munch2477
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I just built my first PC last week and things have been fine for the most part. A few little problems here and there though. This might be a little long-winded but I would rather give as many details as possible.
My problem started with finally organizing my cables and peripherals. I plugged in my 2 external hard drives (2 different Seagate drives) into 2 rear USB 2.0 connectors and when I booted up, my computer kept going straight to BIOS without me touching any buttons. I would try to exit BIOS and start windows but I would keep looping back to BIOS everytime. When I unplugged them before I booted up, my pc would be fine. I could also access the data on the drives when I plugged them in after the boot.
I posted somewhere else about my issues and someone recommended disabling my usb and usb 3.0 legacy support. They also recommended updating my BIOS if it wasn't up to date.
Sure enough, I went into my BIOS and my version was 1.20 (newest version is 1.30). While I was in BIOS, I disabled my USB and USB 3.0 legacy support. Saved and exited and my computer booted up.
I downloaded the windows option for BIOS and tried to run it but I kept getting "Error : Firmware does not have flash (AFUWINGUI) support". So one question would be, is this error a big deal? I'm not going to try to install it from windows so I feel like it won't matter. After doing a little research I now see many people recommending not to do a windows installation of BIOS. I should be flashing it with a USB drive.
I downloaded the flash version and put it on a USB thumb drive in FAT32 format like ASRock suggested. When I turned on my computer I attemped to enter the BIOS by tapping F2. Windows ended up starting without going to BIOS. I tried this several times as well as F6, F8, F11, and DEL but nothing seemed to get me into my BIOS.
So this is where I stand now. I can't access my BIOS and my PC automatically boots to Windows even with my USB stick in. I have a feeling it has something to do with the USB Legacy Support I disabled, but I also don't know how to enable it without going into my BIOS.
Core i5-2500
ASRock Extreme3 Gen3
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600
Corsair Force Series 3 60GB 2.5" SSD
Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 1GB
Corsair Enthusiast Series TX V2 650W
Windows 7 Ultimate SP1
Microsoft Sidewinder X4 keyboard
Logitech Anywhere Wireless Mouse
My problem started with finally organizing my cables and peripherals. I plugged in my 2 external hard drives (2 different Seagate drives) into 2 rear USB 2.0 connectors and when I booted up, my computer kept going straight to BIOS without me touching any buttons. I would try to exit BIOS and start windows but I would keep looping back to BIOS everytime. When I unplugged them before I booted up, my pc would be fine. I could also access the data on the drives when I plugged them in after the boot.
I posted somewhere else about my issues and someone recommended disabling my usb and usb 3.0 legacy support. They also recommended updating my BIOS if it wasn't up to date.
Sure enough, I went into my BIOS and my version was 1.20 (newest version is 1.30). While I was in BIOS, I disabled my USB and USB 3.0 legacy support. Saved and exited and my computer booted up.
I downloaded the windows option for BIOS and tried to run it but I kept getting "Error : Firmware does not have flash (AFUWINGUI) support". So one question would be, is this error a big deal? I'm not going to try to install it from windows so I feel like it won't matter. After doing a little research I now see many people recommending not to do a windows installation of BIOS. I should be flashing it with a USB drive.
I downloaded the flash version and put it on a USB thumb drive in FAT32 format like ASRock suggested. When I turned on my computer I attemped to enter the BIOS by tapping F2. Windows ended up starting without going to BIOS. I tried this several times as well as F6, F8, F11, and DEL but nothing seemed to get me into my BIOS.
So this is where I stand now. I can't access my BIOS and my PC automatically boots to Windows even with my USB stick in. I have a feeling it has something to do with the USB Legacy Support I disabled, but I also don't know how to enable it without going into my BIOS.
Core i5-2500
ASRock Extreme3 Gen3
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600
Corsair Force Series 3 60GB 2.5" SSD
Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 1GB
Corsair Enthusiast Series TX V2 650W
Windows 7 Ultimate SP1
Microsoft Sidewinder X4 keyboard
Logitech Anywhere Wireless Mouse