This has actually been an option on Mac OSX for a long time, not surprised that MS has followed suit as they seem to quite often. The only reason its more obscure to. How to setup the Gigabyte Brix GB BXBT 2. Ultra Compact PCA step by step guide, including Gigabyte Brix hardware setup. Preparing the Windows 7 installer USB boot drive. Installing Windows 7 6. Installing the Gigabyte Brix drivers. BRIX PRODUCT DETAILSGB BXBT 2. Intel Celeron Processor N2. GHzhttp www. gigabyte. Officially supported operating systems Windows 7 6. Windows 8 3. 26. ASUS Support Center helps you to downloads Drivers, Manuals, Firmware, Software find FAQ and Troubleshooting. Gigabyte Motherboard Drivers For Mac Os X' title='Gigabyte Motherboard Drivers For Mac Os X' />Windows 8. PARTS LIST1 x Gigabyte Brix GB BXBT 2. AUD 1. 65. Purchased here. SSD Intel 5. 20 series, 1. GB, AUD 7. 9. Purchased here. GB memory SO DIMM DDR3 1. V 1. 60. 0MHz GEIL green series, AUD 5. Purchased here. 1 x Windows 7 6. DVD or ISO file. Total price of hardware AUD 3. Purchased from PLE Computers, Bentley, WA, Australia. EQUIPMENT REQUIRED TO SETUP1 x USB hard drive with at least 4. GB free I used an old USB 2. GB 3. 5 Western Digital hard drive, but you can just as easily use a small USB flash drive or a portable 2. USB drive. 1 x small Philips head screwdriver. PC or laptop running Windows for setting up the Windows 7 USB boot drive and copying some Brix driver files. HDMI or VGA. 1 x wired USB Keyboard. USB Mouse. STEP 1 BRIX HARDWARE SETUPTake off the bottom panel by unscrewing the 4 black screws. Inside the unit, remove the tape holding down the SATA cable. Install the low power 1. V RAM into the single slot need to insert it at an angle fist, then push it downwards until it clicks into place. From the bottom panel, remove the 2. HD cage mine had two screws, but its meant to have 4 and install the 2. SSD into the cage. Connect the SATA cable to the hard disk. Theres only one way it can be inserted, so you cant make a mistake. Screw the cage back onto the bottom panel. Replace the bottom panel onto the Brix. Connect the power supply to the DC in port. Connect a monitor to either the HDMI or VGA port. Connect a wired USB keyboard to the USB 2. Turn on the Brix via the power button on the top. Keep pressing the Delete DEL key on the keyboard about twice per second until the BIOS screen appears. Use LeftRight arrows to navigate between tabs. Confirm that the RAM and SSD have been detected by the BIOS. Change the operating system option to Windows 7. Note that the Brix requires the Windows 7 6. Save and exit the BIOS. Switch off the Brix via the power button on the top. STEP 2 PREPARING THE USB BOOT DRIVE FOR THE WINDOWS 7 INSTALLERThe following steps to be performed on a windows PC or Laptop. Ensure you have a Windows 7 6. ISO file. If you have only the DVD, as I did, you will need to rip it to an ISO file at this point, using the Img. Burn software for example. Leave the ISO filename the same as the disk label default behaviour. N. B. Img. Burn has a notoriously sneaky installer that will install conduit search malware and other crapware if you dont read the installer options properly, and deselect all options apart from the first one, which is Img. Burn itself. Download and run Rufus a utility to help you create a USB boot drive from an ISO. Rufus is a standalone. Connect to the laptop a USB drive with at least 4. GB free space that will be formatted erased. If no drives appear at this point, its because Rufus defaults to only displaying USB flash drives. Press Alt F to have it display all fixed USB drives. In Rufus, select the target USB drive and also the source Windows 7 ISO file. Select the option create MBR for BIOS and UEFI computers and also the NTFS file system. These should be the defaults after selecting the Windows 7 ISO. Create the USB boot disk in Rufus. Leave the disk label the same as the original ISO or DVD. After Rufus has finished, disconnect the USB boot drive. STEP 3 INSTALLING WINDOWS 7 FROM THE USB BOOT DRIVEConnect the USB boot drive to a USB 2. Turn on the Brix via the power button on the top. Keep pressing the DEL key on the keyboard about twice a second until the BIOS screen appears. In the BIOS boot menu, confirm the USB boot drive is detected. If it is not detected, you may need to boot one more time by powering the brix off then on. I think this is something to do with the USB boot drive not being ready for the BIOS, which boots very quickly. In the BIOS boot menu, press the key to move the USB boot drive to the top position. Save and exit the BIOS. Go through the Windows 7 setup. You can do this just fine with only a keyboard and no mouse, using TAB, SHIFT TAB, UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT and ENTER to make selections as required. After the Windows 7 installer has finished copying files and is starting the installation it will prompt you to restart the Brix. At this point, you should go into the BIOS and restore the boot setting to boot from the SSD first not the USB boot drive. Alternatively, you can just turn off the USB boot drive at this point, before the restart occurs. Connect a wired USB mouse to the USB 2. USB boot drive. IMPORTANT NOTE FOR INSTALLING WINDOWS 8. Some. commenters below have reported getting an error when trying to install. Windows 8 at this point. The message from Windows is something like windows could not update the computers boot configuration. As suggested by commenter Tim Bailey, the solution is to update the BIOS to the latest version. You can download the BIOS update tool from the Gigabyte website. Here is the BIOS download page for the Gigabyte Brix GB BXBT 2. RWD0bios. From the page above, instructions for updating the BIOS For DOS, please type flash. For Windows, please select folder and type f. STEP 4 INSTALLING THE BRIX DRIVERS IN WINDOWS 7. After Windows has been installed and booted ok on the Brix, install the following drivers from the driver CD by copying everything on it to a USB thumbdrive on your laptop and then inserting into the blue USB 3. Brix. On the Brix, in Windows Wi. FiBT driver just double click setup. This gets Wi. Fi and Bluetooth up and running you can then connect to the Internet. Requires a reboot after install. Graphics just double click setup. Wholesale Dropship Tools. Requires a reboot after install. USB3 just double click setup. Requires a reboot after install. Audio just double click setup. Requires a reboot after install. Chipset   just double click setup. Requires a reboot after install. A comment by a reader in the comments section below Warren Rushby, December 1. I personally didnt bother installing the other drivers as they either werent required by me e. LAN or they seemed to be only for Windows 8 anyway. To be on the safe side, especially if you are having issues, its recommended installing all the drivers. My boot time is 1. Windows 7 login screen. Not too bad, helped no doubt primarily by the SSD. STEP 5 OPTIONAL CONNECT A WIRELESS KEYBOARD MOUSEIn Windows, replace the wired USB mouse with a wireless USB mouse and wait for Windows to install the driver takes a minute or two. Replace the wired USB keyboard with a wireless USB keyboard and wait for Windows to install the driver takes a minute or two. I noticed a couple of times that the wireless mouse wasnt working. I had to unplug and replug its USB dongle, and that fixed it. STEP 6 OPTIONAL INSTALL SOME WINDOWS SOFTWAREAt this point I installed this software, which I personally find are essential in Windows, although you might have differing opinions on each category. All are free. Browser Run Internet Explorer to download and install Firefox. Then I remove the Internet Explorer links on the task bar and desktop. Anti virus Microsoft Security Essentials. Nothing fancy but gets the job done. Flash Adobe Flash Player.