[hemmerling] The Notebook "ASUS K95VB"

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• Notebooks.
• The Notebook "ASUS Eee PC T101MT".

• ASUS Notebooks & Ultrabooks - K95VB.
• Software drivers.
  • ASUS Support "Download-Center".
  • ASUS Support "K95VB" - Software drivers for “Windows 8”, “Windows 8.1”, “Windows 10”..
  • ASUS Support "K95VM" - Some of the software drivers for “Windows 7” are suitable for the notebook “ASUS K95VB”, too .
• DVD Writer & BlueRay player “Matshita UJ160 SATA Blu-Ray Combo Drive”.
  • Netcom Direct "Panasonic / Matsushita / Matshita UJ160 SATA Blu-Ray Combo Drive (UJ-160 / UJ-160A / UJ160A)".
• Large storage hard disk “ST3000DM001-1CH166”, 3T.
  • Search for “3Gb/s 3.5 inch hdd 3TB”.
    • Seagate ST3000DM001 3.5 Inch Internal Hard Drive 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA III 3000GB Recertified #.
    • Seagate 3TB 3.5 inch 7200RPM 64MB Cache SATA3 Hard Drive.
  • Non-working improper buget replacements ”ST3000VNZ08”, ”ST4000VNZ08”.
    • Seagate IronWolf 4 TB interne Festplatte, NAS HDD, 3.5 Zoll, 5900 U/Min, CMR, 64 MB Cache, SATA 6 GB/s, silber, 3 Jahre Data Rescue Service, Modellnr.: ST4000VNZ08 ⇒ 4GB was cheaper than 3GB , but by unknown reason, proably by the SATA 6 GB/s mode, it is just compatible with the slow IDE mode of the K95VB .
• Smaller system hard disk “Hitachi HTS727575A9E364”.
• My notebook “ASUS K95VB-YZ075H” is shipped with a Intel Core i7-3630QM Processor and 32 GB RAM.
• Some vendors in Germany offer ASUS K95VB-YZ075H, a few offer ASUS K95VB-YZ075D - please tell me if you know the difference!

• Archive.org "Geforce -GeForce GT 740M" ( -2019-08-09 ).
• Archive.org "Nvidia Deutschland - Grafikkartenserie GeForce GT 700M" ( - 2018-07-19 ).
• NVIDIA "Official Drivers".

• Realtek Semiconductor Corp " Communications Network ICs > Network Interface Controllers > 10/100/1000M Gigabit Ethernet > PCI Express > Software" - “RTL8111B/RTL8168B/RTL8111/RTL8168, RTL8111C/RTL8111CP/RTL8111D(L), RTL8168C/RTL8111DP/RTL8111E, RTL8168E/RTL8111F/RTL8411,, RTL8111G/RTL8111GUS/RTL8411B(N)”.
  • “Win7 and Server 2008 R2 Auto Installation Program”, version 7.086 of 2014/6/3.
  • “Win8, Win8.1 and Server 2012 Auto Installation Program”, version 8.032 of 2014/6/3.

• Windows10Forums "Atheros AR9485WB-EG Wireless Adapter - No 5 GHz Reception" - “Your card supports up to wireless n, but only on a 2.4 GHz band. You won't be able to connect to a 5 GHz band unless you change wireless adapters”

• American Megatrends Inc. "Aptio".
• UEFI Forum.
• Phoenix Technologies Ltd. - PhoenixWiki "Compatibility Support Module" ( CSM ).
• Ubuntuusers Wiki "EFI Grundlagen".
• EN.Wikipedia "Preboot Execution Environment", DE.Wikipedia "Preboot Execution Environment" ( PXE ).
• EN.Wikipedia "Unified Extensible Firmware Interface", DE.Wikipedia "Unified Extensible Firmware Interface" ( UEFI ).

• DeLock "Delock DVI Kabel – DVI-D 18+1 Stecker > HDMI A Stecker 2 m, #84670", reichelt elektronik GmbH & Co. KG "DELOCK 84342 :: Delock HDMI - DVI Kabel 2.0m Stecker / Stecker".
• DeLock "Delock DVI Kabel – DVI-D 18+1 Stecker > HDMI A Stecker 3 m".

• DeLock "Adapter / Konverter > HDMI".
  • DeLock "Delock Adapter HDMI-A Stecker > VGA Buchse mit Audio, #65586", reichelt elektronik GmbH & Co. KG "DELOCK 65586 :: HDMI-A Stecker > VGA Buchse mit Audio".
  • DeLock "Delock Adapter HDMI-A Stecker > VGA Buchse mit Audio #65587", reichelt elektronik GmbH & Co. KG "DELOCK 65587 :: HDMI-A Stecker > VGA Buchse mit Audio, 0,15 m" #, with short cable.

