I am using a Gigabyte h61m-s2p mother board and recently my MAIN HDD got fried (Checked on a friends PC). So i removed that one and pluged in the other HDD alone (Also checked in another PC and is working OK) to install a new windows OS.
My system doesn’t recognize the bootable CD and also I can’t ACCESS the BIOS menu (pressing DEL) to set boot priorities (or reset to default).
I have tried reseting CMOS by,
1. Removing battery – unpluging the power and pressing down power button
2. placing a jumper on the CLR_CMOS pins
Can’t Access BIOS Menu On Gigabyte Motherboard
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I don’t know why you felt the need to reset the BIOS, but make sure you do it correctly. Unplug the power cord, then use a screwdriver blade to temporarily touch the 2 CLR_CMOS pins together, hold a few seconds, then remove. You can use a jumper cap rather than a screwdriver, but do NOT leave the jumper in place & power up the board. Also, if you successfully reset the BIOS, it may have disabled USB, so make sure you’re using a PS/2 keyboard.
In some cases the Default (Reset) settings in BIOS are not what you need.
Try another SATA connector on the motherboard as well as another SATA signal cord and power connectors to be sure these components are not fried/defective.
Try a known good power supply.
Try booting without hard drive (as suggested above) and also unplug any other non-critical components.
Try a single memory stick (depending on memory and default settings, full memory access may not be available until BIOS memory settings are updated).