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try booting into osx with the osx boot drive being the only drive connected

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Hi.

 

Last night I had a hell of a trip on my computer..

 

First, some practical information:

My specs before doing anything:

 

MSI M-Power Z77 

i7 2600

Corsair Vengeance 1600Mhz RAM clocked to 1330.

GTX 780

2x 2TB drives

1x 1TB drive

1x 60GB SSD

 

Windows is installed on the SSD and all other drives are used for storage, and have been for the last 3 years.

 

What I did:
 

I installed OS X Yosemite on the SSD after formatting it. Worked perfectly. 
I formatted one of the 2TB drives in Disk Utility and set it to the GPT partition table.
Tried to install Windows from a USB on the disk. Windows fails to install because disk is not GPT??!!

Tried to run Ubuntu Live disk and format the drive, once again, with the GPT partition table. 

Ubuntu fails to format the drive due to some error.

Gparted in Ubuntu is installed. Fails to format the drive.

Windows installer fails to format the drive.

Reboot

Motherboard shows errorcodes 30,31,32,33,34,35,36,40,41, which is Early CPU Initialization and Early Memory Initialization according to the manual.

SSD with OS X no longer boots.

 

WP Microsoft. 

 

Any ideas what to do?

Running Arch with i3-gaps on a Thinkpad X1 Extreme
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First of all, please follow your threads

 

secondly, formatting the drives so there are no partitions on them. IIRC, windows can easily install on a blank hard drive, so try that.

 

as for the issue with Linux, i don't have much experience with it, but why not try the same thing (install to a blank drive)

 

after getting those errors, will the mobo still post?

CPU: AMD FX8350 @4.4GHz | MOBO: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0, 990FX chipset | RAM: 16GB (4x4) dual channel Patriot Xtreme series DDR3 @1866MHz @1.65V | GPU: Asus Radeon R9 Fury Strix| PSU: Corsair AX860i 860 watt | CPU cooling: Noctua NH-D15S + additional Noctua NF-F12 | Case:Corsair C70 Black | Storage: 3x 128GB Samsung 840 pro SSDs; 1 for the OS, 2 in RAID 0 for games. 3x WD Red 3TB HDDs in raid 5 for bulk storage | Displays: 1x Dell 3007WFP 30 inch 2560x1600 IPS LCD. 1x I-Inc IH253DPB 25 inch 1920x1080 TN LCD | Keyboard: Corsair K70 with Cherry MX brown switches + Blue LED backlight | Headphones: Sennheiser HD 280 Pro | Mouse: Logitech G600 @1100 DPI | OS: Win 10 Pro 64 bit | 

Mfg/model number: Clevo/W355SSQ | CPU: Intel i7 4710MQ @3.5GHz  | MOBO: W35xSS_370SS, HM87 Chipset | RAM: 16GB (2x8) dual channel Crucial Ballistix DDR3 @1866MHz | GPU: GTX860m 2GB Gddr5 | Battery: 76,960mW/h 8 Cell battery, 3 Hrs full on a full charge | Storage: 1x 128GB Samsung 840 pro SSD for the OS. 1x WD Red 1TB HDD For storage and games | Displays: 1x 15.6" 1080p LCD | Keyboard: Full 103 key back-lit keyboard | Mouse: Logitech M510 | OS: Win 10 Pro 64 bit |

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First of all, please follow your threads

 

secondly, formatting the drives so there are no partitions on them. IIRC, windows can easily install on a blank hard drive, so try that.

 

as for the issue with Linux, i don't have much experience with it, but why not try the same thing (install to a blank drive)

 

after getting those errors, will the mobo still post?

 

The mobo posts, not problem. The issue is that the SSD with OS X does not boot and Windows wont install to the drive. Even if I leave it without any partitions on it. If I format it with the MBR table is says it is MBR and not GPT. If I format it with the GPT table it says it is MBR and not GPT... 

