can access bios and see hardware but cannot load OS or boot to external drive

[postalcae]

I was given an ASUS M5A97 Rev. 2.0 Mobo that is supposed to be good and memory.

I have an older ATX case

I purchase..

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  FX-6300 cpu
  sata cd-rom
  sata hd
  600W power supply
  Genforce 210 video card

When I power on the PC I can access the bios, see all the hardware, cpu is recognized as is the memory.

But when I drop in a Windows install disk the systems says to click any button to boot form the cd rom. If I click a button the ASUS splash screen appears and nothing else.

If I do not press any key the blue four pane window splash appears and then freezes.

In both cases the CD rom spins.

I have also tried a bootable thumb drive I have and it starts to load the files and then freezes. Same as the cd ... but a different splash screen.

I have updated to the bios to the latest as I want this to be a test win 10 machine.

I have un-plugged all components leaving only the CD rom .. same result.

Unplugged the cd rom leaving only on-board hardware connections (IE:rear usb ports) and tried the bootable thumb drive. same result.

Note the bios sees all the hardware and even an external cd rom I tried.

Sorry for the long post but this has me stumped. Could the mobo be bad? It and the memory are the only used items. I installed only one stick and then swapped it for the other with the same result.

Ideas would be appreciated.

mike

 

[N3rdR4ge]

Reset coos. Remove battery and unplug computer for 15 min or more. If that doesn't fix I'm completely on board with bad mobo.