How'd i get into the BIOS on my P7H55-M?

[powlesY]

The motherboard screen at startup disappears pretty quickly, it says to hold [TAB] for BIOS and POST SCREEN but it just comes up with a load of the same messages about booting (obviously because i've held tab it repeats the request, bringing up the multiple messages).

My Windows 7 installation halts as well because it can't find the CD/DVD drivers or something, even though the retail disk is in the drive and that's what it's reading from.

 

[stulid]

hit the del button for all its worth.

 

[vanandjuanunited]

Delete or f2

 

[ms2010]

hit the del button for all its worth.

As stulid said. As soon as you power on start pressing the Del key , If you miss it you will need too reboot and try again

2.2 BIOS Setup Program in the manual confirms you press Del on your motherboard

My Windows 7 installation halts as well because it can't find the CD/DVD drivers or something, even though the retail disk is in the drive and that's what it's reading from.

Is it looking for a driver because it can't find anywhere to install Windows 7 , i.e. it can't see the HDD

First thing too check is if the HDD is detected in the BIOS , although a previous thread proved that doesn't always matter

 

[powlesY]

After getting into the bios i can now see that my SATA HDD isn't being found. What might be the cause of this? Everything is plugged in.

 

[stulid]

yep, make sure the sata cable is connected correctly at both ends, make sure the sata power connection is pushed fully in.