Motherboard does not POST - Decompressing BIOS image to RAM for fast booting

I recently returned my motherboard for a warranty repair due to a noisy northbridge fan. Following the repair my system was rebuilt however the motherboard now fails to POST indicating "Decompressing BIOS image to RAM for fast booting" on the LED D-bracket. Prior to the repair the system was running ok.
I have tried resetting the BIOS with the jumper and also reconnecting all of the cables and only the minimum required components to the motherboard (CPU, memory, graphics card). The motherboard was also reinstalled inside the case to ensure no earth between the case and motherboard exists.
Does anyone know why this error is reported, what is the cause? Could it be that the motherboard is faulty or have I perhaps damaged the CPU or memory modules during the rebuild?

I have tried all of the valid combinations with the memory modules with no other components but the CPU connected to the motherboard but still no POST. I'm currently waiting on a response from MSI regarding this issue but I'm beginning to think the motherboard is damaged. I've already endured a 12 week wait on the motherboard being repair via Dabs it is looking like it will have to go back again so its going to be 4 months without my system 

Similar Messages

  • K8N Neo2 hang at decompressing BIOS image to ram. HELP!

    Hi,
    After several days of flawless running, my computer just died today.
    My computer hang at "decompressing BIOS image to RAM for fast booting" (indicated by the D-bracket LEDs) during the startup. I have tried the following but nothing helped.
    1) clear CMOS jumper by shorting pin 2 and 3
    2) clear CMOS by removing the battery
    3) remove the CPU and put it back in
    4) take the memory out and put it back in dual/single channel mode.
    After pushing the power button, I observe through the LEDs that the mb doing the following
    1) System power on
    2) Memory Detection Test
    3) Decompressing BIOS image to RAM for fast booting and stuck!
    Any suggestions is welcome!!
    My computer config:
    AMD64 3200+ 90nm
    MSI K8N Neo2
    Bios V1.4
    Mushkin basic 512MBx2 (2.5-3-3)
    VisionTek Xtasy 9600XT 256MB
    Seagate 200GB PATA
    Antec Sonata case with 380W power supply

    I'd try horspowr1001
    with a single module in slot 1
    then just for fun
    How to clear the CMOS
    1) disconnect the power cable.
    2) push the power button to drain the capacitors
    3) Move the CMOS jumper to the clear position, from it's original 1-2 position to 2-3
    4) Wait a minute to be sure the CMOS has been cleared. Take your Time
    5) Return the CMOS jumper to it's original position 1-2
    6) Plug in power cable.
    7)restart computer
    8) enter bios and select load optimized Bios defaults - save & exit  (hopefully)
    9) let pc reboot, Enter Bios Change Ht 5--->4
    luck

  • K8n neo2 "decompressing bios to ram for fast booting"

    it was working great for about two hours. It gave me some good benchmarks    So I decided to play some farcry and during the load up of a saved game it locked up in the middle of loading. I restarted it and it hasent posted since.  The two diag lights i get are two top green two bottom red and never moves from there. decompressing bios to ram for fast booting according to the manual. I then took one ram stick out, stuck diffrent ram in there, reseting the bios, diffrent video cards. 
    i figured it was the motherboard and i got my rma back today same thing. so is it the cpu then or another mobo?
    Koolance Pc2 Blue
    koolance 300 cpu water block
    Amd64 3200+ 90nm
    CMX512-3200C2PRO x2
    BFG 6800 Ultra O/C with Innovative Tech Nv40 water block. (stock timings)
    wd 160 se x2
    MGE Vigor 500w
    tried Antec truepower 480w same thing.

    Sound like ram is struggling (decompress to ram fails).
    Test with www.memtest86.com
    Make sure that the corsair C2 is set with cas 2.5 on AMD64 and vdimm voltage to 2.75v in bios.
    Auto spd and auto on voltage won't set it straight for theese modules , set all values manually in bios and dont enable agressive settings .

  • System does not post after Bios Flash

    After using Live Update to flash my Bios to the new version, the computer does not POST. The Bios Flash was successful - it rebooted and started normally. When I tried to restart it the normal way, it will not boot. The fans run when the "power on" button is pressed but nothing more. I cleared the CMOS using the jumpers but the problem was not solved. Can any one help?
    Can some good Samaritan give me a step by step method to resolve this problem?

    I followed the link you provided and managed to resolved it:
    1) Removed one memory stick and floppy;
    2) Cleared CMOS and rebooted successfully;
    3) Inserted floppy and reverted to the previous BIOS;
    4) Inserted the other memory stick and brought system back to full power again.
    Thank you very much for your assistance. I am sure MSI is aware of the problem and will take steps to rectify it ASAP

  • Motherboard does not post...

