Gigabyte Bios Boot Device Problems

[Anonymously Anonymous Lad]

Hi everyone.
Apologies as this type of forum is extremely common, I have looked though other threads but cannot find a solution and have hit a brick wall.

I keep getting the following message:
"Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key to continue", despite selecting the Boot device (my DVD burner) from the F12 Boot menu, removing the other registered boot device (one of my HDD) so it can't boot from anything other than the DVD drive and just won't install/ even load the bios I burned onto a DVD (the bios file is F4 from http://www.gigabyte.ie/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4781#bios - under Support & Downloads -> BIOS). The DVD burner is working correctly.

I have also looked through the BIOS menu by pressing Del, but can't see anything there that could be causing this irritating problem.

I had previous trouble with my pc's motherboard speaker omitting a deafening loud continuous beep, solved by removing my GPU from my build. Now wither I can get it to work with my new motherboard is beyond me (it isn't broken, it's from my old pc, which it worked perfectly with)

UPDATE: My GPU has a 6 pin atx socket that was never used in my old pc, furthermore do I need to use this?


My pc build consists of:
Intel i7-4790k 4th gen processor
Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD7 TH motherboard - using integrated graphics HDMI for monitor
Corsair CMX8GX3M1A1600C11 XMS3 8GB (1x8GB) DDR3 1600 Mhz CL11 Performance Desktop Memory Module Ram
550w Stock Colorsit PSU
(Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS gpu) - not in use
2 0.5Tb Seagate sky box Sata II HDDs
1 old 180Gb HDD from my old PC

Any Help would be obliged.

 

[spooky2th]

One other thing to try is load the latest BIOS version. Then set it all up. If your board already has the newest BIOS, load it again. If your BIOS is corrupted, this might work if there is not a physical problem with the board.

 

[Vladimir Tess]

Well, at first, try to reset the bios to original setting, see how that works. Assuming you have done that, unplug all except memory, integrated graphics, keyboard, and the drive. Either way, try different ports (SATA) and if using PATA (less likely), play with the jumpers. Make sure that your check the cables (if you have another one laying around, check it). Power supply, assuming you have a good one, shouldn't cause problems, especially if you have all else unplugged. I also assume that you have checked the boot order to make sure that the drive is actually shown and is the primary one used. Check to see if the CD/DVD you are using actually has the boot sector to read from (so maybe try to reburn a different iso to the dvd to make sure that boot content is there).. If all fails, maybe there is a USB version that you can use?

Hi its SATA and I went into the boot menu and only two of my peripherals are coming up as boot devices. My DVD burner and my HDD (the HDD I disconnected to weed out any problems here) and selected my DVD drive (which is showing as my primary boot device).

My PSU doesn't seem to be the problem, it's powerful enough to supply all drives, cpu etc.

A USB device was the first thing I tried last night (I connected it to the main usb 3.0 ports on the motherboard) and it would give the same message, but cycling in alteration with please remove all boot devices and press a button to reset (hence an even worse outcome then DVD drive booting).

I am sorry you still having issues, remember that most BIOS settings do not boot from USB3 ports, so always get into the 2.0 black ports.

Yeah, it's just going NOPE.

UPDATE: I went into the boot menu and it does detect the usb key, but continues to cycle between those two messages, unlike the DVD drive, which is stuck only in the select boot device message.

OK, lets try this, try booting from.. say a Windows 7 DVD, does that work? Assuming it does, you know what the issues is, a problem with the boot sector as mentioned earlier. You have mentioned that you can burn DVDs ok? Meaning that the HD that you have boots, correct?

This is the first time set-up of this pc,

"OK, lets try this, try booting from.. say a Windows 7 DVD, does that work?"
ok, I have windows 8.1 from Dreamspark e5 on the hub student program. I don't think it will work as this is the first time set-up of my pc and it hasn't any OS installed, or apparently BIOS, so I don't understand how it can work/ test the HD.

"Assuming it does, you know what the issues is, a problem with the boot sector as mentioned earlier."
ok, at least I now that.

"You have mentioned that you can burn DVDs ok? Meaning that the HD that you have boots, correct?"
Unfortunately I burned that DVD on the home laptop, I believe it boots, as it is registered boot device and I can hear it successfully load the disk.

Thanks for sticking with me through this c**p.


BTW I loaded the optimized defaults and try adjusting the RAM clock speeds and still the same result.