Running Arch with i3-gaps on a Thinkpad X1 Extreme
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try booting into osx with the osx boot drive being the only drive connected

CPU: AMD FX8350 @4.4GHz | MOBO: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0, 990FX chipset | RAM: 16GB (4x4) dual channel Patriot Xtreme series DDR3 @1866MHz @1.65V | GPU: Asus Radeon R9 Fury Strix| PSU: Corsair AX860i 860 watt | CPU cooling: Noctua NH-D15S + additional Noctua NF-F12 | Case:Corsair C70 Black | Storage: 3x 128GB Samsung 840 pro SSDs; 1 for the OS, 2 in RAID 0 for games. 3x WD Red 3TB HDDs in raid 5 for bulk storage | Displays: 1x Dell 3007WFP 30 inch 2560x1600 IPS LCD. 1x I-Inc IH253DPB 25 inch 1920x1080 TN LCD | Keyboard: Corsair K70 with Cherry MX brown switches + Blue LED backlight | Headphones: Sennheiser HD 280 Pro | Mouse: Logitech G600 @1100 DPI | OS: Win 10 Pro 64 bit | 

Mfg/model number: Clevo/W355SSQ | CPU: Intel i7 4710MQ @3.5GHz  | MOBO: W35xSS_370SS, HM87 Chipset | RAM: 16GB (2x8) dual channel Crucial Ballistix DDR3 @1866MHz | GPU: GTX860m 2GB Gddr5 | Battery: 76,960mW/h 8 Cell battery, 3 Hrs full on a full charge | Storage: 1x 128GB Samsung 840 pro SSD for the OS. 1x WD Red 1TB HDD For storage and games | Displays: 1x 15.6" 1080p LCD | Keyboard: Full 103 key back-lit keyboard | Mouse: Logitech M510 | OS: Win 10 Pro 64 bit |

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try booting into osx with the osx boot drive being the only drive connected

You mean the SSD and not the USB with the OS X installer on? 

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If the SSD already has OSX installed on it, then why do you still need the installer USB drive??

CPU: AMD FX8350 @4.4GHz | MOBO: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0, 990FX chipset | RAM: 16GB (4x4) dual channel Patriot Xtreme series DDR3 @1866MHz @1.65V | GPU: Asus Radeon R9 Fury Strix| PSU: Corsair AX860i 860 watt | CPU cooling: Noctua NH-D15S + additional Noctua NF-F12 | Case:Corsair C70 Black | Storage: 3x 128GB Samsung 840 pro SSDs; 1 for the OS, 2 in RAID 0 for games. 3x WD Red 3TB HDDs in raid 5 for bulk storage | Displays: 1x Dell 3007WFP 30 inch 2560x1600 IPS LCD. 1x I-Inc IH253DPB 25 inch 1920x1080 TN LCD | Keyboard: Corsair K70 with Cherry MX brown switches + Blue LED backlight | Headphones: Sennheiser HD 280 Pro | Mouse: Logitech G600 @1100 DPI | OS: Win 10 Pro 64 bit | 

Mfg/model number: Clevo/W355SSQ | CPU: Intel i7 4710MQ @3.5GHz  | MOBO: W35xSS_370SS, HM87 Chipset | RAM: 16GB (2x8) dual channel Crucial Ballistix DDR3 @1866MHz | GPU: GTX860m 2GB Gddr5 | Battery: 76,960mW/h 8 Cell battery, 3 Hrs full on a full charge | Storage: 1x 128GB Samsung 840 pro SSD for the OS. 1x WD Red 1TB HDD For storage and games | Displays: 1x 15.6" 1080p LCD | Keyboard: Full 103 key back-lit keyboard | Mouse: Logitech M510 | OS: Win 10 Pro 64 bit |

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If the SSD already has OSX installed on it, then why do you still need the installer USB drive??

 

I still have it in case something happens. But I take that as I only need the SSD connected. I will try that. 

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