Noob Building Computer

[Izio]

Hey guys, I just finished building my very first computer and I have run into a snag that I am not certain how to fix. I've installed my motherboard: MSI B350 Tomahawk, installed my CPU: Ryzen 1700x, RAM: Crucial 16gb split into 2 sticks, PSU: 600w EVGA Bronze +, GPU: GTX 1070, and CPU Cooler which is ThermalTake Contac silent 12. The PC boots into BIOS just fine, It seems to be detecting my hardware and everything for the most part seems normal. This is where the build of my problems begin. I have a Seagate 1TB HDD that I am using from another computer for storage. I ran a Diskpart and cleaned both of my disks clean of everything. But I can't get the PC to boot into my installation media which is my flashdrive. It simply hangs. It also doesn't seem to want to boot from external drives. Have I messed something up hardware wise that is causing this to hang? Or is this a problem with trying to get the software to play nice. Any tips?

 

Note: I haven't been able to install the drivers for the motherboard yet, as I have not been able to get into windows. There is also an update available for my BIOS, but I am worried that my computer might not be properly reading my USB, and I don't want for there to be some kind of issue during that process.

[pelark]

7 minutes ago, Izio said:

The PC boots into BIOS just fine

Have you set the USB stick to top priority in the BIOS boot settings?

[Izio]

I have indeed set the USB as my boot priority. I have also tried booting directly to the flashdrive from inside BIOS.

[dnf]

Do you have an optical drive in your pc or an external one?

If so try that.

Also try making a new USB with the OS on.

[Izio]

I only have an external one. Which I tried loading Windows 8.1 off of just to see if it was a problem I was having with windows 10. I tried moving the optical up on my boot priority, and it tells me I need to insert the media and press any key to continue. So I am not certain if it is actually reading the disk.

 

As for the USB with OS on it, I have tried a few times and I still haven't got it to stop freezing.

[LienusLateTips]

4 minutes ago, Izio said:

I only have an external one. Which I tried loading Windows 8.1 off of just to see if it was a problem I was having with windows 10. I tried moving the optical up on my boot priority, and it tells me I need to insert the media and press any key to continue. So I am not certain if it is actually reading the disk.

 

As for the USB with OS on it, I have tried a few times and I still haven't got it to stop freezing.

Try plugging into motherboard port,not front IO

[Izio]

3 minutes ago, JDE said:

Try plugging into motherboard port,not front IO

Alright I will give that a try next. In the event that it gives me the same error, what else would you guys recon I check? Or would like to know? 

 

Also, thank you guys so much for the quick replies and helping me out!

[Izio]

 

Alright so I have tried it, and it still keeps freezing. I was able to completely remove Windows from my HDD< but booting from flash doesn't work. It simply keeps freezing.