Hey all! I just upgraded my gaming rig with a new G3258, gigabyte Z97n itx, and a R9 280X. I popped them all in, attached my water coolers, and it booted right into windows no problem! I think since my old mobo was also Gigabyte (H55n) it could use some of the drivers or something. Anyway I still want to reinstall Windows for obvious reasons, but I can't figure out how. Normally I do it from my install CD in my external DVD drive, but when I plug it in the computer refuses to even POST. It turns on, and all the fans and pumps stay on, but there is no signal at all to the monitor. If i unplug the external drive then it boots again. The usb ports do work in windows although I am assuming USB3 might have issues since I have no installed the new drivers. This is all long before it gets to Windows though, so Windows drivers shouldn't be an issue. I can't even get into the BIOS to set it to boot from eternal drives because it wont POST. I tried setting it without the drive plugged in but it only lets me choose boot order from sources that are currently available, so the only boot option it gives me is my SSD.
Anyone have any suggestions? All I can think of are unplugging the SSD and seeing if it gives me the default boot options then but even then if it won't POST with the DVD drive plugged in then I would still be stuck. Or making a boot USB stick instead of trying to use a DVD but I don't have one on hand and I am guessing that will probably still give me the same problem of not being able to boot with a bootable device plugged into USB. Plus it would take forever to install Windows 7 on a USB2 port.
Anyone have any suggestions? All I can think of are unplugging the SSD and seeing if it gives me the default boot options then but even then if it won't POST with the DVD drive plugged in then I would still be stuck. Or making a boot USB stick instead of trying to use a DVD but I don't have one on hand and I am guessing that will probably still give me the same problem of not being able to boot with a bootable device plugged into USB. Plus it would take forever to install Windows 7 on a USB2 port.