Regarding the issue of not being able to get access to the Boot Menu; I've noticed that my keyboard (which is USB) doesn't receive power until well into the splash screen, which more often than not doesn't give me enough time to access any of the options. Is this normal? My previous build -- which was an AMD -- powered the keyboard and mouse as soon as I switched the rig on.
NEW BUILD PROBLEMS: Incompatible or faulty components?...
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Try removing the cmos battery for half an hour. Boot to bios, load optimised defaults. Set the bios boot options as required. If using ssd set achi mode. Check in options should be something related to onboard devices /usb make sure they are enabled and powered. Then try and install Windows.
This MEGA which i put in the windows 10 FAQ has some windows 10 and windows 7 iso's maybe try one of them? The windows 10 versions are before the update though so you will have to install 7 first (i think not sure).
Failing that if you want i could make a windows 10 iso and send it to you from the media tool if your really struggling?
Seems..according to http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/activation-in-windows-10
During the free upgrade, you can use a valid Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 8.1 product key to activate Windows 10 (Version 1511 or higher)
I have as yet..not found out where you can obtain a Win 10 version 1511 or higher download to create a USB install.
If you use the media creation tool now it will make a 1511 or higher. I used it on a Acer laptop yesterday and it activated 10 straight away (10 had never been installed on it before) im asuming it pulled the windows 8.1 key from the bios.
I found out why the Windows 7 installation DVD wasn't booting correctly...
I'd noticed that one of the USB devices I'd plugged in -- when initially trying to find out which one was my keyboard -- was my Xbox controller. After unplugging this device on the supposed "crashed" screen of the Windows 7 installation, all the correct prompts popped up, and allowed me to go ahead with installing Windows. So, I made sure I only had the bare necessities plugged in, restarted (just to be safe), booted into the Windows 7 installation DVD again, and have now successfully installed Windows 7.
At this point, I couldn't get on the net to download anything, as none of the components were supported by my Windows 7 installation, being that it's 6 years old. So, I installed the Gigabyte drivers and utilities using the disc that came with the motherboard, got on the net, navigated to the "Get Windows 10" page on Microsoft.com, upgraded to Windows 10, burned the ISO of Windows 10 onto a blank DVD using Media Creation Tool, restarted, booted into the Windows 10 installation DVD, deleted all existing partitions, created a new partition, installed Windows 10, reinstalled the Gigabyte drivers and utilities, and now everything seems to be working OK. Well, except whenever I open specific installed Gigabyte utilities, and then I'm greeted with the not-very-helpful error message; "This driver can't release to failure!!", which I haven't yet been able to find a solution for. However, they still seem to work.
An interesting discovery with the BIOS...
When I *did* manage to access the BIOS, I turned off the "Show Logo Screen" option, in the hope I'd be presented with a proper POST screen, as opposed to the Gigabyte splash screen logo, but I didn't get to see the POST screen I would have liked -- instead just one with the "American Megatrends" logo, and the option to press either DEL or F2 to enter the BIOS -- but for some reason, with the Gigabyte splash screen logo disabled, I can now access the BIOS every time.
I'd noticed that one of the USB devices I'd plugged in -- when initially trying to find out which one was my keyboard -- was my Xbox controller. After unplugging this device on the supposed "crashed" screen of the Windows 7 installation, all the correct prompts popped up, and allowed me to go ahead with installing Windows. So, I made sure I only had the bare necessities plugged in, restarted (just to be safe), booted into the Windows 7 installation DVD again, and have now successfully installed Windows 7.
At this point, I couldn't get on the net to download anything, as none of the components were supported by my Windows 7 installation, being that it's 6 years old. So, I installed the Gigabyte drivers and utilities using the disc that came with the motherboard, got on the net, navigated to the "Get Windows 10" page on Microsoft.com, upgraded to Windows 10, burned the ISO of Windows 10 onto a blank DVD using Media Creation Tool, restarted, booted into the Windows 10 installation DVD, deleted all existing partitions, created a new partition, installed Windows 10, reinstalled the Gigabyte drivers and utilities, and now everything seems to be working OK. Well, except whenever I open specific installed Gigabyte utilities, and then I'm greeted with the not-very-helpful error message; "This driver can't release to failure!!", which I haven't yet been able to find a solution for. However, they still seem to work.
An interesting discovery with the BIOS...
When I *did* manage to access the BIOS, I turned off the "Show Logo Screen" option, in the hope I'd be presented with a proper POST screen, as opposed to the Gigabyte splash screen logo, but I didn't get to see the POST screen I would have liked -- instead just one with the "American Megatrends" logo, and the option to press either DEL or F2 to enter the BIOS -- but for some reason, with the Gigabyte splash screen logo disabled, I can now access the BIOS every time.
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