I have a gigabyte B250 fintech motherboard. I just can not get simplemining to boot. No matter if via USB stick or hard disk. I tried Etcher and Rufus. Maybe someone has an idea? Thank you!
I had a same issue on my GA-MA770T and GA-EP43/EP45T mobos.
Try HDDRawCopy1.10Portable.exe - I use only it and really do not understand why does Tytanic recommend Etcher for SMOS.