No USB-Support - can't perform clean Installation

[cotec]

Hey,

have here an HP Prodesk 400 G3 and want to install the Win7 x64 ISO from Microsoft.

Windows Installation ISO is from MSDN. Used the optical drive first -> no USB-Mousesupport

Have created a USB Flash Drive with Rufus -> burn ISO to USB (Rufus supports UEFI-Images) -> also no USB-Support

Have contacted the HP-Support -> get Windows Installtion Recovery-media -> have usb-support but a modiefied windows 7 installation with crap HP-bloatware.

I want to install a CLEAN INSTALLATION of Windows on this workstation only. Is that too much to ask for?

have found this Entry in this post

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 Intel removed USB 2.0 chipset support from the Skylake chipset, therefore normal DVD and USB Windows 7 installs will not work on 6th generation Intel chipsets. You have to add the USB 3.0 drivers into the Windows 7 ISO using this Intel utility;

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/25476/Wi​​​ndows-7-USB-3-0-Creator-Utility

After running this utility and directing it to your Windows 7 ISO, you should be able to install Windows.

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Unfortunately a patched usb-key is also not working...

Regards,

cotec

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

I see from an illustration of the PC that it has PS/2 mouse and keyboard ports.

You should be able to install W7 if you change the usb keyboard and mouse to PS/2 ones.

That USB creator utility should also have worked, so I don't know what to say about that.

But the post below my reply that was marked as the solution indicates that a PS/2 KB and mouse will also work.

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Business-PCs-Workstations-and-Point-of-Sale-Systems/can-not-install-win...

[cotec]

my wrong... haven't seen the ps2 ports

sometimes the easiest solution is far away...