PC stuck on black boot device screen, won't let me enter BIOS

[Mark Sashegyi]

So I had the Infinity Repair Loop problem, fixed that through a pretty complicated means that deleted some corrupted files on my SSD C: drive.

That led to the Blue Screen of Death, error 000000x1 something error, probably because it deleted files essential to the OS, Windows 8.1.

I tried unplugging the C: drive and just booting Windows 8.1 off of a thumb drive and that led to the Black Screen of "Reboot and select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key".

The problem is, nothing happens when I press my keyboard or click my mouse and I'm hitting the proper keys to enter the BIOS in the previous screen and it doesn't enter it. I have a wireless keyboard and it should be working. It works in my laptop.

I even went out and bought a new Windows 8.1 because I'm convinced now that I have to wipe my SSD completely and reinstall the OS except I can't even do that because I can't do anything beyond this problem.

It's been over a month of me solving one problem just to find another. I doubt the drive is toast because my PC is less than year old and most of my specs are up to date.

I appreciate any help, I'm about to thrash the entire build and switch to Mac.

 

[shivababbli]

try with the default laptop keyboard once
remove all the connected usb devices and try to go to BIOS

 

[Mark Sashegyi]

try with the default laptop keyboard once
remove all the connected usb devices and try to go to BIOS

try with the default laptop keyboard once
remove all the connected usb devices and try to go to BIOS

I don't have a keyboard, other than the wireless one to hook up to the desktop.

I did however, connect a corded mouse to the desktop after trying it on my laptop first. It works fine on my laptop but when I plug it into my desktop it flashes red(the indication that it's being powered) for like a half a second before not receiving any power. I've tried this on the peripherals as well as the front USB ports. Same result.

I highly doubt my motherboard is fried as other components are still working; the monitor, gpu, etc.

 

[shivababbli]

try resetting the BIOS

i guess your motherboard is fine

 

[Mark Sashegyi]

try resetting the BIOS

i guess your motherboard is fine

How can I reset the BIOS?

 

[shivababbli]

http://www.wikihow.com/Reset-Your-BIOS

 

[Mark Sashegyi]

http://www.wikihow.com/Reset-Your-BIOS

http://www.wikihow.com/Reset-Your-BIOS

Okay, so I got that to work. Resetting the BIOS allowed me to enter the BIOS as well as return power to my peripherals. I selected the c: drive to boot from in the BIOS and it went right back to that blue error screen 0x000001 where I can't select anything, like usual.

I unplugged the ssd/c: drive and inserted a brand new Windows 8.1 installation disk but all I keep getting now again is the "Reboot and select proper device" black screen. My keyboard and mouse are working but when I hit or click anything, nothing happens.

I still can't enter the BIOS from the initial start up screen where I used to access it from. It seems the only way for me to get into the BIOS is resetting the CMOS every time. There has got to be an easier way to just install a new version of Windows and wipe my SSD and start over, which I would rather avoid but at this point anything is better than this.