• The size of the notebook is 44×29 cm.
• Some local vendors told me, that once - about 2010 - there were bags for notebooks with 18 inch displays, but now this kind of product disappeared from the local stores.
• Bags for 17 inch notebooks might be suitable for the notebook, but you must test it! So you need test every “17 inch bag” if it fits, manually.
• I got a free complimentary backpack by APC on a Hannover CeBIT fair in the early 2000th, which is suitable to transport the notebook. However, my free backpack is not one of the once commercially available backpacks and messenger bags of APC ( Archive.org "APC: Backpacks and Messenger Bags" ).

• As usual, the computer does not start without battery or with defect battery .
• The original “ASUS K95VB-YZ075H” accu: “Li-Ion Battery Pack A32-K93, Rating: +10.8V, 4700mAh, 50Wh”.
• 10,8 V 5200mAh A32-K93 07G016J11875M k931823 Akku für ASUS K93 X93 K95 A93 A95 K95 PRO91 R900 K93 X93 A93S A95V K95V ASUS A93 XX K93xx A95xx K95xx X93xx/PRO91xx R900xx.
• Li-ion 5200mAh Akku für ASUS A93S A93SM A93SV K93S K93SM K93SV K93SV-YZ094V K93SV-YZ125D K93SV-YZ166 K93SV-YZ211V X93SM X93SM-YZ018V X93SM-YZ055V X93SM-YZ057V X93SM-YZ064V.
• MTXtec Akku, LiIon, 11.1V, 4400mAh, schwarz für Asus K95.

• DTK Ladegerät 19V 4,74A 90W Notebook Laptop Ladekabel AC Netzteil für ASUS Toshiba Medion Lenovo Stecker: 5,5x2,5mm Ladegeräte Netzteile für tragbare Computer Netz Batterie Stromversorgung .

• QiCheng&LYS 22pin (7 +15) SATA Männlich Zu Weiblich Daten und Strom Combo Verlängerungskabel Verlängerung Kabel Slimline SATA Verlängerungskabel (50 cm).
• 22 pin SATA Extension Cable 7+15 Sata Male to Female Data and Power Extender (30cm).

• eBay.DE "Version 1 - Lüfter Kühler FAN für ASUS K95VB-YZ009H, K95VJ-1A, K95VM-YZ003D" by eBay "htimex".

• ASUS K95VB user manual:
  • “If you need to run the BIOS Setup to set or modify the system configuration, press [F2] upon bootup to enter the BIOS setup”.
  • “Press [ESC] and you will presented with a boot menu with selections to boot from your available devices” → Indeed there is no classical startup screen.
  • “Emergency Shutdown - In case your operating system cannot properly turn OFF or restart, there is an addtional way to shutdown your Notebook PC: Hold the power button over 4 seconds”.
• I suggest the BIOS setting “Boot / Fast Boot [Disabled]”, to extend the boot time and so to have better chances - subjectively - to get into the BIOS setup.
• My experience: Usually it is necessary to do an emergency shutdown, before you have the chance to enter the BIOS with the next bootup.

• “Advanced / Network Stack [Enabled]”.
  • “Ipv4 PXE Support [Enabled]”.
• “Boot”.
  • “Boot Configuration” for Win7, Win8, Win10.
    • “Launch CSM [Enabled]”.
      • “Lauch PXE OpROM [Disabled]”.
  • “Boot Configuration” for Linux, Win10.
    • “Launch CSM [Disabled]”.
  • Boot Option Priorities”.
    • “Boot Option #1 [Windows Boot Manager (P0: ST3000DM001-1CH166)]” → The preinstalled “Windows 8”.
    • “Boot Option #2 [UEFI: MATSHITABD-CMB UJ160]” → just if a media is placed in the BD drive only.
    • “Boot Option #3 [P2: MATSHITABD-CMB UJ160]” → just if a media is placed in the BD drive only and CSM is enabled.
    • “Boot Option #4 [UEFI: IP4 Realtek Ethernet Controller]” → if “Ipv4 PXE Support [Enabled]”.
    • “Boot Option #5 [ubuntu (P1: Hitachi HTS727575A9E364]” → 2 entries, for just 1 Ubuntu Linux system.

1. Insert the DVD/CD media in the BD player.
2. Do an emergency shutdown.
3. Enter the BIOS while rebooting.
4. Select the BIOS item “Save & Exit / Boot Override / UEFI: MATSHITABD-CMB UJ160” and press enter.

• The bootloader “Grub” of “Ubuntu Linux 16.04” fails, if CSM is enabled .

