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Gigabyte GA-78LMT USB 3 boot loop issue?

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  • Reboot Loop
  • Cooler Master
  • AMD
  • Gigabyte
  • BIOS
  • Motherboards
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October 7, 2014 1:21:24 PM

So I recently rebuilt a PC into a Cooler Master N200 with the following configuration:

Cooler Master N200
Corsair TX750
Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3
AMD FX-8320
4GB G.Skill Ecoline RAM (will upgrade to 16GB Corsair XMS RAM eventually)
OCZ Vertex 4 128 GB
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB
EVGA Geforce GTX 550TI

I intend to turn this into a Linux station and I downloaded ISO images for both Ubuntu 14 and Linux Mint 6.4, and so far neither of them can work - the machine turns on and works fine but will only boot into the existing Windows installation on the primary drive. I moved that OS license to another machine. But after continuing to diagnose the problem, going into the BIOS revealed that the motherboard has picked up the primary SSD, the HD, and the optical drive. But numerous attempts to boot from the CD have failed. Has anyone else encountered this problem with this or any other AMD-based board?

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