I just finished a new build with Z390 FTW and in setting up the BIOS saw 8 boot options. When I boot and hit the F7 key I get 2 options, boot from hard drive or enter setup. Is there not a boot menu where I can select other options?

dmacklewis
I just finished a new build with Z390 FTW and in setting up the BIOS saw 8 boot options. When I boot and hit the F7 key I get 2 options, boot from hard drive or enter setup. Is there not a boot menu where I can select other options?

What other options are you looking for ?
 
 

dmacklewis
I just finished a new build with Z390 FTW and in setting up the BIOS saw 8 boot options. When I boot and hit the F7 key I get 2 options, boot from hard drive or enter setup. Is there not a boot menu where I can select other options?

Is the issue that you need to set the boot option once, or that you might need to change boot options on a regular basis?  You can change the boot option within the BIOS whenever you need to, but I'm not sure if that's what you're asking.

dmacklewis
I want to be able to boot from a USB stick which is listed in the boot options in setup. See attachment Options. When I boot with F7 I get only 2 options - hard drive and setup. See attachment F7. How do I get the options listed in setup to show with F7 boot?
 
 

Make the USB ---> before the HD --->  in the list of BOOT devices. 
 
Try a USB 2.0 port
 
& Fast Boot could also be an issue
 
 

The issue is that I want to be able to select the USB stick as the boot drive when I run diagnostics or do a cold backup or whenever I need the system to be down. I turned off Fast Boot, moved the USB Key to Option #1, rebooted/F7 and got the same options as before. When I Save/Exit I see the Boot Override with Windows Boot Manager but don't see any way to change it. What am I missing?

dmacklewis
The issue is that I want to be able to select the USB stick as the boot drive when I run diagnostics or do a cold backup or whenever I need the system to be down. I turned off Fast Boot, moved the USB Key to Option #1, rebooted/F7 and got the same options as before. When I Save/Exit I see the Boot Override with Windows Boot Manager but don't see any way to change it. What am I missing?

I use my USB look like this! Try unplug your USB and restart and plug again?

 

Cool GTX
@coolmistry
 
How did you add the USB to the Boot Override ?  [Maybe edit your Post above with that extra information]
 
nice photo in your post

Thanks for BR Cool 
Just plug into USB and then enter Bios will see USB stick in Boot Override Automatic as I didn't add this! When plug USB stick it will appear there and unplug it will remove automatic! It easy to plug and unplug that it!!

I finally got it to work by using a USB stick with a Windows 10 iso in it. I shut down the machine, stuck the USB in a 2.0 port, started up, the BIOS immediately saw the stick and booted it up with out any intervention. I then tried it with 3.0 port and it also worked. The attachment, Boot USB, shows what boot/F7 displays. I haven't checked the Boot Override, but it kinda doesn't matter at this point. The USB stick I started off was a bootable diagnostic stick that I use on my Windows and Linux boxes. They don't have a problem recognizing it as bootable so I'm not sure what's up with the Z390. I'll be trying some different methods of creating the bootable USB and see how it goes.