• I failed to add BIOS Boot Options, manually . If you know how to do it, then please tell me!
• Select the BIOS item “Boot / Add New Boot Option”.
  • “Select Filesystem [MATSHITABD-CMB UJ160]” → “\CDROM(Entry1)\”.
  • “Path for boot option [\bootmgr.efi]” → Hint “Enter the path to the boot option in the format fs0:\path\filename.efi”.
  • “Create” → Is rejected by the error message “Please set Boot Option Name and File Path” .
• “Add New Boot Option”.
  • “Select Filesystem [ST3000DM001-1CH166]” → “\HD( Part1,...)”.
  • “Path for boot option [\bootmgr.efi]” → Hint “Enter the path to the boot option in the format fs0:\path\filename.efi”.
  • “Create” → Is rejected by the error message “Please set Boot Option Name and File Path” .

1. Download the newest BIOS for “K95VB”.
   • ASUS Support "K95VB".
     • “BIOS & FIRMWARE - Version 209. 2014/11/05. BIOS 209” - The download “K95VBAS209.zip” contains the file “K95VBAS.209”.
2. Unzip the file and copy it on the root level of an USB stick formatted in FAT32 format.
3. Power-up your “K95VB” notebook, press “F2” during startup, and enter the BIOS user interface of the UEFI BIOS.
4. CURSOR-RIGHT to select “Advanced”.
5. Press RETURN on the first item from top of the screen “Start Easy Flash”.
6. Use CURSOR-DOWN, CURSOR-UP to select the USB file system in the file system list ( “FS0”, “FS1, “FS2”, “FS3”, “FS4”, “FS5”,..), e.g. “FS0”.
7. CURSOR-RIGHT to select the proper file in the filelist and dirctory list.
8. Select the proper file, e.g. “K95VBAS.209”.
9. Press RETURN to select the file.
10. Window message “Do you want to update BIOS?”. Press CURSOR-LEFT to select “Yes”. Press RETURN.

1. ”ASUS Windows BIOS Flash Utility”.
   • ASUS Support "K95VB".
     • “Drivers & Tool”, select “Windows 8 64-Bit” - “BIOS-Utilities - Windows BIOS Flash Utility” ( “WinFlash_Win7_8_VER2420.zip” ).
   • The installer “Setup.exe” tries to install an MSI file “data/409.msi”. On Win10Pro however, the MSI files refuses to install by the error message “Sorry, this program only supports ASUS notebook!” .
2. ”ASUS Live Update”.
   • TechSpot "Asus Live Update Utility 3.6.10 Download" - Download offer.
   • However, on my “K95VB” computer, the tool claims “No updates” .
3. ”ASUS EasyUpdate”.
   • ASUS Support "EasyUpdate" - Select “Windows 8 64bit - Software and Utility - Version V3.00.08. 2013/07/15” - “Easy Update 2” ( “Easyupdate2_Win8_64_VER30008.zip” ).
   • The BIOS update tool requrires files in the format “BIOS(.cap)” and “BIOS(.rom)” . Consequently, the BIOS update tool refuses to load the downloaded K95VB BIOS “Das Modell des BIOS-Image stimmt nicht mit dem aktuellen BIOS-ROM überein”.
4. ”MyASUS”.
   • Microsoft Store "MyASUS" - This site works with Microsoft Edge browser only. However by this, there is a direct button “Get in Store app”, which lets you install the tool on a Win10 computer.
   • However on Win10Pro, if I start the Microsoft App, it starts, but after a while, it dissappears, i.e. it crashes .
5. ”AI Suite 3 (EZ Update)”.
   • No download offer for my ASUS hardware.

• With default settings, during full-screen non-windowed games, the display turns dimmed after a short time, and USB mouse is switched off shortime later. This does NOT help:
• “Control Panel \ All Control Panel Items \ Power Options \ Edit Plan Settings”, “Advanced Options”.
  • “Display / Display Brightness”.
    • “On Battery: 100%” ( default: “50%” ).
  • “USB settings / USB selective suspending setting”.
    • “On Battery: Disabled” ( default: “Enabled” ).
    • “Plugged in: Disabled” ( default: “Enabled” ).

• You may install and run any edition of “Windows 7” ( “Windows 7 Pro”, “Windows 7 Home Premium”, ,.. ). During installation, you are asked for a proper serial number, as usual.
• “Windows 7” crashes during installation if CSM is not enabled in the BIOS options:
  • “Boot / Boot Configuration / Launch CSM [Enabled]”.
• With some early releases of “Windows 7” installation media, the installation process fails right at the start, before the partitioning, by the error message “A required CD/DVD device driver is missing” → Get another “newer” installation media where this bug is fixed.
• Microsoft "Memory Limits for Windows and Windows Server Releases" → “Windows 7 Home Premium X64 = 16 GB, Windows 7 Home Basic X64 = 8 GB”, “Windows 8 = 192 GB”.

