ISSUE: using the Delete key for access, which, when pressed during post, the 'Prepare to enter setup' text displayed as usual, then black screen with blinking _ (underscore) icon in upper left corner. After 30 minutes figured nothing was going to display.
Can access BIOS options such as boot sequence <f12> (does not seem to work) and the <End> key for Q-Flash - default bios settings means no usb flash option, only floppy drive, which I no longer own.
System:
Award BIOS v6.00pg (version from post screen) default settings
Win 7 ultimate 64bit
Kingston DDR3 HyperX Fury (2@8G)
AMD Phenom II x6
Gigabyte ga-880gm-ud2h
Sapphire Radeon R7 250
Samsung Syncmaster 216BW
Gentlemen,
After spending the last 3 days troubleshooting this issue, with much help from the Windows Secrets Lounge members, found a link to this site posted on Windows Secrets in 2004 by Ian Gizmo Richards: 'Mother of all motherboard sites'.
Have tried everything anyone could think off, some several times, including shorting the MB jumper pins to reset to default settings (worked unfortunately), flashed bios using gigabytes @BIOS gigabyte utility (not sure that worked) and removing the battery.
Still working after all that and more, except no bios settings screen.
Before I buy a new MB, any suggestions for a fix would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Jim