Bootable Bios Flash Drive for Z87-G45

Hi. Thanks for taking the time to read this. I've been going around in circles trying to find a definitive post related to my problem.
I've got a problem with a PC running the Z87-G45 mobo. It worked fine for about a year. Since shutting it down the last time (perhaps coincidentally, there was a Win update that ran prior to shutdown), I can't get it to even make it to the dragon splash screen. It hangs at "A2" (displayed in lower-right corner). If I spam F1 and Del, it says "Entering Setup...", but goes no further. If I clear the CMOS, I get a screen that seems to recognize all my key hardware (though I don't know if that's a dynamic check or if it's simply pulling the last settings from BIOS or wherever), but pressing neither F1 (enter BIOS) or F2 (continue) does anything.
I want to try flashing the BIOS, but I can't get into the BIOS to set the boot order or to use the MFlash utility. I need a truly bootable flash-BIOS drive. In other words, it needs to use the boot drive prior to trying to run the mobo BIOS, which fails. Is that possible? Also, I need to be able to tell it to boot off the USB without accessing setup. I read a post that suggested that spamming the Home key would accomplish this. Is that true?
I can find any number of posts for creating a bootable flash drive, but they all seem to suppose that I can access the BIOS setup. I would be grateful for any guidance.
Thank you kindly,
Bobby

Hi,
Try clearing CMOS again: >>Clear CMOS Guide<< Your board has a button on the I/O panel (as far as I remember) so unplug power cord, remove battery and hold the button for 10 seconds.
Yes you need to be able to boot from USB, but since it doesn't pass "A2" part, it might be hard. Or to get into BIOS to use MFlash
What I suggest you do is:
disconnect all hard drives and hardware that is not required for boot (such as keyboard, DVD ROM, mouse, speakers, graphics card etc). Clear CMOS then too and see if it goes through.
Also try the same but outside of the case on non conductive surface like wooden table or motherboard box.
Try swapping RAM stick around the slots and see if it POSTs.
If by any chance it works when you have everything disconnected, try adding components one by one until it hangs again.

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You need to buy a 32Gb thumb stick. Yo need around 24Gb but I don't think you can buy 24Gb stick on the market today. 2Gb is too small.
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