On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 01:16:10PM -0700, Yasha Karant wrote: > > ... my Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 motherborad >
Ok, so now we know the identity of the motherboard. Product page: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3907#manual Manual: http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList/Manual/mb_manual_ga-970a-ud3_e.pdf >From reading the manual: - this mobo uses an external TPM module (consider removing it if present) - it talks about installing Windows XP and Windows 7 (no "secure boot" in Windows XP) - no mention of "secure boot" - no mention of "UEFI" (talks about EFI for booting from GPT partitions) - latest BIOS is dated from December 2012. >From all this I conclude that this motherboard does not do "secure boot" >(unless the removable TP module is present?) and all the unspecified problems installing an non-SL operating system come from some other source. (I have not seen any "secure boot only" motheboards yet. If you have seen such, please let me know). -- Konstantin Olchanski Data Acquisition Systems: The Bytes Must Flow! Email: olchansk-at-triumf-dot-ca Snail mail: 4004 Wesbrook Mall, TRIUMF, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 2A3, Canada