• Please install “Win7 and Server 2008 R2 Auto Installation Program, 7.086, 2014/6/3” for Windows 7, from
  • ASUS K95VM, “Windows 7”, “LAN” → “Realtek LAN Driver”, version “V7.049.0927.2011”.
  • Realtek Semiconductor Corp " Communications Network ICs > Network Interface Controllers > 10/100/1000M Gigabit Ethernet > PCI Express > Software" - “RTL8111B/RTL8168B/RTL8111/RTL8168, RTL8111C/RTL8111CP/RTL8111D(L), RTL8168C/RTL8111DP/RTL8111E, RTL8168E/RTL8111F/RTL8411,, RTL8111G/RTL8111GUS/RTL8411B(N)”.
• Drivers for “Windows 8” and “Windows 8.1”, as supplied by Realtek and ASUS, are not suitable for “Windows 7”. The installation aborts by the error messages:
  1. “FindFile failed”.
  2. “The Realtek Network Controller was not found. If Deep Sleep Mode enabled Please Plug the Cable”.

• Please install the USB 3.0 controller drivers from ASUS K95VM, “Windows 7”, “USB” → “Intel USB3.0 Driver”, “AsMedia USB3.0 Driver”.

• After all, I did not find any driver for the device “Andere Geräte / Bluetooth - Peripheriegerät” - please tell me if you know what to install to solve the issue!

• At “Windows Update / Add Features to Windows 8”
  • You can enter your “Windows 8 Pro” key to upgrade your “Windows 8” to “Windows 8 Pro”. “Windows 8 Pro” is immediately activated, according to the “Control Panel / System” screen.
  • After a reboot, now the “Windows 8 Pro” installation is still activated.
• You may upgrade to “Windows 8.1 Pro”.
• Adding the “Windows Media Center” to “Windows 8” fails, adding the “Windows Media Center” to “Windows 8 Pro” leads to an unactivated unlicensed System .

• If you install Windows8 on replacement harddisk1 for the first time, i.e. on a virgin partition and file system, you are asked for a valid Windows license key .
• In case of harddisk0, it does not matter:
  1. If harddisk0 is deattached from the computer, so that there is just harddisk0 and DVD drive.
  2. Or if you boot by DVD, but with harddisk1 attached and in boot priority, so that Windows on harddisk0 is installed to be called by the Windows bootloader of harddisk1.
• Solution ( tested with #2 ):
  • Enter a free temporary Windows8 key “FB4WR-32NVD-4RW79-XQFWH-CYQG3”.
  • You end up in an non-activated Windows, but at “Control Panel / System” You can use the “Activate” button to activate Windows8 by online connection. This works as ASUS provided a Windows8 license, by some magic BIOS data recognized by Windows8.

• 2014:
  • Sie haben darüber informiert, dass Windows 8 nach dem Reparaturservice nicht aktiviert ist. ASUS stellt den Windows 8 Produktschlüssel zum Abruf zur Verfügung, um dieses Problem beheben zu können.
  • Um die Sicherheit Ihrer Windows 8 Product-Key-Informationen zu gewährleisten, melden Sie sich bitte unter ASUS Member Site an, um Ihren Schlüssel abzurufen.
  • Schritt 1. Wenn Sie noch kein ASUS-Mitglied sind oder Sie haben Ihr Produkt noch nicht registriert, melden Sie sich bitte als ASUS-Mitglied an und registrieren Ihr Produkt zuerst.
  • Schritt 2. Sobald Sie eingeloggt sind, klicken Sie bitte auf den “Windows 8 Product Key”-Link auf der linken Menüseite.
  • Schritt 3. Wenn Sie dazu aufgefordert werden, geben Sie bitte den Microsoft-Error-Code ein. (Wie ist der Error-Code zu finden?)
  • Schritt 4. Nach der Überprüfung erhalten Sie eine E-Mail-Benachrichtigung. Eine Download-Schaltfläche wird neben Ihrem registrierten Produkt erscheinen.
  • Klicken Sie nun bitte auf “Download”, um Ihren Windows 8 Product-Key zu erhalten.
  • Schritt 5. Wenn Windows 8 nach dem Download noch nicht aktiviert ist, klicken Sie bitte für eine weitere Unterstützung auf “Kontakt ASUS”.
• 2022:
  • ASUS Deutschland "Telefonische Produktunterstützung" - Very friendly.
  • No E-Mail support .

