GA-790XTA-UD4 Boot from USB3 FDD Will Not Work

[LMP]

I have been playing around with Linux Live CD which is basically an operating system that runs from a CD so you can try it with out installing anything to your hard drive.

I burned the disk image to a CD and tried it and it worked.

Next I wanted to try booting from a USB 3 stick in a USB 3 plug on the mother board.

I followed the Linux live CD instruction to make a USB boot drive on a FDD USB stick, everything went fine the computer could see the USB stick, all the files coppeid over fine, no problems.

I  then changed the first boot device to the USB-FDD  in the BIOS and rebooted but the computer boots to the hard disk no matter what.

I looked at all the settings in the BIOS but cant find any other settings related to changing the boot device.

I appreciate any help i can get.

[Dark Mantis]

Hi

It is probably because the USB stick isn't being seen by the BIOS.

Firstly set the BIOS to boot from USB HDD not FDD. Enable Legacy USB Devices in the BIOS.

[LMP]

I set the BIOS to boot from USB HDD and Legacy USB Devices Enable was already set correctly to enabled but still nothing.

I even tried plunging it in to other USB plugs but still not working.

Anything else I can try?

[LMP]

I plugged my USB stick into my other computer and it works, boots to Linux and it's much faster then a CD.

My other computer has an ASUS motherboard.

I have tried everything I can think of but nothing works on my computer with the GA-790XTA-UD4 motherboard, help!

[Dark Mantis]

It seems that some USB drives have a problem being seen by Gigabyte boards. I have noticed this when using them for BIOS updates. Usually the smaller drives work better but I have used large (16GB) drives without any problem.

[LMP]

My USB stick is an ADATA 8GB and is USB 3.0, I was hoping I could get it to work so I could see how much faster USB 3.0 is but looks like I am out of luck.

Also I just tried it on my little net book and it works on that as well.

[Dark Mantis]

Does the drive work alright in the OS as opposed to being booted from ?

[LMP]

The USB drive shows up with the other drives in Windows, I can format it, copy files to it and I can run scan disk on it with no errors showing up so I assume it's working OK.

I can plug it in to any USB port on any of the computers and do all the stuff above so I know all USB plugs work OK.

I know the Linux works because I can make a bootable CD with it and it works on the machine in question.

I should have mentioned that I am using Windows 7 on the machine with the GA-790XTA-UD4 motherboard and Windows XP on the other two computers.

[Dark Mantis]

You are using the USB ports on the back of the motherboard rather than the front ports or an external USB hub aren't you ?

[LMP]

Yes the two USB plugs on the back next to the Ethernet connection are USB 3.0 and that is ware i have it plugged in.

I can read and wright to the stick in Windows plugged into any USB connection on the machine.

[Dark Mantis]

I am afraid then that I can't help much more. Personally I would feel it is a BIOS issue but it could be hardware.

[Ripshod]

Are systems even able to boot from USB3.0 sticks?.The problem here may be that the stick was written to as USB-FDD as opposed to USB-HDD. Make an image of the Linux live CD, then use software such as UltraISO to write the image to the USB stick as a bootable HDD. In hindsight I believe there is a size limit to FDDs. Which linux live CD is it, I'm willing to try all this myself to help you out of this situation.

[malum]

I could be wrong but perhaps that particular linux distro does not support USB 3.0 as bootable. I know that I can't boot Backtrack off of any USB stick that is plugged into a USB 3.0 port on my computer. I also have a diffferent mother board though. I am pretty sure it has more to do with USB 3.0 support from the linux distro.

Try another one.

Ubuntu is a good one...Mint is pretty cool as well.