Thanks, really wish I had this before I started, I actually did have an issue with using a USB it didn’t like, I definitely recommend following these steps, and using a USB drive UNDER 16Mb.
I fixed the problem, it turns out there is a compatibility issue with B550 Motherboards and 1080ti graphics cards.
For anyone finding this: the fix is to get the the bios, enable CSM and enable “Gen 3” on one of the graphics card / PCI-e settings (apologies I can’t remember which one, I will check in time)
The problem is, you cannot get to the bios with an AMD CPU without a compatible graphics card:
Thanks, really wish I had this before I started, I actually did have an issue with using a USB it didn’t like, I definitely recommend following these steps, and using a USB drive UNDER 16Mb.
I fixed the problem, it turns out there is a compatibility issue with B550 Motherboards and 1080ti graphics cards.
For anyone finding this: the fix is to get the the bios, enable CSM and enable “Gen 3” on one of the graphics card / PCI-e settings (apologies I can’t remember which one, I will check in time)
The problem is, you cannot get to the bios with an AMD CPU without a compatible graphics card:
I installed this firmware fix on a gtx 960 GPU I had: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/nv-uefi-update-x64/
Put that GPU into the b550 to get to the bios.
Made the aforementioned bios changes.
Removed the 960 and installed the 1080ti.
And the machine posted.
Plugged in my drive and got full windows boot.
No issues so far now, just a series of strange issues to get here!