• Drive 0 is the large storage media ( HDD ).
• Drive 1 is the smaller system drive ( HDD or SSD ).

1. Boot a Linux from DVD and delete all partitions - Just to be shure to start from scratch.
2. Boot a “Windows 8” or “Windows 8 Pro” installation DVD.
3. Delete all partitions on harddisk0 ( where Windows 8 was preinstalled, originally ).
4. Delete all partitions on harddisk1.
5. Create the Windows partition on harddisk1.
   • For every fresh drive, where Windows wants to install, it creates the extra partition “MSR ( reserviert )”.
   • On the first drive where you setup a Windows partition, the partitions “System” and “Wiederherstellung” are also created - but just there. So you can´t setup 2 independant Windows installations on a computer with 2 drives where you can´t disconnect the drives easily ( and have the BIOS option to boot from any drive, as known from desktop computer motherboards ).
   • Solution: Deattach harddisk1 for Windows installation on harddisk0. See below.

• There is a “Windows 8” installed on my machine, harddisk1.
  • The Windows 8 product IDs, as shown within Windows in the “Systems” settings, look like “00179-60985-xxxxx-AAOEM” while “xxxxx” is a number which is different for different computers.
  • There is just a printing on the serial number plate “ASUS Windows 8”, but no Windows serial number!
• I might not buy the backup media DVD at ASUS Service Shop, as my notebook was shipped with “Windows 8” ( not “Windows 8 Pro” ) - “Recovery Media: This Product is only applicable for the Notebook, EeePC, EeeBOX and All-in-one PC which are preinstalled with Microsoft Windows 7 or Windows 8 PRO series. You can only install the SAME version as the one preinstalled by default (Windows 7 or Windows 8 PRO)”.
• Instead, an original “Windows 8” or “Windows 8 Pro” installation DVD is suitable for installation. No serial number needed!
• It does not matter if no operating system is installed, or a “Windows 7” or “Windows 8” edition:
  • If you try to install “Windows 8 Pro” with the proper DVD installation media, you are not asked for a serial number and instead of “Windows 8 Pro”, another copy of “Windows 8” is installed.
  • By this, you may install different copies of “Windows 8” on your computer. You are asked at boottime, which item you want to run.

• For a Windows 8 + Linux system, I select 358400 MBytes as partition size for a Windows 8 boot partition ( 715404 / 2 = 357702, I select 350*1024 = 358400 ).

• For a Windows 8 + Linux system, I select for the Linux partition.
  • ”/dev/sdb6/”, ext4 filesystem, 374346 Mbytes left, I select 340992 MBytes ( = 333 * 1024 ).
  • ”/dev/sdb7/”, swap, the rest, about 32 Gbytes left i.e. 33354 MBytes exactly.
• Device for boot loader installation: ”/dev/sdb” ( and not ”/dev/sda” as it is by default ! ).
• The screen where you define a password for the default user, is the only place where Linux accepts a low quality password ( e.g. “node2” ).

• In the BIOS at “Boot / Boot Option Priorities”, set boot order:
  • “Boot Option #1” = “UEFI: MATSHTABD-CMB UJ160”.
  • “Boot Option #2” = “Windows Boot Manager (P1: Hitachi HTS727575A9E364)”.
  • “Boot Option #3” = “Windows Boot Manager (P0: ST300DM001-1CH166)”.
• I was unable to start Windows from harddisk1, with harddisk0 attachted as shipped .
  • With my USB “Adapter IDE/SATA auf USB2.0 für IDE/SATA-Festplatten OTB”, the harddisk0 was recognized.
  • The “Win10 Computer Management” tool asked me to initalize harddisk0 either by MBR ( Master Boot Record ) or GPT ( GUID Partition Table ) - Please select GPT.
• If you start with empty harddisk0:
  • There are 2861588 Mbytes free on harddisk0.
  • For a Windows 8, I select 358400 MBytes as partition size for a Windows 8 system partition.
  • Then there are 2503187 Mbytes free on harddisk0.
  • I select 823296 Mbytes ( = 804*1024 ) as partition size for partitions 3, 4, 5 ( = 2469888 Mbytes ).
  • And a Linux swap partition with the rest, about 32 Gbytes left, i.e. 33299 Mbytes exactly.
• If you start after you installed Windows on harddisk0 as bootdrive:
  • Delete the first 3 partitions.
    1. Drive 0, Partition 0: “Wiederherstellung” - 300.0 MB.
    2. Drive 0, Partition 1: “System” - 100.0 MB.
    3. Drive 0, Partition 1: “MSR (reserviert)” - 128.0 MB.
  • Select this partition ( formerly “Partition 4” ) for Windows installation. Don´t delete this partition !!!!!!!!!!
    • Drive 0, Partition 1: “Primär” - 349.5 MB.
  • If you didn't delete the 3 partitions, you might get the ( German ) error message “Die Partitionen auf dem für die Installation ausgewählten Datenträger entsprechen nicht der empfohlenen Reihenfolge. Weitere Informationen zur Installation auf GPT-Datenträgern finden Sie auf der Website von Microsoft ( www.microsoft.com ), indem Sie nach 'GPT' suchen. Möchten Sie die Installation fortsetzen?”.
  • Windows will generate the partition
    • Drive 0, Partition 1: “MSR (reserviert)” - 128.0 MB.

