GA-X58A-UD5 Problem not booting from CD under Windows 8. (Non UEFI BIOS)

[midiman]

Hi, I tried booting from CD the other day and ran into this.

For some strange unknown reason I can non longer boot my machine from anything. USB/DVD etc.

It bypasses everything that I set in the BIOS and goes straight into Windows.

Upon further investigation I found out that MS have implemented a Secure Booting mechanism with Windows 8. But this only applies to Motherboards that have a UEFI BIOS.

My BIOS is a legacy 2011 Award. Therefore SB shouldn't work.

But it is. I have checked the setting in the BIOS and nothing has changed. There is no reference to Secure Boot.

I managed to get the same result when I tried to boot my Windows 8 Laptop with the same media. That has a UEFI BIOS so I went in and disabled Secure Boot and the it worked.

What can I do? It means that I can't boot my PC from a CD/DVD, re-install another O/S or backup my machine using a third party imaging disk.

Thanks

[wazza300]

Re: GA-X58A-UD5 Problem not booting from CD under Windows 8. (Non UEFI BIOS)

what bios version are you using? f12?

should let you access the bios with win8,tried usb keyboard and ps2

[midiman]

Re: GA-X58A-UD5 Problem not booting from CD under Windows 8. (Non UEFI BIOS)

I can get into the BIOS ok and change the Boot order etc.

It just wont boot from any device. I've got the priority as CD/DVD/USB HDD/HDD. I

t's like something is preventing it from booting.

I have version F13 (Award) 01/10/2012.

This is also happening on my other Windows 8 Desktop machine with an Asus board. Both other these have a legacy BIOS.

Thanks