Well, limited knowledge that I have, I must admit, that I've never seen an issue like that with no obvious solutions. Bios is a very limited piece of software that works almost all the time with no issues. The ways things are going in this case, it really leads me to think that this is an issue with hardware that prevents the booting process no matter what source it is coming from. I am pretty adamant that this is not the memory issue (as it states clearly). What you may want to do if it is an expensive mother board, is get yourself a POST diagnostic hardware. POST is the instructions sent by bios that tells (and identifies) the motherboard what is attached to the computer (eg. mouse, keyboard, monitor, memory, etc) This is a piece of hardware that you insert into the PCI slot to see what bios is doing and at what sector it has stuck (if so). The limitation of this however that more than likely, the POST is OK as it states that there was rather a booting issue rather than a problem with bios.

From what I have heard from you however, the best solution I would come up with if you were my client, is it really change the motherboard. But please make sure that this CD/DVD boots on other computer.

I checked it up and it doesn't deliver to Ireland, however their was one that looks the same as that one:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00HEE3X5Y/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=AB1JSW4WUD5VN

is that one ok to use?

Yes This is good looking. Like I said, this may not fix all of your problems. At its best it will tell you what the problem is, which may or may not be fixable (with exception of, say changing mother board).

Good, stupid amazon won't let me go for 1 day or standard delivery, giving me only a free delivery option. :/ (oddly enough it's free delivery without reaching the required £25 for free P&P in the ROI). Won't get the bloody thing till at least Monday of next week. No other avenues to get this item so I'll just have to wait.


In the meanwhile I may go to my local technician and get it looked at (might as well as right now it's good as a brick).

BTW: Stupid Question, does it matter wither the BIOS files (3 of them) are in a folder or not.
Furthermore could it work if I use the oldest BIOS version on gigabyte and see if it can use that???


UPDATE: I put in the windows 8.1 disc and it successfully loaded, now it's asking me for drivers, so I'm going to gigabyte to download them; followed shortly by myself hitting the hay. This is without the old drive which had useless windows vista on it (which wouldn't start as mentioned).

Weird. Try using the oldest BIOS version on Gigabyte, I mean, you might as well.

Don't get that POST diagnostic, if you are able to finally boot, the POST is fine. Its probably the mother board issue. Like someone said, you may want to contact the support, see what they say and see if they can do anything for you. Hope all goes well.

 

[sora]

Well, at first, try to reset the bios to original setting, see how that works. Assuming you have done that, unplug all except memory, integrated graphics, keyboard, and the drive. Either way, try different ports (SATA) and if using PATA (less likely), play with the jumpers. Make sure that your check the cables (if you have another one laying around, check it). Power supply, assuming you have a good one, shouldn't cause problems, especially if you have all else unplugged. I also assume that you have checked the boot order to make sure that the drive is actually shown and is the primary one used. Check to see if the CD/DVD you are using actually has the boot sector to read from (so maybe try to reburn a different iso to the dvd to make sure that boot content is there).. If all fails, maybe there is a USB version that you can use?

Hi its SATA and I went into the boot menu and only two of my peripherals are coming up as boot devices. My DVD burner and my HDD (the HDD I disconnected to weed out any problems here) and selected my DVD drive (which is showing as my primary boot device).

My PSU doesn't seem to be the problem, it's powerful enough to supply all drives, cpu etc.

A USB device was the first thing I tried last night (I connected it to the main usb 3.0 ports on the motherboard) and it would give the same message, but cycling in alteration with please remove all boot devices and press a button to reset (hence an even worse outcome then DVD drive booting).

I am sorry you still having issues, remember that most BIOS settings do not boot from USB3 ports, so always get into the 2.0 black ports.

Yeah, it's just going NOPE.

UPDATE: I went into the boot menu and it does detect the usb key, but continues to cycle between those two messages, unlike the DVD drive, which is stuck only in the select boot device message.

OK, lets try this, try booting from.. say a Windows 7 DVD, does that work? Assuming it does, you know what the issues is, a problem with the boot sector as mentioned earlier. You have mentioned that you can burn DVDs ok? Meaning that the HD that you have boots, correct?

This is the first time set-up of this pc,

"OK, lets try this, try booting from.. say a Windows 7 DVD, does that work?"
ok, I have windows 8.1 from Dreamspark e5 on the hub student program. I don't think it will work as this is the first time set-up of my pc and it hasn't any OS installed, or apparently BIOS, so I don't understand how it can work/ test the HD.

"Assuming it does, you know what the issues is, a problem with the boot sector as mentioned earlier."
ok, at least I now that.

