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

[Cyclocius]

 Still nothing, just Floppy A which si empty and if I press Enter on it it says the disk could not be found.

[Dark Mantis]

Have you been using these USB ports before?

[Cyclocius]

 I use the USB ports for my keyboard and mouse yes.

[Dark Mantis]

I am talking about the particular USB ports that you are using for the pendrive?

[Cyclocius]

Yes, I used one for my mouse and they wire for it was too short to reach round the back of the desk, bought new mouse.

[Dark Mantis]

Ok. Sorry for the delay I was just discussing it with a collegue. He will post some pictures for you to see but he can't do it for another hour and a half.
So if it's all the same to you we will leave it until then. Check back later please.

[Cyclocius]

 That's fine, I'm away this afternoon as well. Thanks for all your help!

[Dark Mantis]

Right well after discussing your problem with absic he sorted out some photos of the screenshots for the BIOS update procedure. He also recommended not putting the files in the Boot Sector but in a folder on the drive. To be honest everyone has their own way of doing things and if you would find that way easier then that's fine with me. The pictures show this way. They are self explanatory so I wont add captions.

links for the QFlash Pics:

http://img251.imageshack.us/i/img0276wi.jpg/
http://img809.imageshack.us/i/img0277h.jpg/
http://img710.imageshack.us/i/img0279ds.jpg/
http://img831.imageshack.us/i/img0280y.jpg/
http://img842.imageshack.us/i/img0282r.jpg/
http://img248.imageshack.us/i/img0284mc.jpg/
http://img14.imageshack.us/i/img0285cd.jpg/
http://img819.imageshack.us/i/img0286z.jpg/
http://img693.imageshack.us/i/img0287xq.jpg/
http://img256.imageshack.us/i/img0288br.jpg/
http://img413.imageshack.us/i/img0289d.jpg/
http://img134.imageshack.us/i/img0290p.jpg/

Everything else is just as we tried.

[absic]

Just to add to what Dark Mantis has already said. If you are not using the Floppy Drive I would suggest that you disable it in BIOS that way it can't show up when you try and use the Qflash Utility.

A USB Stick will be shown as HDD (see this image: http://img14.imageshack.us/i/img0285cd.jpg/ ) and this can sometimes lead to confusion, especially if you are expecting USB Drive to appear.

[Cyclocius]

 Erm, the USB stick still isn't showing up in Q-flash? This is so frustrating

[Dark Mantis]

Hi What USB stick is it? and what size? Also check in your BIOS under Integrated Peripherals and make sure that Legacy USB Storage Function is enabled. page 47 in your manual: http://download.gigabyte.eu/FileList/Manual/mb_manual_ga-ma790x-ud3p_e.pdf

[Cyclocius]

 I don't know it's make, but it holds 2GB.

[Dark Mantis]

Ok check my previous post for more info.

[Cyclocius]

Oh WOW! I turned it on to check Integrated Peripherals and instead the computer actually booted up, I'm on the desktop now, is it easier to update the BIOS from there?

[Dark Mantis]

No I definitely wouldn't advise it. The chances of something going wrong are much more. Right while you are on the desktop try looking at the USB pendrive and see what files are on it.