So, I'm working on a custom build for my mother and I decided to go with the ASUS M5A97 R2.0 AM3+ because it seems fairly budget and an easy grab.
I pre-installed Windows 8.1 onto a harddrive so after building the computer I could just boot directly into it, however of course that's just too easy...
Once I started the computer, I never got past the BIOs.
"Push F2 or Del to enter UEFI setup" would come up and go away like normal, but after that the ASUS splash screen would come up and just stay there.
So, I tried going into the UEFI. I was able to get in as normal buy pushing either F2 or Del as instructed.
However, once there, both my USB keyboard and mouse both didn't work.
So I tried a PS/2 keyboard, still no luck..
After various restarts and power cycles, I managed to get it back to the ASUS Splash screen but this time it said "Please wait..." in what seemed to be a Windows 8 style font.
I let the "Please wait..." sit for almost an hour and nothing happened.
After a few more restarts, the "Please wait..." changed to "Preparing setup repair"
Again, waited hours and nothing.
I eventually decided to reset the BIOs.
After resetting it the computer prompted me with:
"Push F1 to start the BIOs setup"
So, I pushed F1... again, no response because the BIOs doesn't seem to detect inputs properly...
The only time the BIOs seems to detect inputs (PS/2 or USB) is during the initial "Push F2 or Del" screen.
Could just be that this motherboard just came with a faulty BIOs? I've spent practically a day working on this trying multiple solutions found on the internet and nothing seems to work.
I pre-installed Windows 8.1 onto a harddrive so after building the computer I could just boot directly into it, however of course that's just too easy...
Once I started the computer, I never got past the BIOs.
"Push F2 or Del to enter UEFI setup" would come up and go away like normal, but after that the ASUS splash screen would come up and just stay there.
So, I tried going into the UEFI. I was able to get in as normal buy pushing either F2 or Del as instructed.
However, once there, both my USB keyboard and mouse both didn't work.
So I tried a PS/2 keyboard, still no luck..
After various restarts and power cycles, I managed to get it back to the ASUS Splash screen but this time it said "Please wait..." in what seemed to be a Windows 8 style font.
I let the "Please wait..." sit for almost an hour and nothing happened.
After a few more restarts, the "Please wait..." changed to "Preparing setup repair"
Again, waited hours and nothing.
I eventually decided to reset the BIOs.
After resetting it the computer prompted me with:
"Push F1 to start the BIOs setup"
So, I pushed F1... again, no response because the BIOs doesn't seem to detect inputs properly...
The only time the BIOs seems to detect inputs (PS/2 or USB) is during the initial "Push F2 or Del" screen.
Could just be that this motherboard just came with a faulty BIOs? I've spent practically a day working on this trying multiple solutions found on the internet and nothing seems to work.