Hi guys, last night I ran into a baffling problem, hopefully someone more experienced can shed some light on it. Build (all brand new parts): ASUS P8B75-M and i5 3570 1x 8GB Kingston DDR3-1333 Using onboard iGP HDMI output 1x Kingston V300 120GB 3x WD Red 3TB 1x PS/2 keyboard 1x USB mouse Seasonic 550W Gold Problem: Created bootable Win7 x64 image using Rufus in NTFS format for UEFI+BIOS on 8GB thumb drive Select boot from flash drive using boot device selection menu Appear screen "Windows is loading files" Appear Windows 7 logo animation beginning Immediately after (before logo animation is complete) screen is blanked (but still on) No response thereafter, no HDD activity either. Obviously I googled this and it seems like half the universe is having this stupid issue. Already tried: Load Optimized Defaults SATA IDE and AHCI modes Disable secure boot Disable quick boot Disable intelligent fan control Graphics option Auto and iGP modes CSM set to Legacy and UEFI modes Connecting a different keyboard Connecting a VGA display instead of HDMI TV Connecting flash drive to rear ports Disconnecting all drives except SSD Disconnecting all drives Burning Windows image to another flash drive Starting Windows install in safe mode What should I do now?
My household has completely abandoned optical media. I have an old DVD drive using IDE interface which this motherboard doesn't support. The image has worked numerous times for me previously, all using USB. Very quick and no problems at all. Just to be sure, I spent an hour reformatting the flash drive using Microsoft's USB tool. Still doesn't work.
As Ghostman 1 said, use DVD. I have never had problems installing OS from DVD or CD. USB drives usually work, if not, then I immediately swich to DVD. One thing is worth trying is to disable USB legacy support. Also you did use USB 2.0 port, not 3.0?
When doing a fresh install Most computers will not find the USB ports until Windows is installed.. I never had a problem installing from dvd, But Many Problems when trying to install from USB.. Plus Allot of Motherboards will not let you boot from USB ..
