Re: D34010WYK does neither boot from USB 3.0 nor boots with plugged USB 3.0 drive

Hmmm...

Turn off "Failsafe Watchdog" in the Performance tab

interesting...

I just tried it and at least my system boots now (cold and warm), with the caveat that the boot process hangs at the "Intel NUC" logo for about 5 seconds for every USB3.0 device currently attached.

e.g.:

0 devices: 2 seconds

1 device:   6 seconds

2 devices: 12 seconds

3 devices: 17 seconds

4 devices: 25 seconds

This doesn't make me feel very confident, especially since I have turned off booting from USB (all boot devices checkboxes are off!). I would expect the BIOS to ignore the USB devices completely - obviously it doesn't.

As for turning off the watchdog, according to the BIOS glossary:

When the failsafe watchdog is enabled, after a boot failure, the system will reboot back into BIOS Setup with the last values set by the user.

(Intel NUC Boards and Kits - BIOS settings glossary)

So, "playing it safe with crashes, causes the BIOS to crash"?!?

Thanks for the TIP - at least I can continue experimenting now :-)