Brand new build:
Z87-Pro Motherboard
i5-4670k LGA1150 (with CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO cooler)
2x4GB Corsair XMS3
256GB Neutron Sata 3 SSD
Antec 300 mid-case
(Also a Sapphire 7850 GPU, not presently installed for trouble-shooting purposes.)
Two (possibly related) issues:
(1) The Q_Code LED is indicating error code "AE" ("Legacy Boot Event")
Despite this, I can boot and it seemingly passes POST and lets me into the BIOS.
However, I am running into issue #2:
(2) Using a Kingston 8GB USB flash drive with the Windows 8 install utility, I am getting a black screen with a blinking cursor rather than the Windows 8 startup.
I have tested the USB installer on another machine and it works there.
I have tried multiple ports, including the rear USB 3.0 ports and the front black USB 2.0 USB ports.
I have tried both the UEFI and the regular ("KingstonDataTraveler 2.0") startup options.
I have successfully flashed the Mobo BIOS update to the most recent version using the USB flash utility in Advanced BIOS setup.
I have tried with Fast Boot off and on, with Partial and Full USB Support Initialization.
I'm kind of at a loss as to what I need to do to boot from this flash drive. I don't have an optical, wasn't planning on getting one.
Any tips for trouble-shooting this? Thanks!
Z87-Pro Motherboard
i5-4670k LGA1150 (with CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO cooler)
2x4GB Corsair XMS3
256GB Neutron Sata 3 SSD
Antec 300 mid-case
(Also a Sapphire 7850 GPU, not presently installed for trouble-shooting purposes.)
Two (possibly related) issues:
(1) The Q_Code LED is indicating error code "AE" ("Legacy Boot Event")
Despite this, I can boot and it seemingly passes POST and lets me into the BIOS.
However, I am running into issue #2:
(2) Using a Kingston 8GB USB flash drive with the Windows 8 install utility, I am getting a black screen with a blinking cursor rather than the Windows 8 startup.
I have tested the USB installer on another machine and it works there.
I have tried multiple ports, including the rear USB 3.0 ports and the front black USB 2.0 USB ports.
I have tried both the UEFI and the regular ("KingstonDataTraveler 2.0") startup options.
I have successfully flashed the Mobo BIOS update to the most recent version using the USB flash utility in Advanced BIOS setup.
I have tried with Fast Boot off and on, with Partial and Full USB Support Initialization.
I'm kind of at a loss as to what I need to do to boot from this flash drive. I don't have an optical, wasn't planning on getting one.
Any tips for trouble-shooting this? Thanks!