I used Windows 8 upgrade assistant before installing Win8 Pro.The message i received on compatibility was only one problem.Your PC Firmware doesn't support secure boot so you won't be able to use it in Windows 8.Secure boot requires firmware that supports UEFI v2.3.1 Errata B and has the Microsoft Windows Certification Authority in the UEFI signature database.Sure anyone who has UEFI like me received this message using this upgrade assistant.Through many hour and days of research on internet and other forums nobody seems to know how i can update my firmware,neither ASUS could advise me or Microsoft.To me i figured it should be a BIOS update,but no new ones are available for my system.Since i had no answers i decided to just to do the install of Windows 8 Pro 64 bit (clean install) works well,faster then Windows 7.So far i like it.Only clue i have at this point was a site i found.Knowing my BIOS is a American Megatrend i found this site,but theydo not support other motherboards AMI | American Megatrends Inc. : Aptio® V ,but this is closest clue i got.BIOS stuff and flashing it can always be risky,rendering the motherboard inoperable,causing major issues,that i do not want to do if it will cause me this.If anyone knows anything on this and can help with it would be very much appreciated i am stumped on this,i would like to take full advantage of my system,for now i can not.I know my BIOS mode is set to legacy and it does say in system info secure boot state Unsupported.In my ASUS UEFI BIOS UTILITY setup all i see is in the boot menu is PCI ROM Priority,settings is either Legacy ROM or EFI Compatible ROM,i see no settings for secure boot. My Model PC is ASUS CM6730-US-2AC motherboard is P8H61-M-PRO Windows 8 Pro 64bit.Brink if you read this i was referred by Quickdraw Bleeping Computer Technical Support .ty
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My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 10 Pro 64bit
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- CyberPowerPC Gamer Xtreme 1502 (GX1502)
- CPU
- Intel Core i7 5820K 3.30 GHZ 64 bit 6-Core Processor
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte GA-X99-UD3
- Memory
- G.Skill 16GB Quad Channel DDR4-2400MHZ
- Graphics Card(s)
- EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0+ DDR5 4GB
- Sound Card
- Creative Sound Blaster ZxR 5.1
- Monitor(s) Displays
- ASUS PA24Q 24" Pro Art IPS LCD/LED Backlit 1920x1200
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1200 16:10
- Hard Drives
- SAMSUNG 850 EVO 250GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Internal SSD,
Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Internal SSD,
WD WD10EZEX-00RKKA0 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 3.5 Internal HDD
- PSU
- EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2 750W 80 Plus Gold Full Modular
- Case
- AZZA Cosmas Black Gaming Case
- Cooling
- Cool Master Hyper 212 Evo Dual 120mm, ( 2) Noctua PWM 120mm Case Fans (1) Gelid PWM 120mm Blue LED
- Keyboard
- Logitech K800 Illumiated Wireless Keyboard
- Mouse
- Logitech M570 Wireless Trackball
- Internet Speed
- 84mbps /94mbps
- Browser
- Mozilla Firefox 41.0.1 / Microsoft Edge/ IE 11
- Antivirus
- Norton Security 2015
- Other Info
- Pioneer BDR-209DBK 16x Blu-Ray Burner, LG 24x Dual Layer DVD Burner,
StarTech Front Bay 22-in-1 USB 2.0 Internal Multi Media Memory Card Reader,Logitech Z906 5.1 Speaker system