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superboss
PostPosted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 6:54 am 
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Having gone through the process of trying to find a motherboard with boot from USB support, I thought it would be a good idea to make a thread with a list of motherboards with a note wether or not they support USB boot.

Updated 7th of April 2008

ABIT AN8 32X - BIOS supports USB boot
ABIT KT7 - BIOS does not support USB boot
ABIT KT7A - BIOS does not support USB boot
ABIT KT7A-RAID - BIOS does not support USB boot
ASROCK all models - BIOS supports USB boot
ASUS A7N266-VM - BIOS does not support USB boot
ASUS A7N8X - BIOS supports USB boot
ASUS A7S8X-MX - BIOS supports USB boot
ASUS M2N32 WS Professional - BIOS supports USB boot
ASUS P4P800 - BIOS supports USB boot
BIOSTAR P4M80-M4 - BIOS supports USB boot
DELL DIMENSION 2400 - BIOS supports USB boot
DELL DIMENSION 4500 - BIOS does not support USB boot
ECS K7S5A - BIOS supports USB boot
Foxconn Mars - BIOS supports USB boot
GIGABYTE GA-865P-DS3 - BIOS supports USB boot
GIGABYTE GA-8PE800 Ultra - BIOS supports USB boot
GIGABYTE GA-K8NSC-939 - BIOS supports USB boot
Intel 845EBG2 - BIOS supports USB boot
MSI P35 Neo2-FR - BIOS supports USB boot
Shuttle FN41 - BIOS supports USB boot
Winfast (All models based on the NForce4 chipset) - BIOS supports USB boot


Gaiden has put up a webpage with floppy- and cd-kickers which can be used to boot boards that lack USB boot functionality.

Feel free to contribute to the list above!


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tnkelso
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Asus P4P800 - BIOS supported USB Boot
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gaiden
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Asus A7S8X-MX is bootable from the USB, all round good board for a NAS, onboard GFX, 2 IDE channels 2 SATA, 10/100 lan.
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superboss
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List updated, keep em coming boys! :D
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Andy72
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ASUS A7N266-VM - does NOT support booting from USB Flash.

Otherwise a very nice microATX mobo with integrated NIC + gfx, especially for low end Socket A CPUs (using a TDP ~20W AMD Duron 600 MHz myself).
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jmiliz
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BIOSTAR P4M80-M4 -Boots fine from USB
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midician
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Gigabyte GA800PE Ultra and AsusA7-N8X boot from USB.

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tvjohn
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ECS K7S5A

using "superfloppy" usb format, & ensure BIOS "enable usb in DOS" is set.
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gaiden
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it would be a good idea to sticky this thread.
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timlevin
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any info on asus p4s800d-x?

doesn't seem to boot usb disk, even after changing seagate usb st3200 to the "first hard drive" and making it the highest "boot device priority."
I wonder if the internal sata drive (st3800) needs to be disconnected or disabled first?

-Tim

PS: this link seems to be dead <http://homepage.ntlworld.com/lou.greyfaulk/tools.htm>
which is "cd-kickers" in the first entry of this thread: "Gaiden has put up a webpage with floppy- and cd-kickers which can be used to boot boards that lack USB boot functionality."
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gaiden
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Sorry Tim, I altered the site and didnt think about the old links on this forum. Should be working now.
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superboss
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timlevin wrote:
any info on asus p4s800d-x?

doesn't seem to boot usb disk, even after changing seagate usb st3200 to the "first hard drive" and making it the highest "boot device priority."
I wonder if the internal sata drive (st3800) needs to be disconnected or disabled first?

-Tim

PS: this link seems to be dead <http://homepage.ntlworld.com/lou.greyfaulk/tools.htm>
which is "cd-kickers" in the first entry of this thread: "Gaiden has put up a webpage with floppy- and cd-kickers which can be used to boot boards that lack USB boot functionality."


I don't believe "first hard drive" applies to USB devices. You need to activate usb booting in bios and make sure your USB hard drive is bootable, ie has a bootsector etc. As for the broken link, thanks for the heads up! I've updated the link even though gaiden has sorted with a redirect from the old url.
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gaiden
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timlevin,

Once you have programed your usb device, go to the bios and make it the first to boot, on my Asus MB my usb pen is seen as a Hard Drive.

superboss thanks for sorting the link out..
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mrclunk
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Mainboard in Dell Dimension 2400 2.4Ghz intel P4 version. Works
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jeffjohn
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Packard Bell 3DFX PC with Bora Pro MB, + P3 in Slot 1, does NOT support USB Booting but works with Superfloppy kicker.

I believe that partitioned Flash USB sticks for password or 'B' Drive, do not work.
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