OK thanks rgd1101. I learned a lot about the bootable flash drive and was able to boot from it. I end up stopping in the same place as when I boot from the hard drive (ssd). I display the gigabyte logo and then the circle of dots never completes a circle. 5 dots remain and computer hangs with no keyboard or mouse. I can get into the bios and change the boot order etc. with mouse and keyboard working. Any ideas at this point welcomed. If it is a hardware problem not sure where to look. 1 SSD, 2 Mbd, 3, RAM, 4 Processor, Cables ???
I think you need spare parts to try things. I am hoping someone here has had a similar problem and found the answer.