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Change Default Boot on Gigabyte Card

tom -  
 tom -
Hello,

I just installed an SSHD on which I cloned my system.
I can boot from it and it runs perfectly with all my old programs, etc.
The problem is that by default, when I restart the computer, it boots from the old system on the old HDD. And I don't want to remove the old HDD because it has a 800 GB partition of data.

In the Boot menu I have:

"Select a first boot device"
With my 3 HDDs listed below, and my SSHD is in 3rd position. If I choose it, the computer boots from it this time, but it doesn't remember it as the default boot option :/

Any idea?
Thank you

Configuration: Windows 7 / Firefox 27.0

9 answers

  1.
    exla Posted messages 22532 Status Contributor 3 600
     
    hello,

    unplug your two other drives, then try to start the PC, if it doesn't start and you get a Bootmgr missing error message, follow this

    http://www.forum-seven.com/forum/

    --
    Best regards exla
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  3. phil2k Posted messages 10841 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   2 339
     
    Hello

    In the BIOS, there should be an option: hard drive priority, or something like that.
    Put the SSD first

    --
    "To fix something that doesn’t work or is too noisy, all you need to do is hit it with something that works better or is louder."
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  4. tom
     
    Well, I can't find it either!
    This BIOS is weird; either I can't access it, or it looks nothing like the ones I've seen on other PCs.

    At startup, it tells me "BIOS SETUP," press "DEL."
    So I press delete and come to an interface with just 2 options:
    Choose an operating system (Win 7 only as a choice)

    or Windows Memory Diagnostic.
    All this on a very simple interface with nothing but text (which looks nothing like ASUS BIOS, for example).

    My motherboard is a Gigabyte, which should be about 4/5 years old now. But it was solid for its time.

    There are 9 SATA ports numbered from 1 to 9. I changed the connections to plug in the SSHD in front of the other 2; it now appears first in the list of bootable drives. Yet, if I don't boot from it manually, it continues to boot from the old drive!
    It's frustrating because I can see that the startup is faster on the SSHD (very satisfied with this 2TB hybrid drive, by the way).
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  6. phil2k Posted messages 10841 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   2 339
     
    What is the motherboard reference?

    --
    "To fix something that doesn't work or makes too much noise, you just need to hit it with something that works better or makes more noise."
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  7. tom
     
    That's the problem, I no longer have the manual and I can't find anything on the card itself.
    Photos:
    http://uprapide.com/image/735734-imag1396

    http://hpics.li/4b305c6

    On the other hand, now I have a HUGE problem! :'(

    I removed the CPU cooler to read the reference underneath on the motherboard. But I had a hard time putting it back, it had never been removed and out of the 4 clips, only 2 latch...
    Now when I turn on the PC, it turns off by itself after a minute or two and I wonder if there's a strange noise too...
    Yet I was careful not to press too hard to reattach the cooler clips so as not to force the board. Even so, 2 clips are not fully latched...
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  8. tom
     
    Phew, I fixed my fan issue!

    Ah, I think I found it!
    Here is my motherboard:
    http://www.gigabyte.fr/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3449#ov

    So I found this tutorial:
    http://www.pcmaniacs.fr/index.php?page=tuto_i7
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  9. tom
     
    It's all good, solution found! :)

    Actually, to access the BIOS, I had to hold down the Delete key for 10 seconds. I find it strange; I wasn't used to it being so long, but it's all good now.

    So, in the actual BIOS, I was able to change the default boot!
    Thanks for your help!
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  10. phil2k Posted messages 10841 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   2 339
     
    Well done..
    I didn't do much ..

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    "If there's no solution, it's because there is no problem"
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