: Windows 7 only includes older EHCI (USB 2.0) drivers. Modern GIGABYTE motherboards (such as the 100/200 series and newer) use XHCI (USB 3.0/3.1), causing USB keyboards, mice, and installation drives to stop working during the setup process.
Gigabyte’s DualBIOS and specific UEFI implementations sometimes reject USB drives created by other tools because of partition table inconsistencies. The Gigabyte tool formats the drive in a way that the board’s BIOS instantly recognizes. utility support gigabyte windows usb installation tool
: Bypasses the lack of native xHCI drivers in the original Windows 7 installer, ensuring your USB keyboard and mouse work during setup. NVMe Support : Windows 7 only includes older EHCI (USB 2
In controlled tests (Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Master + Intel i9-13900K + Samsung 990 Pro NVMe RAID0): causing USB keyboards