970M Pro3 new board...pulling my hair out!

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   I recently had a hard drive failure and since installing a new drive, have been unable to install Windows 10 on my PC.
I have tried installing from 8GB USB that I created using the bootable Microsoft USB creation tool (I've used this for other installs without an issue and also formatted/reloaded and recreated the USB drive with the current rendition of Win10) and also tried using a DVD created using the same Microsoft media creation method.
In each case, the install will get to either the 'ASRock' logo, the windows 'Window' logo or a flashing cursor in the top left of the screen, dependent on whether I've reset the BIOS/configured for UEFI or for legacy.
I actually bought a new 970M Pro3 board this week thinking it was the problem and the new board gives the same output. I tried different graphics adaptor, did not try new RAM.
Disconnecting all sata devices makes no difference.
Can some one tell me what I should see (or be setting) in the BIOS to get bootable USB or DVD media to boot?

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Sodde Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 15 Aug 2019 Location: Franklin, IN Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sodde Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: 970M Pro3 new board...pulling my hair out! Posted: 15 Aug 2019 at 2:50am
	I recently had a hard drive failure and since installing a new drive, have been unable to install Windows 10 on my PC. I have tried installing from 8GB USB that I created using the bootable Microsoft USB creation tool (I've used this for other installs without an issue and also formatted/reloaded and recreated the USB drive with the current rendition of Win10) and also tried using a DVD created using the same Microsoft media creation method. In each case, the install will get to either the 'ASRock' logo, the windows 'Window' logo or a flashing cursor in the top left of the screen, dependent on whether I've reset the BIOS/configured for UEFI or for legacy. I actually bought a new 970M Pro3 board this week thinking it was the problem and the new board gives the same output. I tried different graphics adaptor, did not try new RAM. Disconnecting all sata devices makes no difference. Can some one tell me what I should see (or be setting) in the BIOS to get bootable USB or DVD media to boot?

joop1981 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 08 Oct 2017 Location: earth Status: Offline Points: 29	Post Options Post Reply Quote joop1981 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 Aug 2019 at 3:19pm
	1. Please make sure to use Windows 10 64-bit 2. Press <F2> or <Delete> at system POST. Set AHCI Mode in UEFI Setup Utility > Advanced > Storage Configuration > SATA Mode. (else: problem is HDD > 2TB) 3. Choose the item ?�UEFI:xxx??to boot in UEFI Setup Utility > Boot > Boot Option #1. (?�xxx??is the device which contains your Windows installation files) You can also press <F11> to launch boot menu at system POST and choose the item ?�UEFI:xxx??to boot. 4. Start Windows installation.

joop1981 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 08 Oct 2017 Location: earth Status: Offline Points: 29	Post Options Post Reply Quote joop1981 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 Aug 2019 at 3:24pm
	Copy/paste errors: ?xx?? = xxx ?EFI:xxx?? = UEFI:xxx