Can't Install OS

[jaytaylor07]

So, I snagged an Inspiron 545s in a trade and decided I would attempt to piece it back together. The Mother board, optical drive, and power supply were pretty much the only thing it came with. I installed two 2GB DDR2 DIMM 240PIN RAM, and a 1TB WD 10EURX Hard Drive. I'm using the on board VGA with a brand new cable. No sure what the power cord is from (an old CRT monitor, I think), and my own KB and mouse.

Getting to the CMOS is its own battle. You have to drain all the power including the Mothrboard battery to get to it, but never mind that. My problem at this point is that I can change the boot order but neither disc or usb seems to work. I've tried Discs with iso and cdr, and I've tried multiple versions of Linux Mint with the usb using both a manual usb disk creation and a freely available app. Not sure what to do.

 

[jwcrellin]

So you can get into the bios? Are your drives showing up in the sata selections?

 

[jaytaylor07]

So you can get into the bios? Are your drives showing up in the sata selections?

Yes there is display. I can get to the BIOS and the optical/Hard drive show up.

 

[TrufflesG]

For the record.....

I'm on my 2nd ASRock build in less than 2 weeks.

Have not been able to install Windows 7 OR Ubuntu 16.04 (which has all the required support of USB 3.0)