• Partition Table:
  1. Drive 0, Partition 1: “MSR (reserviert)” - 128.0 MB.
  2. Drive 0, “Nicht zugewiesener Speicherplatz auf” - 400.0 MB ( If you start after you installed Windows on harddisk0 as bootdrive ).
  3. Drive 0, Partition 2: “Primär” - 349.5 MB.
  4. Drive 0, Partition 3: “Primär” - 823296 MB.
  5. Drive 0, Partition 4: “Primär” - 823296 MB.
  6. Drive 0, Partition 5: “Primär” - 823296 MB.
  7. Rest: 33299 MB.
• The partition table generated if harddisk0 is the Windows bootdrive is incompatible from the partition table if Windows shall be installed on harddisk0 as the secondary harddisk .
  • The MSR partition must be first .
  • This means the following partitions are not generated, if harddisk0 is not the primary harddisk:
    1. Drive 0, Partition 0: “Wiederherstellung” - 300.0 MB.
    2. Drive 0, Partition 1: “System” - 100.0 MB.

• The final installation.
• After that you may upgrade to Windows 8 Pro
• After Windows 8 Pro is running, try to install Windows 10.

• In the BIOS at “Boot / Boot Option Priorities”, set boot order:
  • “Boot Option #1” = “UEFI: MATSHTABD-CMB UJ160”.
  • “Boot Option #2” = “Windows Boot Manager (P1: Hitachi HTS727575A9E364)”.
• Select IDE mode.
  • With BIOS setting “Advanced - SATA Mode, Seletion” = “AHCI”, the BIOS is in a loop, not beeing able to detect the harddisk0, but also unable to load the BIOS setting screen by “F2” key.
  • With my USB “Adapter IDE/SATA auf USB2.0 für IDE/SATA-Festplatten OTB”, the harddisk0 was recognized.
  • You must set the BIOS setting “Advanced - SATA Mode, Selection” to “IDE” .
  • The BIOS allows you to enter the BIOS menu by “F2”.
• You may boot from Win8 installer DVD.
• The “Win10 Computer Management” tool asked me to initalize harddisk0 either by MBR ( Master Boot Record ) or GPT ( GUID Partition Table ) - Please select GPT.
• There are 3815430 Mbytes free on harddisk0.
• For a Windows 8, I select 358400 MBytes as partition size for a Windows 8 system partition.
• Then there are 3457046 Mbytes free on harddisk0.
• Windows warns you “Windows kann auf diesem Laufwerk nicht installiert werden ( Details anzeigen )”. “Windows kann auf diesem Laufwerk nicht installiert werden. Der Datenträger wird möglicherweise bald 1ausfallen”.
• I select 856064 Mbytes ( = 836*1024 ) as partition size for partitions 3, 4, 5, 6 ( = 3424256 Mbytes ).
• And a Linux swap partition with the rest, about 32 Gbytes left, i.e. 32790 Mbytes exactly.
• You may now install Win8.
• Problem:
  • But harddisk0 is just recognized by the BIOS with the BIOS setting “Advanced - SATA Mode, Selection” to “IDE”. *However, the Win10 installed on harddisk1, works just with “Advanced - SATA Mode, Selection” to “AHCI” , by default installation.
• Solution, now to switch between AHCI and IDE mode - Downgrade the harddisk1 installation of windows to IDE mode : CTSI Group "Switch Windows 10 from RAID/IDE to AHCI".
  1. Click the Start Button and type cmd.
  2. Right-click the result and select Run as administrator.
     1. Type this command and press ENTER: bcdedit /set {current} safeboot minimal (ALT: bcdedit /set safeboot minimal).

        bcdedit /set safeboot minimal

     2. Restart the computer and enter BIOS Setup.
     3. Change the SATA Operation mode to AHCI from either IDE or RAID.
     4. Save changes and exit Setup and Windows will automatically boot to Safe Mode.
     5. Right-click the Windows Start Menu once more. Choose Command Prompt (Admin).
     6. Type this command and press ENTER: bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot (ALT: bcdedit /deletevalue safeboot).

        bcdedit /deletevalue safeboot

     7. Reboot once more and Windows will automatically start with AHCI drivers enabled.

• ?? drive:
  • There are V Mbytes free on harddisk0.
  • For a Windows 8, I select 358400 MBytes as partition size for a Windows 8 system partition.
  • Then there are W Mbytes free on harddisk0.
  • I select X Mbytes ( = X*1024 ) as partition size for partitions 3, 4, 5 ( = X Mbytes ).
  • And a Linux swap partition with the rest, about Y Gbytes left, i.e. Y Mbytes exactly.

