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Hi Gabriel, Sorry I never responded. No, I tried non-powered USB3 thumb-drives and also two different model Seagate 3TB USB3 ext. drives and did NOT have this problem. I think it is a unique combo of a certain motherboard and that WD drive. I saw on a WD forum where certain laptops exhibited this sa...

How many times did you test the boot? I tested three different WD MyBook 3TB drives. Interestingly one booted properly...but only one time. The other times each one inconsistantly gave either the startup screen or blank screen. I think there is a logic race going on here depending on what device com...

I have more drives (I think 3 or 4) of the same type, I will test. I think they are all of recent manufacture date. But not sure. Thanks.

This is the same issue that SIRK posted on Oct. 23, 2012. You posted that the "root of the issue is in the bios". Looks like it is still there.

If I do this <Shift>1 the system just hangs at the splash screen. F2 is unresponsive at this point as well. Note: My WD MyBook 3TB is powered externally by a DC supply. I tested using a colleagues WD Mypassport USB3.0 which is powered off the USB bus. There was no problem. The system booted properly...

Bios: CR_2.2.0.377 X64 Symptoms: If a nonbootable USB3.0 external storage HDD (WD MyBook 3TB) is connected to USB3.0 port on power-on there is no internal HDD Win7 OS boot. Just a black screen. **Note: This is independent of boot order set in bios.** I tried moving the boot devices around in the bio...