    Hi All.
    I finished assembling my desktop with the config listed below. I powered it up the first time and everything was fine - I was able to boot into Windows with no problems. However, I then shut it down and closed the case and powered it up again, and didn't get any response. I opened up the case again and found that there were no LEDs lit up on the motherboard with the power supply connected (I don't remember but I think the first time there was an orange LED on after the PS was connected before the system was powered up). I have since tried removing the graphics card and the memory but don't get any response. To see if it was a power supply issue, I connected it to a different desktop and it worked fine.
    This is only my second desktop assembly and am thus no expert when it comes these matters. Any help I can get to have this working will be greatly appreciated.
    Thanks.
    Specs:
    Motherboard: MSI P55-GD80 LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard - BIOS Ver MS7581 Ver:1.1
    CPU - Intel Core i7-860 Lynnfield 2.8GHz
    CPU Cooler : Noctua NH-U9B SE2
    Memory - CORSAIR XMS3 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1600 9-9-9-24
    Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD4850 512M GDDR3 PCI-E DUAL DVI-I/TVO
    Hard Drive: Western Digital WD1500AHFD (SATA)
    dvd drive: PBDS DVD+-RW DH-16W1S (SATA)
    OS: Win Vista SP1 64-bit
    Power Supply: Rosewill RP550V2-S-SL (550W)
    +3.3V : 30A
    +5V : 50A
    +12V : 18A
    -12V : 1A
    +5VSB : 2.5A

    Thanks for the quick reply.
    Quote
    Insert Quote
    https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=131134.0 Check population, perhaps one stick at a time.
    Try with no drives connected to the PSU and the motherboard just to see if it can POST and enter BIOS.
    I followed the advise in the link and tried one stick at a time, and with no drives connected, but didn't work.
    Quote
    If you went from BIOS to install of OS did all reboot attempts work okay?
    After the first time I shut it down. After that it didn't boot up anymore.
    Quote
    Did you make any changes in the BIOS before shutting down prior to closing up the case?
    No.
    Quote
    Did you remove power from the case before putting the cover back on?
    Yes.
    Quote
    Did you mess around tidying things up inside the case before putting the cover back on with the power supply plugged in?
    No. The only thing I did was put up the sides of the case which had been open all along. That is whats confusing me so much, as I hardly did anything and the system refused to reboot.

  • K7N2 Delta2 Platinum Stuck at Decompressing Bios Image

    Hey guys, I just bought this mobo and got everything running great (played CS:S for many, many hours  ) until i tried messing with the raid and then the hard drives disappeared from bios and then I tried clearing cmos.
    now it won't post   and it's stuck with top leds green and bottom leds red, which is "Decompressing BIOS image to RAM for fast booting". I tried clearing cmos again with the jumpers and also by removing the battery but with no success. How can I revive my bios?
    i don't think it has anything to do with my other hardware, but since you guys are pretty big on including specs so...
    K7N2 Delta2 Platinum
    1700+ Thoroughbred
    512mb x 2 OCZ value ram
    450 watt superflower ttgi
    6800 pny

    I saw someone talk about some insert button trick and it worked. Is this something that loads fail-safe defaults on all motherboards? it's kinda strange that I never saw anything that gave me a checksum error, so I guess maybe the checksum checker is not working or something? well, now that my comp's up and running, that's it for me. no more messing with it. thanks for taking the time to look at my post.
    oh, i left out my HDs cuz I pulled them and i was just trying to get my comp to boot, that's all. They are 120gig 8mb WD's, one SATA and one IDE. The value ram is rated at 400mhz and ran fine at that speed at 7-3-3-2.5 on my other comp. My PSU provides 18amps on the 12v, not sure if that's good or not.

  • Decompressing BIOS image problem

    Hello,
    I purchased a K7DMaster-L and I've been trying to install the RAM memory without success. I have two modules of 128MB
    (registered). The process stops when it has to
    decompress BIOS image to RAM for fast booting.
    Any idea as to what is wrong?  I live in the Dominican Republic and the possibilities of  finding service on this respect are zero!

    i tried that but it didnt work.
    i tried with a kingston registrated ECC 512 MB and it didnt work either.
    i tried with crucial memory 256 MB registrated ECC and it didnt work either.
    i tried with Micron 256 reg and it didnt work either.
    The process always stops when the system is checking the memory or when it starts to decompress the BIOS.
    i Have two 2.2 GB processors MP.
    Ati 9000
    ATX 300
    please if anybody knows something please send it to me
    thank you