• You can easily install Linux on harddisk0, to be booted from harddisk0.
  1. Deattach harddisk1, physically.
  2. In the BIOS at “Boot / Boot Option Priorities”, set boot order:
     • “Boot Option #1” = “UEFI: MATSHTABD-CMB UJ160”
     • “Boot Option #2” = “Windows Boot Manager (P0: ST300DM001-1CH166)”.
  3. Boot from DVD and install Linux, plus “Grub” as boot loader.
  4. Attach harddisk1 again, physically.
• This causes an extra UEFI BIOS entry. You may select this in the “Boot Option Priorities” to boot from harddisk0.

• There is a difference in the partition structure:
  1. Windows on harddisk0, to be booted from harddisk0, by an extra UEFI BIOS entry.
  2. Windows on harddisk0, to be booted from by the Windows boot manager of harddisk1. See above, not handled here.
• Installation of Windows on harddisk0, to be booted from harddisk0.
  1. Deattach harddisk1, physically.
  2. In the BIOS at “Boot / Boot Option Priorities”, set boot order:
     • “Boot Option #1” = “UEFI: MATSHTABD-CMB UJ160”
     • “Boot Option #2” = “Windows Boot Manager (P0: ST300DM001-1CH166)”.
  3. Install Windows, see section “Installation” below. This causes an extra UEFI BIOS entry. You may select this in the “Boot Option Priorities” to boot from harddisk0.
  4. Attach harddisk1 again, physically.

• Just if you start after you installed Windows on harddisk0, with harddisk1 as bootdrive:
  • Delete the partition:
    • Drive 0, Partition 1: “MSR (reserviert)” - 1280.0 MB.
  • If you didn't delete the 1 partition, you might get the ( German ) error message “Die Partitionen auf dem für die Installation ausgewählten Datenträger entsprechen nicht der empfohlenen Reihenfolge. Weitere Informationen zur Installation auf GPT-Datenträgern finden Sie auf der Website von Microsoft ( www.microsoft.com ), indem Sie nach 'GPT' suchen. Möchten Sie die Installation fortsetzen?”.
• There are 2861588 Mbytes free on harddisk0.
• For a Windows 8, I select 358400 MBytes as partition size for a Windows 8 system partition. Some other partitions are generated.
• Then there are 2503187 Mbytes free on harddisk0.
• I select 823296 Mbytes ( = 804*1024 ) as partition size for partitions 3, 4, 5 ( = 2469888 Mbytes ).
• And a Linux swap partition with the rest, about 32 Gbytes left, i.e. 33299 Mbytes exactly.

1. Drive 0, Partition 1: “Wiederherstellung” - 300.0 MB.
2. Drive 0, Partition 2: “System” - 100.0 MB.
3. Drive 0, Partition 3: “MSR (reserviert)” - 1280.0 MB.
4. Drive 0, Partition 4: “Primär” - 349.5 MB.
5. Drive 0, Partition 5: “Primär” - 823296 MB.
6. Drive 0, Partition 6: “Primär” - 823296 MB.
7. Drive 0, Partition 7: “Primär” - 823296 MB.
8. Rest: 33299 MB.

1. Drive 0, Partition 1: “MSR (reserviert)” - 1280.0 MB.
2. Drive 0, Partition 2: “Wiederherstellung” - 300.0 MB.
3. Drive 0, Partition 3: “System” - 100.0 MB.
4. Drive 0, Partition 4: “Primär” - 349.5 MB.
5. Drive 0, Partition 5: “Primär” - 823296 MB.
6. Drive 0, Partition 6: “Primär” - 823296 MB.
7. Drive 0, Partition 7: “Primär” - 823296 MB.
8. Rest: 33299 MB.

• Amazon.de "ASUS K95VB-YZ075H".
• Geizhals.AT "ASUS K95VB-YZ075H (90NB0391-M01050)".
• ComputerBase "ASUS K95VB-YZ075H (90NB0391-M01050)".

