Won't restart-must turn off power [SPLIT]

 I am having the exact same problem with a new build.  The board came with bios 1.5 and software ( win7 ultimate 32 bit) would shut it down, but restarts would not work ( which made any upgrade extremely difficult when it said " your computer needs to restart).
  When this was selected the  screen would lose signal, but the fans would keep spinning and no matter how long I waited nothing.  I had to push the power button to turn it off, then push it again to restart it.
  So I flashed the bios to 1.8 this morning ( which went off without a hitch) but I'm still getting the same problems, shut down in windows works, restart in windows ( either from the start menus or from a popup saying you have to restart, the pc loses signals but never turns off and reboots.  when I select shut down the pc has a sound " ping" right before the fans shut off, in restart no sound, screen loses signal, the fans just keep spinning ( cpu fans and case fans)
here are my specs
Main Board:       Z87-G41 PC mate
Bios Version:      1.8 ( as of this morning)
Video Card:       none ( using integrated for now, will likely add one later)
PSU:                ultra ULT-LSP550  (550V)
12v rail Rating of listed PSU: 41A 492W
CPU:  intel G3258  ( unlocked anniversary dual core pentium)
Memory:  4 GB  Adata  1600
SSD/ HDD:  boot drive kingston 64 GB SSD/ waiting to install data drive ( seagate 500gb)
CPU COOLER:  intel stock
Raid Card: none
Sound Card: integrated hd audio
Any Additional hardware plugged into your system:  none
OC: (Yes / No)  no, running at 3.2
Operating System:  windows 7 ultimate 32 bit, activated by MS
 if anyone has any suggestions I would really really appreciate it.

  I think Im toast.  When I power up with bios under settings the boot drive ( kingston 64 gb ssd) is not showing up on the sata port.  I
turned it off, unplugged let it sit a minute then shorted the cmos pins.  waited a minute of two, then plugged in.  the next bios I choose F1 and setup.  it now recognizes the drive on sata 2 and identifies it.  I move the hard drive ( non uefi) to the start of the boot order.  I have a bootable usb disk with the os on it and I put that second.  Everything else seems to be good in terms of the other system identification.  so i hit f10 for save and exit.  on the popup it says save and restart ?  I click yes, it exits the bios but it never restarts.  so I push the power button down to turn it off, push it again to restart and then hit delete to get into bios and the hard drive is not recognized as a kingston ssd and in the preverences sata 2 is shown as empty.
  Im sorry if this is not as detailed as it should be, its been a while since I have tried to build a pc.

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