  • P45 platinum hangs at "decompressing bios immage to ram"

    Hi Everybody,
    I bought this pc:
    Intel Q9450
    P45 Platinum
    OCZ 4GB (2x2) reaper 1066
    WD raptor 37GB sata
    WD 650 GB sata
    CNPS7700 Fan
    MSI NX8600GT Graphic
    Now i had since the beginning some start up problems, but i managed to boot eventually, and installed vista X64. So far so good.. Everything runs fin... but, closed down the PC for the night, and started it up this morning, and again, no startup.. leds indicate
    red
    red
    green
    gree
    Manual says: "Decompressing bios immage to Ram for faster booting"
    Tried to use 1 stick of RAM in every slot (1 to 4) but no good. Switched to the other stick, but no good either.. After a few hours, did some Cmos clearing and it started up again... so did some resetting and some work in vista, and installed some aps... and worked fine again...
    Did some research here and there, and decided to flash bios from 1.0 tot 1.1 (original from MSI site)... Now for some hours, he keeps giving the same problem: decompressing bios.. and i can't boot or anything.. ripped of every peace of hardware, and tried again from start.. but nothing... cannot enter bios of anything.. keeps hanging on red red green green..
    Can any of you please help me....
    Deborah..

    Quote from: Jack the Newbie on 06-July-08, 22:18:48
    Have you cleared CMOS with main A/C power cable removed from PSU after updating the BIOS?
    I'm Clearing it again (for the 100 time today  ) with, like you said, the power cable out... but no result... also tried it to leave it for a minute of 5 alone, and then do clear Cmos... but again  .. no result...
    [Edit] Also left out the battery end cleared Cmos...  but again.... no result...

  • HP MS218 Not Booting - Does not POST - Cannot reach BIOS

    Hello,
    I have an MS218 (product number: BR372AA #ABA) that I have been having issues with. It used to work fine (ran on WinXP), but currently will not even boot properly at all. No software or hardware changes were made to cause this problem to begin occurring, it simply just started happening one day when I went to turn the computer back on. The issue that I am currently experiencing is as follows:
    - Power stays on, but nothing is ever displayed on the screen
    - Does not post, cannot reach BIOS
    - Acts almost as if it is resetting itself constantly, the fan in the back will start to spin for a second or two, then stop, then start again, and repeat indefinitely until I unplug the power adapter.
    I initially figured it was a hardware issue, likely the motherboard, and began to troubleshoot the problem. As I removed non-vital components, the problem would persist. For instance, it happens regardless of external things (keyboard, mouse, etc.) being plugged in, or regardless of the hard drive or optical drive being plugged in. It still appears to happen in the absense of memory, however, I will instead hear beep codes (likely telling me that I don't have any RAM in). Ultimately, I decided to order a replacement motherboard, which recently arrived. Upon replacing the motherboard, the exact same problems happen, which leads me to believe that the motherboard was somehow not the culprit. I have also tried multiple power adapters to no avail, as well as resetting the CMOS battery without any luck. I'm really at a loss for what to do from here, and am currently sitting on hold with HP tech support.
    Any advice is welcome. Thanks in advance for your time and assistance.

    Hello Jaycera,
    There are two more components that we haven't replaced or look at and I would approach them in the order listed.
    1. Power supply
    2. Processor
    It sounds like it's a power issue the computer is getting enough power to start booting up and then losing it. Thus anytime I hear a power issue the first thing I think of is a power supply issue.
    The other thing is it could be the processor. The computer starts booting, makes a call to the processor, fails, boots down, starts booting up, makes a call to the processor and here we are in a vicious cycle.
    It could just be the processor needing reseated. Take it out, put it back in and make sure it's in properly and no pins are bent, or the processor could be bad.
    If I have helped you in any way click the Kudos button to say Thanks.
    The community works together, click Accept as Solution on the post that solves your issue for other members of the community to benefit from the solution.
    - Friendship is magical.

