Installed a new motherboard after my other one had a catastrophic failure while installing into a new case. Following board install and re installing the processor and drives. The computer well not boot and it fails to reset or restore. New board is an MSI Pro b550m
#SOLVED: unable to boot following new Motherboard install
steady ether
flat lodge
Installed a new motherboard after my other one had a catastrophic failure while ...
Does it need a BIOS update to work with the CPU?
steady ether
How do I check that?
flat lodge
How do I check that?
What CPU do you have?
steady ether
flat lodge
So it looks like you don’t need a BIOS update.
Are you able to send a video of you trying to boot into your operating system?
steady ether
flat lodge
What type of drive is windows installed on?
steady ether
Just on a usb
flat lodge
Just on a usb
Quick question, are you trying to install windows from the USB or do you already have it downloaded onto a HDD or SSD?
steady ether
I have it on a HDD which I tried booting from. When that didn’t work I tried a usb
flat lodge
I have it on a HDD which I tried booting from. When that didn’t work I tried a u...
If you are trying to reinstall windows using a USB you might have to change boot priority to the USB with windows.
steady ether
Ok let me try it
flat lodge
It depends on which windows version you have a license for
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Don’t have a licence yet
flat lodge
It got this far after changing that setting
If you don’t mind a windows watermark in your bottom right of your screen you can pick any
flat lodge
Have you tried formatting the drive?
steady ether
Yes
flat lodge
Follow along with this video. This should fix your issue hopefully. https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/we-couldnt-create-a-new-partition-or-locate-an/acdb1dae-01d9-44f7-846c-433e5addcfc2
steady ether
I deleted the two terabyte and refreshed and it allowed me to move on
flat lodge
I deleted the two terabyte and refreshed and it allowed me to move on
Awesome
