On start up, no booting device found

Okay so I just bought this thing not even a month ago, I started it up last week and it told me "boot device not found. please install an operating system on your hard disk" I don't even know what kind of stupid laptop it is bc the packaging info tells me NOTHING, should I just take it back and see if I can get a new one or what??? Pleasee help!!

Hi,
Shut down the notebook. Tap away at the esc key as you start the notebook to enter the Start-up Menu. Select the Bios option ( usually f10 ) and under the Advanced or Diagnostic tab you should find the facility to run tests on both the Hard Drive and Memory. Post back with the details of any error messages.
Can you post back with the full Model No. and Product No. of the notebook - see Here for a guide on locating this information.
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Board: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming board
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About 50% of the time after a reboot I get an error stating something like "Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device". I should have taken a picture to get it correct but it's an error stating no OS or no boot device found so the exact wording should not matter.
At that point, if I reboot the rig 4-6 times, using the case button or the reset button, it will boot up fine. I know right away if it is going to error again because my keyboard lights and laser mouse will not get power. When the keys and mouse get power, it boots up fine. I am not sure if that has anything to do with this issue but I cannot hit CTRL-ALT-DEL to reboot when the error appears, I have to either power down or reset.
I have unplugged everything from the back of the board (no audio, no lan) and just had the keys and mouse in the USB3 ports and then tried the USB2 ports and the same thing happens occasionally.
I moved the SSD from SATA1 to SATA2 to SATA5 and SATA6 with no solution. I swapped SATA cables from the provided ones to brand new, never used ones with the same issue.
It was really hard going through Windows update since it had to reboot about 10-12 times because half the time it would not reboot into Windows had to keep hitting the power or reset button. I have used Live Update 5 to make sure I had all the drivers it suggests. I also believe Fast Boot is enabled via the applet that pops up after Windows boots. I also reset the BIOS a few times but it still happens.
One last thing, I got the board when there was a rebate and I already cut the UPC off the box so I cannot return it to Fry's.
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Can you post back with the following.
1. The full Model No. and Product No. of the notebook - see Here for a further explanation.
2. The full version of the operating system you are using ( ie Windows 7 32bit ).
3. Shut down the notebook. Tap away at f10 as you start the notebook to enter the bios menu. Under the Advanced or Diagnostic tab you should find the facility to run a test on the Hard Drive. Post back with the details of any error messages.
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I just tried to install a version of Windows 7 on my Mac yesterday and used bootcamp for this purpose. Unfortunately the process could not be completed since bootcamp did not partition the hard drive as NTFS. I had to terminate the installation process and whenever I start up my Mac Mini now see a black screen telling me 'No bootable device found - insert boot disk and press any key'. I have tried to push the Option/Alt key to select the boot device but this does not work. I created a USB with a version of OSX to start from externally which also did not work and I used an older hard drive with a fully OSX system and tried to boot from that which also did not work. I am out of ideas and hope that one of you can help me.
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Hello and thank you for posting on the HP support forums. So that I can better help you here with this hard drive issue . Can you explain what diagnostic you ran on the hard drive.
Did you run the diagnostics from the BIOS?
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If you have attempted the diagnostics from the BIOS and are not finding the Hard drive. See if you can find the hard drive in another computer. If you can not find it using another computer replace the drive. If you can and it is not located on your notebook then you have a possible issue with the motherboard.
First thing I would do is try and restore your BIOS first.
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After attempting this and you still can not find the Hard drive and you can see it in another system please contact HP phone support for repair options.
Please call our technical support at 800-474-6836. If you live outside the US/Canada Region, please click the link below to get the support number for your region.
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