motherboard dosnt boot from usb

Nikos Kyriakou

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Jun 7, 2014
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Hello i have a problem,i created a bootable usb to install windows 10 on a new SSD
but when i go in and select boot option and select the usb drive to boot ,the screen goes black and stuck on the flashing dash on the up left corner and dosen't proceed to the next step. anyone knows what is wrong ?motherboard is an ashrock 760m-hdv with an fx 6300 cpu.the motherboard is brand new and the cpu.
Btw with the old hard drive that it has windows in it boots normal with no problems. thanks
 
Solution
Most likely boot mode incompatibility. If USB install media is prepared for UEFI boot, but motherboard doesn't support it.

Use rufus to prepare USB install media for legacy/csm boot.