GA-970A-UD3P reboot loop among other issues

[Spl1tz]

Greetings,

I just upgraded my PC.  I bought a GA-970A-UD3P motherboard, AMD FX-6300 ( 3,5 GHz (4,1 GHz Turbo Boost), AM3+) processor and a 8GB RAM stick.  I haven't upgraded my video card yet though, it's a Nvidia GTX 460.

So i have been trying to fresh install Windows 8.1 through a bootable USB stick, which the motherboard detects and loads it. My 1st issue is at the Windows logo, once the circling dots appear the system freezes and after a few minutes it reboots into a loop.  I have tried changing the BIOS settings and every change allowed me to advance a few steps further in the installation process up to inserting the Windows serial, but ultimately freezing and rebooting.  I have changed places of my RAM stick and Video card only to have no effect.  I even switched a RAM stick from another PC and no effect.

The interesting part is, whenever i reset the CMOS battery, the BIOS asks to load the most optimized settings and boot/reboot or enter the bios. If i just enter the BIOS and select to boot through my HDD, the system allows me to fully install Windows and even get to the desktop. I still would get the BIOS question after a restart, which is annoying and I'd like to not be asked that every time i start my PC... So if i select to optimize, the system won't boot to Windows anymore, it crashes and reboot loop at the loading screen.

I have read on a forum that i should convert my disk from MBR to GPT, but that didn't help at all.
I am at a complete loss.  I have no experience with UEFI or EFI hybrid whatever.  Never had issues like this and i have upgraded loads of PC's before...

Is there anything else i could try before deciding i should swap motherboard at the store, and probably pay a few more bucks?

Sorry for my English, it's not my native language 
Thanks

[AgentFXA]

question "load optimised defaults" is normal after battery removal/reset - just do it and this question won't pop up again. 

If the HDD is GPT make sure you select the win boot-manager (bios) as first boot option or it fails.

There should be no issues when you leave the bios on all auto settings (ram, cpu)  - there is generally no need to fumble with settings unless you know it will work.

[Low Teck]

Greetings,

I just upgraded my PC.  I bought a GA-970A-UD3P motherboard, AMD FX-6300 ( 3,5 GHz (4,1 GHz Turbo Boost), AM3+) processor and a 8GB RAM stick.  I haven't upgraded my video card yet though, it's a Nvidia GTX 460.

So i have been trying to fresh install Windows 8.1 through a bootable USB stick, which the motherboard detects and loads it. My 1st issue is at the Windows logo, once the circling dots appear the system freezes and after a few minutes it reboots into a loop.  I have tried changing the BIOS settings and every change allowed me to advance a few steps further in the installation process up to inserting the Windows serial, but ultimately freezing and rebooting.  I have changed places of my RAM stick and Video card only to have no effect.  I even switched a RAM stick from another PC and no effect.

The interesting part is, whenever i reset the CMOS battery, the BIOS asks to load the most optimized settings and boot/reboot or enter the bios. If i just enter the BIOS and select to boot through my HDD, the system allows me to fully install Windows and even get to the desktop. I still would get the BIOS question after a restart, which is annoying and I'd like to not be asked that every time i start my PC... So if i select to optimize, the system won't boot to Windows anymore, it crashes and reboot loop at the loading screen.

I have read on a forum that i should convert my disk from MBR to GPT, but that didn't help at all.
I am at a complete loss.  I have no experience with UEFI or EFI hybrid whatever.  Never had issues like this and i have upgraded loads of PC's before...

Is there anything else i could try before deciding i should swap motherboard at the store, and probably pay a few more bucks?

Sorry for my English, it's not my native language 
Thanks

I am having the same issue, any resolution

[romac]

I have exactly same issue 
Running on AMD FX8370, 8GB Kingston HyperX 1866Mhz, 128GB SDD and fresh new Windows 7 x64.
Found lots forums and people having same problem. Is there any fix for that?

[kdelgado]

I have exactly same issue 
Running on AMD FX8370, 8GB Kingston HyperX 1866Mhz, 128GB SDD and fresh new Windows 7 x64.
Found lots forums and people having same problem. Is there any fix for that?

Still have the issue, i'd try everything, but still have the double boot issue.

[daniel15092]

I've had a similar problem on an older board. I thought it was a faulty mobo, but turned out to be the power supply.