Gigabyte Bios Boot Device Problems

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Hi everyone.
Apologies as this type of forum is extremely common, I have looked though other threads but cannot find a solution and have hit a brick wall.

I keep getting the following message:
"Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key to continue", despite selecting the Boot device (my DVD burner) from the F12 Boot menu, removing the other registered boot device (one of my HDD) so it can't boot from anything other than the DVD drive and just won't install/ even load the bios I burned onto a DVD (the bios file is F4 from http://www.gigabyte.ie/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4781#bios - under Support & Downloads -> BIOS). The DVD burner is working correctly.

I have also looked through the BIOS menu by pressing Del, but can't see anything there that could be causing this irritating problem.

I had previous trouble with my pc's motherboard speaker omitting a deafening loud continuous beep, solved by removing my GPU from my build. Now wither I can get it to work with my new motherboard is beyond me (it isn't broken, it's from my old pc, which it worked perfectly with)

UPDATE: My GPU has a 6 pin atx socket that was never used in my old pc, furthermore do I need to use this?


My pc build consists of:
Intel i7-4790k 4th gen processor
Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD7 TH motherboard - using integrated graphics HDMI for monitor
Corsair CMX8GX3M1A1600C11 XMS3 8GB (1x8GB) DDR3 1600 Mhz CL11 Performance Desktop Memory Module Ram
550w Stock Colorsit PSU
(Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS gpu) - not in use
2 0.5Tb Seagate sky box Sata II HDDs
1 old 180Gb HDD from my old PC

Any Help would be obliged. :)
 
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Well, at first, try to reset the bios to original setting, see how that works. Assuming you have done that, unplug all except memory, integrated graphics, keyboard, and the drive. Either way, try different ports (SATA) and if using PATA (less likely), play with the jumpers. Make sure that your check the cables (if you have another one laying around, check it). Power supply, assuming you have a good one, shouldn't cause problems, especially if you have all else unplugged. I also assume that you have checked the boot order to make sure that the drive is actually shown and is the primary one used. Check to see if the CD/DVD you are using actually has the boot sector to read from (so maybe try to reburn a different iso to the dvd to make sure that boot content is there).. If all fails, maybe there is a USB version that you can use?
 
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Hi, asked the seller and he said try swapping to BIOS 2, which ended with the same result. I'm guessing the necessary power for the BIOS memory in the motherboard was lost due to lack of power over time resulting in a lack of the necessary BIOS file.

Thanks to the people on this thread trying to help me.
 
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Hi its SATA and I went into the boot menu and only two of my peripherals are coming up as boot devices. My DVD burner and my HDD (the HDD I disconnected to weed out any problems here) and selected my DVD drive (which is showing as my primary boot device).

My PSU doesn't seem to be the problem, it's powerful enough to supply all drives, cpu etc.

A USB device was the first thing I tried last night (I connected it to the main usb 3.0 ports on the motherboard) and it would give the same message, but cycling in alteration with please remove all boot devices and press a button to reset (hence an even worse outcome then DVD drive booting).
 

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I am sorry you still having issues, remember that most BIOS settings do not boot from USB3 ports, so always get into the 2.0 black ports.
 
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Yeah, it's just going NOPE.

UPDATE: I went into the boot menu and it does detect the usb key, but continues to cycle between those two messages, unlike the DVD drive, which is stuck only in the select boot device message.
 
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Not sure how to do that in the bios menu (which is partially off-screen [tried all display options incl aspect ratio 4:3; I can't test in VGA as my motherboard emits a loud continuous beep from it's speaker when the GPU is connected]). I'll have a look spooky and see if I can set the optimized defaults in BIOS, they should be fine as it hasn't been used before (aside from the seller updating the BIOS- who stated to try swapping to BIOS 2, which I did, resulting in the same outcome [I'm guessing the setting where reset due to power not being supplied over a period of time]).

What memory timings and speed setting are needed (ie what is the recommended settings)? is it dependant on the RAM or motherboard.
 

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OK, lets try this, try booting from.. say a Windows 7 DVD, does that work? Assuming it does, you know what the issues is, a problem with the boot sector as mentioned earlier. You have mentioned that you can burn DVDs ok? Meaning that the HD that you have boots, correct?
 
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This is the first time set-up of this pc,

"OK, lets try this, try booting from.. say a Windows 7 DVD, does that work?"
ok, I have windows 8.1 from Dreamspark e5 on the hub student program. I don't think it will work as this is the first time set-up of my pc and it hasn't any OS installed, or apparently BIOS, so I don't understand how it can work/ test the HD.

