Good day, fellow DH87RL owners.
I bought a DH87RL a 18 months ago, had Windows 7 running for 17 of those months, and then it stopped working.
The board was just replaced (thank you Intel), got it back on Monday (2015-07-27).
But.
Now the new board is giving me grief.
I wish to install Windows 8.1 UEFI onto an SSD that I know works with RAM that I know works (used both until Monday on DH77EB).
When I first installed the board, I got into the VisualBIOS and set some things (as we do).
Then I switched the onboard display to be Always Disabled and always use PCi-Express card (nVidia GTX 590).
I also set it to boot to UEFI, disabled legacy boot.
RapidStart and SafeBoot are disabled.
BIOS version is original (0320).
Next boot, 'No video' beeps.
Followed instructions for resetting BIOS ~ nothing.
Followed instructions for recovering BIOS ~ nothing.
Played with several different flash drives and their file systems for recovery ~ nothing.
After 4 days of trying everything, so far the best result has been with the following config:
- 8GB flash drive with 2GB partition formatted as FAT16.
- BIOS version 0324 .bio file on flash drive
- 1x 8GB RAM DDR3-1600 stick (that works)
- BIOS jumper removed (as per instructions)
- no PCi-E card, only on-board display
When I start the machine, I get to the BIOS splash screen, select F7, select the device, select the .bio file.
I press Enter, the system reboots and - - - nothing happens.
I have left it on for 30+ minutes in this state, and nothing.
It is in that state right now again, going on 74 minutes.
I have tried every conceivable method to reset the BIOS.
Nothing.
How do I recover or upgrade the BIOS so I can get into it again and use different settings?
Update:
It has now been 10 hours since posting this problem.
In the meantime, I have been able to get into the VisualBIOS:
- BIOS jumper removed
- no SATA devices connected
- 1x 8GB RAM
- no flash drive connected
- when splash screen (sometimes, about 1 in 4 tries) comes up, hit F2
Yay!
Or not.
I change values, set everything to default or to Legacy, Save and Exit.
What happens?
Black screen.
Any ideas what to do?
If I can / should send it back to be replaced (again), please let me know on this forum post so I can tell my dealer Intel said so.
I don't think he'll believe a new board only lasted 1 day....