Black screen, capital accented N and a green block - Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD3P

[Dark Mantis]

What OS are you running on that machine?

[Cyclocius]

This laptop is running Windows 7 home premium 64 bit, as is my PC.

[Dark Mantis]

If you look in my computer at the pendrive what format is it in now?

[Cyclocius]

NTFS.

[Dark Mantis]

OK try this. Go to Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Computer Management/Storage/Disk Management/ and select your pendrive from there and try and format it as FAT32

[Cyclocius]

Nope, still NTFS or exFAT. 

[Dark Mantis]

Is the box marked "quick format" ticked if so untick it first and then try and select FAT32

[Cyclocius]

Formatting it now.

[Dark Mantis]

Great! Only a small thing but when you can't see it sometimes it is nearly impossible.

[Cyclocius]

 If this works I will love you forever.

[Dark Mantis]

Ah! They all say that!

[Cyclocius]

 My USB stick is formatted to FAT32 yet it still doesn't show up in Q-flash, I've tried every USB port to no avail. 

[Dark Mantis]

You must insert the stick before booting for the BIOS to pick it up.

[Cyclocius]

You must insert the stick before booting for the BIOS to pick it up.

I tried, nothing, just a floppy disk in a non-existent floppy drive.

[Tiger]

It seems to me you don't have enough power to start the video card anymore. If your power supply was close to the minimum required and/or you use adapters for the 6-pin and 8-pin PCI-Express connectors, the power supply may be inadequate. Running the power supply at maximum output for extended periods of time can shorten its life. I don't see any reason to update the BIOS in order to run a HD 3850x2.

HD 3850x2
Power Requirements:
Minimum 550 watt power supply both a 6-pin and 8-pin PCI-Express connection