• tom's HARDWARE "Can sata 6gb/s hard drive work with sata 3gb/s port !" - “Yes you can, but the read/write will max out at 3 GB/S”.

• If you install an operating system, this usually causes a EFI bios boot option.
• In case of UBUNTU and DEBIAN, if you first install UBUNTU, then deinstall UBUNTU and install DEBIAN, the EFI bios boot option for UBUNTU is not deleted.
  • AskUbuntu "Uninstall GRUB and use Windows bootloader" - This works for me to delete double entries in EFI bios boot option !
  • First delete the operating system directory ( e.g. “debian”, “ubuntu” ) in the EFI FAT32 file system, then delete the EFI boot option in the EFI bios. If you just delete the EFI bios option in the EFI bios, it will appear again with next boot!

• MiniTool "4 Methoden: BIOS des ASUS-Motherboards aktualisieren [MiniTool]".
  • “Schritt 1: Ermitteln Sie die aktuelle BIOS-Version”:

    wmic bios get smbiosbiosversion

  • Result: Before BIOS update, I ad K95VB BIOS 206, by BIOS update the latest version 209 was installed.
• "Asus, AI suite 3, EZ Update, BIOS Update"
  • “Das Bios immer aus dem Uefi aus Updaten, das ist eine Faustregel was zu allen Boards egal was für ein Hersteller gilt. Denn übers Betriebssystem können Prozesse die im Hintergrund laufen das Update stören oder fehlerhaft abschließen lassen und dann wirst du ein Problem haben, da dann dein Rechner sich nicht mehr starten lässt”.
  • “Manche Asus Mainboard verfügen über ein Bios-Flashback, so das solch ein Fehler wieder selbst behoben werden kann, aber ohne diese Funktion muss der Chip neu beschrieben werden und das können nur bestimmte Firmen oder der Hersteller. Das ganze wird dann auch nicht billig, so das sich fast lohnt sich ein neues Mainboard zu kaufen”.
  • “Daher das Bios immer nur übers Bios selbst updaten. Hierzu die Datei vom Hersteller auf ein Stick speichern und dann im Bios diese Datei zum flashen auswählen”.

• YouTube "Working on an ASUS K95V - disassembly, hinges repair and reassembly".
• YouTube "Asus K95, K95V, K95VB, K95VJ K95VM disassembly and battery replace".

• ComputerBase "Win 8.1 Pro Installation - Product Key kann nicht überprüft werden" - “Der Produkt Key konnte nicht überprüft werden. Überprüfen Sie bitte das Installationsmedium”.
• Winaero "Generic key to install Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows 8".
  • Generic key for Windows 10. Does this help for me?
    • Windows 10 Home edition TX9XD-98N7V-6WMQ6-BX7FG-H8Q99.
    • Windows 10 Pro edition VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T.
  • Generic key for Windows 8. Windows 8 standard/non-Pro edition: “FB4WR-32NVD-4RW79-XQFWH-CYQG3”.
  • “Remember, these keys can only install Windows for evaluation or testing for a short time. It's not possible to activate it unless you enter a genuine key purchased from Microsoft. Once you decide to activate your installed OS, you will need to change the generic product key to the actual key you purchased”.

• Notebookplanet Blog "Asus K95VB Specs" - “This big laptop supports dual storage system. Overall, you can get up to 2 TB HDDs, consists of two 2.5'' 1 TB HDD. If you choose this product with i3/i5 processor, the maximum memory is 16 GB. If you go with i7 model, maximum memory increased to 32 GB”.
• Notebookcheck.net "Asus K95 Series".
• Notebookcheck.com "Test Asus A95VM-YZ030V (K95V) Notebook".
• PC Welt "Test - Das meint das Web. Asus A95VM-YZ030V (K95V) Produkteinschätzung".
• testranking "ASUS A95VM-YZ030V (K95V) Review".
• Tweakers "Asus K95 Series".
• YouTube:
  • YouTube "Asus K95V Unboxing", 2012-07-02.
  • YouTube "Laptop Asus K95VM Video Review 1080p by digitalmag.net", 2012-11-01.
  • YouTube "Asus K95 A95 32Gb Ram Memory upgrade K95VJ K95VM K95V A95VJ A95VM A95V 18.4", 2013-09-06 #.
  • YouTube "ASUS K95VB Windows 7 Boot", 2013-11-30.

• ASUS Republic of Gamers [ROG], Thread "Only 1 boot option?".
• Computerforum "Windows 7 auf ASUS K95VB Notebook" #.
  • “Interessant wird es wieder bei den Treibern... hier kann man teil ausweichen auf: ASUS K95VM”.
• ubuntu Forums "UEFI Installing - Tips".
• ubuntu Help "Boot-Repair".