Hello again friends...
I am trying to boot my new build to my Windows 11 DVD. But nothing I do to the BIOS will let me do this. I am going crazy. I will describe below what I have done and maybe someone here who has this motherboard, or one similar can offer some advice? I did down load the MSI manual for this motherboard and followed it the best I could. I do believe I rolled the + & - for the POWER lamp. I have not fixed that yet. All the rest seem good to me.
I have a PC I just built, and I am using the above motherboard. I installed a Samsung PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD. Going into the MIS BIOS, I was able to go to:
Settings
Advanced
And then select a test to run on the Samsung drive. It tested fine.
I put a Windows 11 DVD in the DVD drive and booted. The light would flicker on the DVD drive, but then boot to the BIOS page. I then booted the computer and pressed F-11. And rather than see a list of which order to boot the computer to, I only saw one thing which when I clicked it, took me back to the BIOS screen.
In EZ Mode I go to
Settings
Boot
And then I see this:
Boot Mode Select
Fixed Boot Order Priorities
Boot Order Option 1: UEFI CD/DVD
" " " 2
" " " 3
" " " 4
" " " 5
" " " 6
" " " 7
When I click Boot Order Option # 1, it opens and shows me this:
UEFI Hard Disk
UEFI CD/DVD (this is in yellow)
UEFI USB Hard Disk
UEFI USB CD/DVD
UEFI USB Key
UEFI USB Floppy
UEFI Network
I have tried many times to select USB CD/DVD and using the arrow keys or the + or - keys to move it around, but I can not.
Also, across the top of the EZ Mode Screen, I have a set of icons that are labeled:
Boot Priority:
The icon are in this order:
UEFI CD/DVD
UEFI USB CD/DVD
UEFI USB Key
UEFI Hard Drive
UEFI Hard Disk Drive
My DVD drive light will flicker when I install and remove my Windows 11 DVD, and sometimes flickers as if it is being read for a very short time, then the BIOS screen appears. I have moved the data cable from the DVD drive to each of the four SATA ports on this motherboard, but no change.
My BIOS says: 7/8/23 BV= E7D461MS.IDO
I am starting to think I am doing something really stupid, but I do not know what it is. I did pull the Samsung M.2 drive and put it in a USB 3.0 enclosure and format it in a Windows 10 machine (with no drive letter), and then re installed it. No help.
Apologies for the very long post, but I wanted to give enough detail so that someone who has experience with this MSI and/or a BIOS like this can tell me what I am doing wrong.
RANT MODE ON: I am 73 years old, almost 74. BIOS in the past were so simple. I miss that. I did an ASUS BIOS about 4 months ago. It was a real head scratchier for me, but after careful reading of the manual I finally got it. But this BIOS has got to me. RANT MODE OFF.
I just want to boot to the Windows 11 DVD in the DVD drive, and then I can load the enclosed MSI driver disk, and install the OS. Then go to MSI and update everything I can. I can not believe I spent an entire day trying to boot to my DVD drive with out success. I have been building desktop computers for my small circle of friends for maybe 12/15 years.
If you have read this far, thank you Any suggestions welcomed.
Many thanks,
mraroid
PS: The DVD drive worked when my friend gave me his computer to upgrade to Windows 11. I have thought about downloading windows 11 from Microsoft, and installing it to a USB 3.0 stick and trying to boot to that if this will never work.... But I would like to get the nice LG blu-ray burner/reader to work if it is not hooked up or optioned correctly.
I am trying to boot my new build to my Windows 11 DVD. But nothing I do to the BIOS will let me do this. I am going crazy. I will describe below what I have done and maybe someone here who has this motherboard, or one similar can offer some advice? I did down load the MSI manual for this motherboard and followed it the best I could. I do believe I rolled the + & - for the POWER lamp. I have not fixed that yet. All the rest seem good to me.
I have a PC I just built, and I am using the above motherboard. I installed a Samsung PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD. Going into the MIS BIOS, I was able to go to:
Settings
Advanced
And then select a test to run on the Samsung drive. It tested fine.
I put a Windows 11 DVD in the DVD drive and booted. The light would flicker on the DVD drive, but then boot to the BIOS page. I then booted the computer and pressed F-11. And rather than see a list of which order to boot the computer to, I only saw one thing which when I clicked it, took me back to the BIOS screen.
In EZ Mode I go to
Settings
Boot
And then I see this:
Boot Mode Select
Fixed Boot Order Priorities
Boot Order Option 1: UEFI CD/DVD
" " " 2
" " " 3
" " " 4
" " " 5
" " " 6
" " " 7
When I click Boot Order Option # 1, it opens and shows me this:
UEFI Hard Disk
UEFI CD/DVD (this is in yellow)
UEFI USB Hard Disk
UEFI USB CD/DVD
UEFI USB Key
UEFI USB Floppy
UEFI Network
I have tried many times to select USB CD/DVD and using the arrow keys or the + or - keys to move it around, but I can not.
Also, across the top of the EZ Mode Screen, I have a set of icons that are labeled:
Boot Priority:
The icon are in this order:
UEFI CD/DVD
UEFI USB CD/DVD
UEFI USB Key
UEFI Hard Drive
UEFI Hard Disk Drive
My DVD drive light will flicker when I install and remove my Windows 11 DVD, and sometimes flickers as if it is being read for a very short time, then the BIOS screen appears. I have moved the data cable from the DVD drive to each of the four SATA ports on this motherboard, but no change.
My BIOS says: 7/8/23 BV= E7D461MS.IDO
I am starting to think I am doing something really stupid, but I do not know what it is. I did pull the Samsung M.2 drive and put it in a USB 3.0 enclosure and format it in a Windows 10 machine (with no drive letter), and then re installed it. No help.
Apologies for the very long post, but I wanted to give enough detail so that someone who has experience with this MSI and/or a BIOS like this can tell me what I am doing wrong.
RANT MODE ON: I am 73 years old, almost 74. BIOS in the past were so simple. I miss that. I did an ASUS BIOS about 4 months ago. It was a real head scratchier for me, but after careful reading of the manual I finally got it. But this BIOS has got to me. RANT MODE OFF.
I just want to boot to the Windows 11 DVD in the DVD drive, and then I can load the enclosed MSI driver disk, and install the OS. Then go to MSI and update everything I can. I can not believe I spent an entire day trying to boot to my DVD drive with out success. I have been building desktop computers for my small circle of friends for maybe 12/15 years.
If you have read this far, thank you Any suggestions welcomed.
Many thanks,
mraroid
PS: The DVD drive worked when my friend gave me his computer to upgrade to Windows 11. I have thought about downloading windows 11 from Microsoft, and installing it to a USB 3.0 stick and trying to boot to that if this will never work.... But I would like to get the nice LG blu-ray burner/reader to work if it is not hooked up or optioned correctly.