I have purchased an Intel DH87RL motherboard and I have never been able to enter its BIOS.
On pressing F2 on boot, it just freezes till I hit the reset button on the CPU. F7 doesn't work either.
I know the keyboard is working since F10 option to enter the boot menu works.
I have tried out the following:
1. Removed CMOS battery for 12 hrs with CMOS jumper removed.
2. Tried connecting keyboard to the USB 3.0 port near HDMI port, USB on the front, as well as USB 2.0 ports.
3. Tried long pressing the power button( till 3 beeps)... the options appear but on pressing F2 or F7, system hangs and I have to reset the CPU.
4. Updated the BIOS version to 322. Still no use.
5. Replaced CMOS battery.
6. reseated the RAM.
7. Reseated the SATA connector of HDD to other ports (from port 0 to port 1) on motherboard
8. went to windows 7 from windows 8 ( not needed, i know!!)
9. Re-flashed BIOS( from windows )
My configuration is as follows:
i5 processor i5-4570
Kingston (1 X 4GB) 1600MHz RAM
Cooler Master 600W Thunder PSU
Cooler Master K281 cabinet
Seagate Maxtor 500GB 5200RPM HDD
Display out through HDMI to Sharp Aquos TV( Intel HD4600 unable to output the correct resolution to this TV)
Is the motherboard faulty?
Any support in this regard would be really appreciated.
With Regards,
Karthik K