How am I suppose to install windows on AsRock z87

[Brian 321]

Ok so recently bought a new motherboard and CPU. I'm trying to do a fresh install of windows but I'm running into a bit of a problem.

My issue is you need a mouse to be able to check the boxes to accept the agreement and to click the next button in the windows install screen. BUT you can't use a USB mouse until you install the USB3 driver for the motherboard.

Which I can't install because I don't have windows on a new SSD. So what do I do? I need windows to install the driver, but I need the driver to install windows. There is no place for a PS/2 mouse(do they even make those anymore!?) on a place for a keyboard.

It's kind of a stupid set up if you ask me.

 

[fralexandr]

tab and enter/space keys.
tab lets you move to the next item.

you don't have any extra usb 2.0 ports?

 

[Ketchup]

Enabling Legacy USB in the BIOS will probably fix this problem, but I think fralexandr's solution should get you where you need to go.

 

[PliotronX]

tab and enter/space keys.
tab lets you move to the next item.

you don't have any extra usb 2.0 ports?

Works quite well, lemme tell you about how fun it is to install Windows on a server with two USB ports with one of them occupied by an optical drive and no PS/2 mouse or keyboard on hand...

 

[John Connor]

How are you gonna use Tab when the keyboard won't work either?

You could potentially slipstream the driver into a Windows installation.

http://www.vlite.net/

 

[Torn Mind]

Windows always let me use my mouse even though it didn't have the driver installed, I think. It should load generic drivers. Seriously, even the BIOS can support a mouse in Asrock boards.

 

[Brian 321]

Windows always let me use my mouse even though it didn't have the driver installed, I think. It should load generic drivers. Seriously, even the BIOS can support a mouse in Asrock boards.

Yeah the keyboard and mouse works fine in the bios menu but as soon as the windows installation disk loads they both stop working. I also tried using the tab enter method with a ps/2 keyboard but I don't know how to tick the box I have to check to agree.

 

[John Connor]

Enter?

 

[Phanuel]

Or spacebar since you can do that one handed.

 

[compcons]

You could try to plug in the kb/mouse after windows installer has started. I had to do that on an old rioworks opteron system.

 

[BadThad]

Try using a USB 2.0 port.