Same message repeats "reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in a selected boot device and press a key." There's no lag between pushing the power button and that message. "Delete" just makes the message repeat....
Hey awesome! I was waiting for the text at the bottom of the screen like I've seen on all the videos. Holding delete while I started it worked. Thank you!
Progress, Great! Do you know what finally got it to boot?
What do you have in the CD/DVD drive?
"Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key" This is telling you that the computer has no bootable media e.g. operating system.
To fix this try pressing F2 or F12 (thinks its f12) straightaway when you turn on your computer to load up the boot menu and select your drive you want to boot from. If your tryng to install the Operating Sytem from the DVD drive than choose CD/DVD. If you are taken to the Bios than restart your computer and use the other F key. The boot menu has a black background and has like 3 options to choose from. The options are Hard drive, USB and CD/DVD
Is your DVD connected properly? If not, go into the bios and check. A simple to check is going into tools and go to system browser. A picture of your motherboard will pop up and from there you can see whats connected to the motherboard. Make sure to click on the ports (sata ports, usb ports etc.)
What kind of Microsoft CD/DVD is it?
I have to ask if your drive is attached, formatted and, made active?
I have to ask if your drive is attached, formatted and, made active?
You'd at least get into the setup utility even if the HDD wasn't attached.
OP, can you try booting from the Windows disc in a different computer (such as the one you're posting from)? You'll have a chance to exit out of setup before installing anything, so it won't hurt your current machine.
A guy who's pretty good with computers told me today that it's probably that I don't have the sata reader program (or something like that) loaded. Si? No?
This wouldn't be a concern until later in the loading process. It would not hinder the loading of the Windows DVD. In your case, Windows has drivers that will work with Intel SATA ports, so this will not be a concern for you at all.
Here are some things I found in the manual which may be helpful to you:
This board has all Intel SATA ports, which is one less thing that can be giving you problems here.
In the BIOS, go to storage configuration and make sure SATA controllers in set to Enabled, set to mode to AHCI, and the others don't matter so much.
Go to USB configuration, make sure USB controller is set to enabled and Legacy USB is set to enabled.
On the Boot screen page, make sure boot from LAN is set to disabled. Look at Priorities (should be a menu in there) and made sure your DVD drive is at the top.