thumb drive again.

[Tgunz019]

I see the storage and I am re-burning the ISO now.

[Tgunz019]

Here is the system screen showing the CPU and Storage information - will post windows after the ISO burn is complete. 

[Kilrah]

10 minutes ago, Tgunz019 said:

the installer says there aren't any drivers

Any drives, not drivers.

 

So yeah, check your drive is correctly detected in BIOS. And say what you have as drives.

[Kilrah]

Your controller is in RAID mode. 

Either switch it to AHCI or put the RAID drivers on a USB key: https://www.amd.com/en/support/chipsets/amd-socket-am4/b450

[Tgunz019]

I switched it over to AHCI. 

[Tgunz019]

Pic 1 - Terminal Code used to create USB ISO

Pic 2 - Windows 10 installer "A media driver your computer needs is missing. THis could be a DVD, USB, or Hard Disk driver. If you have a CD, DVD, or USB flash drive with the driver on it, please insert it now. Note: If the installation media for Windows is in the DVD drive or on a USB drive, you can safely remove it for this step."

[urmoshin]

Did you use Bootcamp to create that ISO?

[Tgunz019]

No, I used bootcamp earlier and the ISO would not load on the system. I found this alternative way to create the ISO on youtube

 

[urmoshin]

2 hours ago, Tgunz019 said:

No, I used bootcamp earlier and the ISO would not load on the system. I found this alternative way to create the ISO on youtube

 

Another way to go about this - although somewhat time consuming - is to install Windows on the Mac, boot into Windows and create the ISO within Windows. I did that recently at a friends house who did not have a PC around. 

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[Kilrah]

Try the Ryzen RAID drivers then.

[Tgunz019]

ended up buying a USB ISO because I couldn't get anything to work.