Beware!<br> <br>I've already ruled out any problems from the videocard and other hard drives.<br>Usually when the BIOS doesn't show it's an obvious motherboard issue.. not a good sign.<br>But this is literally a week old motherboard.. so that led me to look into other options.<br> <br>From the events that followed (Windows said it was doing something and restarting.. then no boot after restarting) I've surmised that, somehow, Windows 8 managed to corrupt the BIOS image.<br>The plan is to reset the CMOS battery.. and hope.<br> <br>Any suggestions in case this doesn't work?<br> <br><strong>Update</strong><br>It worked!<br> <br>There are two ways to reset the CMOS from the motherboard<br><strong>1) pull the CMOS battery out for a few seconds</strong><br><strong>2) find the jumper that resets the cmos and swap configurations for a few seconds.</strong><br> <br>With either of these methods, make sure to turn everything off and unplug the power supply beforehand.