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[Scannerman]

My daughter is spoiled.

I have so many PCs of my own that my wife insisted that I give my other other daughter this new PC.

But ...

1) I'm not familiar with DDR5 systems
2) She wants RAID 1 and I'm only familiar with RAID on Intel systems and LSI cards.
3) She also wants Windows 7 in multi-boot because she has some old games that only play well in Win7.
4) She wants all the fans to be red.
5) I'm familiar with AMD but more old school AMD. I'm mostly an Intel kind of guy.
6) I've worked on MSI, ASUS, GIGABYTE, HP, and DELL systems for decades but nothing this new by MSI.
7) So much of this MSI software seems to be configured for AI of which I know nothing about.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[zbook]

1) Upgrade the BIOS: 1E0 > 1R3

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/MAG-B650-Tomahawk-Wifi/support

2) This link may be useful:

Dual Boot Windows 10 with Windows 7 or Windows 8

How to Dual Boot Windows 10 with Windows 7 or Windows 8

www.tenforums.com

 

[Scannerman]

Yes, I've been to that site and I've flashed the BIOS (which took a considerable long time) and scared myself thinking perhaps I bricked the BIOS but it looks as though I have the latest one now. I also downloaded most of the zip files of the software and apps but I'm a little hesitant to install the RAID drivers as the OS was not installed prior to switching to RAID. I think I'll just skip the RAID part of it. BIOS is in AHCI.

 

[Ghot]

Good Old Games has many old games for very cheap, and they run on Win 11.

 

[Scannerman]

Good Old Games has many old games for very cheap, and they run on Win 11.

Yeah, I think she uses Steam. I'll let her know. Thanks

 

[PurSpyk!!]

Windows 11 is surprisingly able to run many old games, the only real issue is if they use some obscure drm, then they could be an issue. The biggest issue i have had with older games is they struggle with multi core cpus. If she uses Steam there are ways around this by creating a batch file and modifying the gane startup options. I can help with that if needed.

 

[Scannerman]

Windows 11 is surprisingly able to run many old games, the only real issue is if they use some obscure drm, then they could be an issue. The biggest issue i have had with older games is they struggle with multi core cpus. If she uses Steam there are ways around this by creating a batch file and modifying the gane startup options. I can help with that if needed.

Thanks! :) I'll keep that in mind. Right now I'm just trying to get the whole thing set up for her properly. Once her royal princess gives me the okay I'll proceed with her game installations.

 

[glasskuter]

https://drivers.amd.com/relnotes/amd-raid-quick-start-guide.pdf

 

[Scannerman]

https://drivers.amd.com/relnotes/amd-raid-quick-start-guide.pdf

Thanks, glasskuter.

I believe I have these instructions with my AMD HERO/WIN 10 but I'm pretty sure they'll work with Win 11 as well. Seems like a whole lot of fuss just to get RAID working. With Intel it's much easier. You don't even have to pre-install drivers with the OS on an Intel platform. You just simply switch from AHCI to RAID in the UEFI/BIOS. After that you can set up soft RAID with ctrl + i. I think I have my daughter convinced that it's okay to skip the RAID. She's just used to having it on her Intel build and is very happy with the concept of mirroring data.

 

[werty]

You may also need the older DirectX libraries for older games - Download DirectX End-User Runtimes (June 2010) from Official Microsoft Download Center.

 

[Scannerman]

You may also need the older DirectX libraries for older games - Download DirectX End-User Runtimes (June 2010) from Official Microsoft Download Center.

Thank you for the reminder. I recall having to do this for a few clients years ago. I know that she will still want Windows 7.