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Final update! The two MSI mb I bought produced the same results. So I bought a new cpu and ram. Now everything works, on all the boards.

So I bought two other motherboards to try out. MSI z170i gaming pro ac and the z170m mortar. Same issues. The motherboard tries a little harder to fix the issue, but doing every step in this thread I still can't get into windows. That narrows the culprit down to likely being the CPU or the RAM I honestly think i'm going to give up on upgrading my system and maybe just upgrade the GPU and Case.

I tried this, but it didn't change the outcome. Thank you for the suggestion though!

Sorry for being vague, thank you for being patient. This is my first post about these kinds of things on any forum. That being said here are the steps I have taken: I created the bootable usb stick like you said using the steps in that video. Although I used rufus to burn the iso file to the usb stick because the link linus uses wasn't working for me. I placed that usb stick in the motherboard and only that usb stick (no other drives, 1 ram, cpu & fan) It takes me to the screen I have shown you and I click 64 bit. The motherboard restarts and i'm back at that screen I have also tried clicking F8 and choosing safe mode, this also reboots my mb and takes me back to the same screen. If you need any other details just ask! Again, thank you.

Reset cmos while the 24 pin mb power was still plugged in (power supply unplugged from wall). Now i can't get an image to show up. My stupidity knows no bounds

Erased the ssd on the old rig using the method you suggested. Plugged usb stick and new drive into new motherboard and this is the screen I get. I have not followed the instructions on the video you provided. Edit: which I'm assuming is load windows 8 if successful, just upgrade to win 10?

I get this screen when booting from the usb stick from best buy. Selecting 64 or 32 bit restarts the computer and brings me back to the same screen. When I boot from the usb (the one from best buy) I get this screen. If I select 32 or 64 bit the computer restarts and brings me back to the same screen

When I boot into Ubuntu I get 4 options: Try Ubuntu without installing Install Ubuntu OEM install (for manufacturers) Check disk for defects Try Ubuntu without installing restarts the mb and puts me right back at the selection screen

this is the old board I'm sorry I don't really understand this. I loaded Win 10 on a brand new ssd using my old motherboard. So there shouldn't be anything else on the new ssd other than the OS and some drivers, right? Checking ubuntu right now

Okay so I checked and I only have two options. AHCI or RAID, and i'm not running raid and have never had this drive in a raid config. Also this doesn't explain why I can boot on my old system using this ssd just fine..

That's okay! Thanks for trying to help!

All I have hooked up right now is 1 stick of RAM in the first slot (pro gaming board), cpu, CPU fan, power supply, keyboard and mouse. What do you suggest removing? I will try loading Ubuntu on a usb. But first I'll check for ahci or ide

First, thank you for giving my situation a chance. A quick summary. This is my 3rd build. It's mini itx because of limited desk space. This is possibly my 6th motherboard (I lost track after an rma sent me back 2 boards). Anywho this is my situation: Bought a used Asus Maximus VIII impact, and this is where my problems started. I had a working system with 2 ssd, 1 hdd (OS on smallest 256gb ssd). Set up the mb and plugged in the OS ssd by itself. Boot up and load optimized defaults. Restart and I get into a boot loop of preparing automatic repair. I go through a couple troubleshooting steps with Asus and eventually return the board and buy a new one. Same mb (impact viii). Same story. So I figured maybe it's the ssd. Get a spare ssd that hasn't been opened. Load it up and plug in the windows 10 usb you can buy from best buy. Mb won't accept the OS. Everytime I select win 64 bit it loads files then restarts and I'm back to the same screen. Call asus, troubleshoot and rma this board. Meanwhile I decide to buy the Asus Pro gaming Z170I. I figured it was just that board. Get the new pro board and it's the same problem. Won't accept the OS and just restarts. RMA this board. This is now the present: I received the new pro gaming board and the impact viii. I load up the mb and both give me the same problems. I have the great idea to try loading the OS while the brand new ssd is hooked up to my old matx board in my old system. Works like a charm with the win 10 usb from BB. Great!! Hook up the new ssd to the pro gaming, and now I'm back to preparing automatic repair. On both boards. I'm starting to think it's something on my end instead of the Asus boards being bad. I just can't explain why it works perfectly on the old matx board, but doesn't on the new mitx boards. Also, all the ram and other components have been triple checked for compatibility. Please help, any suggestions? Also, sorry for posting this on my phone. I'll edit it when I get to my laptop.