"You have mentioned that you can burn DVDs ok? Meaning that the HD that you have boots, correct?"
Unfortunately I burned that DVD on the home laptop, I believe it boots, as it is registered boot device and I can hear it successfully load the disk.

Thanks for sticking with me through this c**p.


BTW I loaded the optimized defaults and try adjusting the RAM clock speeds and still the same result.

Well, limited knowledge that I have, I must admit, that I've never seen an issue like that with no obvious solutions. Bios is a very limited piece of software that works almost all the time with no issues. The ways things are going in this case, it really leads me to think that this is an issue with hardware that prevents the booting process no matter what source it is coming from. I am pretty adamant that this is not the memory issue (as it states clearly). What you may want to do if it is an expensive mother board, is get yourself a POST diagnostic hardware. POST is the instructions sent by bios that tells (and identifies) the motherboard what is attached to the computer (eg. mouse, keyboard, monitor, memory, etc) This is a piece of hardware that you insert into the PCI slot to see what bios is doing and at what sector it has stuck (if so). The limitation of this however that more than likely, the POST is OK as it states that there was rather a booting issue rather than a problem with bios.

From what I have heard from you however, the best solution I would come up with if you were my client, is it really change the motherboard. But please make sure that this CD/DVD boots on other computer.

I checked it up and it doesn't deliver to Ireland, however their was one that looks the same as that one:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00HEE3X5Y/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=AB1JSW4WUD5VN

is that one ok to use?

Yes This is good looking. Like I said, this may not fix all of your problems. At its best it will tell you what the problem is, which may or may not be fixable (with exception of, say changing mother board).

Good, stupid amazon won't let me go for 1 day or standard delivery, giving me only a free delivery option. :/ (oddly enough it's free delivery without reaching the required £25 for free P&P in the ROI). Won't get the bloody thing till at least Monday of next week. No other avenues to get this item so I'll just have to wait.


In the meanwhile I may go to my local technician and get it looked at (might as well as right now it's good as a brick).

BTW: Stupid Question, does it matter wither the BIOS files (3 of them) are in a folder or not.
Furthermore could it work if I use the oldest BIOS version on gigabyte and see if it can use that???


UPDATE: I put in the windows 8.1 disc and it successfully loaded, now it's asking me for drivers, so I'm going to gigabyte to download them; followed shortly by myself hitting the hay. This is without the old drive which had useless windows vista on it (which wouldn't start as mentioned).

Weird. Try using the oldest BIOS version on Gigabyte, I mean, you might as well.

Don't get that POST diagnostic, if you are able to finally boot, the POST is fine. Its probably the mother board issue. Like someone said, you may want to contact the support, see what they say and see if they can do anything for you. Hope all goes well.

If he contacted support they would most likely suggest a replacement motherboard which is exactly what you should do.

 

[Anonymously Anonymous Lad]

Hi, sorry the late reply, I took a day off from my pc after 2 days of continously hitting a brick wall.

I successfully installed windows 8.1, the supplier said to send it to him and he will get it tested and fixed. Well he said (he has not as of yet suggested a new board). There is about 23 months left in it's warranty.

It is no longer asking me for a boot device and when I try to use the bios disc (even using my 2nd dvd drive from the boot menu) it ignores it and goes straight to the highly confusing cluster f*** know as the windows 8.1 menu. Needless to say if and when I can actually get up and running I'm going for the windows 7 interface setting contained in 8.1.


It installed onto one of my hdds successfully and didn't give me an option to install any drivers or bios. (it stated it needed a drive not drivers [my hdds were coming up at first] unfortunately).


I'm at a menu which shows what looks like the fairly standard (and ugly) windows 8.1 menu with start as a heading on the right hand corner.

So you guys have any clue what to do from here, is actually ok to go???

I'm shocked the OS can even function considering that for 4th gen processor support you need to install the bios update (F4) that I was trying to install.


BTW about the display problems I tried using a hdmi to dvi-I cable, with a dvi to vga adapter and that doesn't work. (the reason I was trying to get it through vga was because you can actually adjust the exact screen size - unlike the hdmi on my screen).

Furthermore I haven't tried to install the oldest bios version as its just going straight to my OS. Also I didn't try the latest version as it's in Beta (I tried the most resent stable version).

 

[Anonymously Anonymous Lad]

Update: I can run discs fine from windows menu.
It appears when it was stating that boot device message it wanted the OS disc, not the BIOS software... I feel like an idiot lol

Thanks a mil to everyone who helped; it appears to be up and running, even my 4th gen processor is showing up.

 

[Vladimir Tess]

Great!