"Assuming it does, you know what the issues is, a problem with the boot sector as mentioned earlier."
ok, at least I now that. :)

"You have mentioned that you can burn DVDs ok? Meaning that the HD that you have boots, correct?"
Unfortunately I burned that DVD on the home laptop, I believe it boots, as it is registered boot device and I can hear it successfully load the disk.

Thanks for sticking with me through this c**p.


BTW I loaded the optimized defaults and try adjusting the RAM clock speeds and still the same result.
 

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Well, limited knowledge that I have, I must admit, that I've never seen an issue like that with no obvious solutions. Bios is a very limited piece of software that works almost all the time with no issues. The ways things are going in this case, it really leads me to think that this is an issue with hardware that prevents the booting process no matter what source it is coming from. I am pretty adamant that this is not the memory issue (as it states clearly). What you may want to do if it is an expensive mother board, is get yourself a POST diagnostic hardware. POST is the instructions sent by bios that tells (and identifies) the motherboard what is attached to the computer (eg. mouse, keyboard, monitor, memory, etc) This is a piece of hardware that you insert into the PCI slot to see what bios is doing and at what sector it has stuck (if so). The limitation of this however that more than likely, the POST is OK as it states that there was rather a booting issue rather than a problem with bios.

From what I have heard from you however, the best solution I would come up with if you were my client, is it really change the motherboard. But please make sure that this CD/DVD boots on other computer.
 
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oh god, I hope it doesn't come to get another new motherboard as this one is plain epic.
 
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Wait so, get my hdd and throw the update/ bios file onto that, I'll try that. Although I don't have high hopes considering the failed attempts so far.

Would it be a good idea try to use the CMOS/ BIOS reset button, or would that considering my position even do anything??

 
Take all drives out except for the one that you want to load windows on, then install windows if you can. Use integrated graphics if you have to and load all the newest drivers from the web site. Then try installing other devices, drives, GPU and etc one at a time.
 
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UEFI Boot?

I threw the BIOS files onto one of my HDDs with almost no space left in (the other 2 blank 500Gb HDD refuse to allow me to transfer to them - fixed now at least one of the new ones can be now written to, it was a random bug.) and now it has seemed to have gone past that part (despite no installation by disc, Disc drive, USB or HDD) (which initially stated something along the lines of press a button to install using CD/DVD drive (first time I've seen it and then went to the following screen.)

It goes into the following screen:
DSC_0453.jpg
Apologies for the poor image quality it's the best I could do.
Then it goes to reboot after failing to load windows (because it was from the old pc, with other irrelevant drivers)

My keyboard is no longer responding so I can't even go up/ down. - No longer happening


It automatically goes with the option the curser is on (as in image) to boot up normally, showing a loading bar like what you see with a normal Microsoft start up, fails and gives me a blue screen with text for like a tenth of a second (I can only assume it due to no OS on it's hdd).

I have no clue is this a better position or worse? :/


UPDATE: I just found out that the only reason that message is coming up is because that old HDD contained the OS from my old PC.
It reverted back to it's old state when I used one of the newer ones.
 
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I checked it up and it doesn't deliver to Ireland, however their was one that looks the same as that one:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00HEE3X5Y/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=AB1JSW4WUD5VN

is that one ok to use?
 

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Yes This is good looking. Like I said, this may not fix all of your problems. At its best it will tell you what the problem is, which may or may not be fixable (with exception of, say changing mother board).
 
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Good, stupid amazon won't let me go for 1 day or standard delivery, giving me only a free delivery option. :/ (oddly enough it's free delivery without reaching the required £25 for free P&P in the ROI). Won't get the bloody thing till at least Monday of next week. No other avenues to get this item so I'll just have to wait.


In the meanwhile I may go to my local technician and get it looked at (might as well as right now it's good as a brick).

BTW: Stupid Question, does it matter wither the BIOS files (3 of them) are in a folder or not.
Furthermore could it work if I use the oldest BIOS version on gigabyte and see if it can use that???


UPDATE: I put in the windows 8.1 disc and it successfully loaded, now it's asking me for drivers, so I'm going to gigabyte to download them; followed shortly by myself hitting the hay. This is without the old drive which had useless windows vista on it (which wouldn't start as mentioned).
 


Weird. Try using the oldest BIOS version on Gigabyte, I mean, you might as well.