If a USB memory stick is inserted into a USB port, my computer will not boot. I am using an Abit IC7-Max3 mobo. The bios is set up to only look at the floppy and hard drive as boot devices. Also, the USB memory stick is formatted so it is empty.
Is this normal behavior? My goal is to use the HP USB boot utility to make a USB memory stick bootable. I cannot do this if the bios locks up as soon as it starts. Simply removing the USB memory stick causes the bios to resume the normal boot process. Plugging it back in immediately brings everything back to all stop. I tried two USB memory sticks (different manufactures & sizes) and both behave similarly.
Any suggestions or insight into this would be appreciated.
Is this normal behavior? My goal is to use the HP USB boot utility to make a USB memory stick bootable. I cannot do this if the bios locks up as soon as it starts. Simply removing the USB memory stick causes the bios to resume the normal boot process. Plugging it back in immediately brings everything back to all stop. I tried two USB memory sticks (different manufactures & sizes) and both behave similarly.
Any suggestions or insight into this would be appreciated.