  • Icon does not appear in the image thumbnail in Bridge

    After processing a camera raw file using the Camera Raw plug-in, an icon does not appera in the image thumbnail in Bridge. Using raw plug-in created april 19 2007 in windows vista. The same CS2 program does create the icon on another computer using Windoes XP. Jim

    Please check your top toolbar left side, you should see a small arrow icon to expend the toolbar, located near the Tools option
    (Ignore the location side in the sample picture, it should be the opposite for your language )
    If you cannot locate the HP Smart Web Printing there either, Click Tools > Manage Addons
    and make sure the HP Smart Web Printing addon is enabled,
    Say thanks by clicking the Kudos thumb up in the post.
    If my post resolve your problem please mark it as an Accepted Solution

  • Motherboard does not support core center

    I decided to upgrade core center through MSI update. Now when I try to start it get message "Motherboard does not support core center" Tried uninstalls of AMD drivers as well as core center to no avail. the old one worked ok, anyone know where I can get it?
    PC specs
    MSI K8t neo
    Win xp pro SP2
    Amd 64 3200
    2 gig corsair ram
    Asus Radeon xp800 Platanium
    2x Western digital 10 gig sata drives
    Pioneer DVD
    Asus tv tuner
    Creative x-fi elite pro

    Quote
    is that ok with you Sir?
    It's your pc, not mine. So, yes, it is alright with me. I don't bother when people mess up things for themselves. We're always here to help things get on the road again... and we're happy to do it. 
    Just try to see what I'm telling you: if you do not experience serious trouble, then leave things alone. Also, always try to decide if a program is really necessary or that you can do without it. For example, if you use corecenter mainly as a monitoring tool, I'd advice you to uninstall it and not to install any monitoring tool at all. You can set Cool & Quiet in BIOS and make it work by installing the AMD CPU driver (you already did, I suppose) and set power settings to Minimal power in Control Panel. This way, you system will not overheat and if it does, it will shut down automatically. Corecenter doesn't contribute to these functions in any way.

  • K7N2 Delta2 Does not Post Every Other Boot

    I have built a PC with a K7N2 Delta2-LSR mb and it fails to post on every other boot.  When it does post, everything works fine.  It makes no difference whether the boot is warm or cold, and it does not vary in frequency (it is always every other boot).
    Any ideas?

    Hi, I have the same problem.  (sorry for my english)
    When i switch on my pc, nothing hapend.... freeze.... The power led and the hdd led on and the screen stay off.  I need to unplug the power wire and then plug it again to turn on the pc.  
    Thanks for your time.
    K7N2 Delta2 MS-6570E (v1.X) - BIOS Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG - Version : Nvidia - 42302e31
    AMD XP 2700+ BOX - FSB 333 (with original FAN COOLER)
    512mb DDR333
    BIOSTAR G-FORCE FX 5200
    1 HD S-ATA  - Western Digital WDC WD800JD-00HKA0
    1 HD IDE    - Maxtor 6E020L0
    1 DVD IDE   - Sansung SD-6125
    1 CD-RW IDE - SONY CRX230ED
    PSU: BISWAL ATX 400w - KC-EAA
      +12v  15 A
      +5v   25 A
      +3.3v 20 A
      -5v    1 A
      -12v   1 A
      +5VSB  2 A
    OS: XP Pro SP2
    ----------------------------- EN ESPAÑOL
    Hola, tengo el mismo problema. Cada vez que reinicio o apago la pc, debo desenchufarle la electricidad para que encienda. Si la apago del switch y la vuelvo a encender sigue congelada. Ahora una vez que hago esto funciona perfectamente.
    Gracias por tu tiempo.

  • "The updater does not have a firmware image"

    My initial problem was that I suddenly could not copy purchased music from iTunes to my iPod. I tried the suggestion of downloading the iPod Updater. The Updater did indicate that my iPod software, 2.2, "needs update". Upon attempting to install the Updater (by clicking 'Update'), I received the following message: "The Updater does not have a firmware image." I notice that SEVERAL people are having the same problem at this very moment on this message board. I hope someone from Apple notices this fiasco and does something to fix it. Please help. Restoring my iPod is not an option for me. Thanks.

    Yes, I've had this problem too. And the iPod has not been updated with any of the tracks I bought since updating to iTunes 5, but iTunes REloaded all the older tracks onto my iPod. Why? Seeing as the upgrade to iTunes 5 was a bit traumatic in itself, I'm not altogether surprised to discover the newer tracks had not been copied: there is obviously some incompatability here somewhere - but goodness knows where.

  • Work order to cost center settlement does not post to GL module (FI)

    Dear Expert,
    I find the Maintenance Work order to cost center settlement does not post to GL module (FI)?Also, the settlement cost element is primary element define in GL chart of account.
    When an maintenance order is settled with KO88 or KO8G the work order value posted cost center and  the value is display in cost center report but not post to GL module in FI.As I notice only good issue or receive to/from work order is posted in GL but not the settlement of work order.Why?
    Between, Kindly advise what are the report or T-code to view the maintenance order is done the settlement and what are the value is settle for maintenance work order?
    Kindly advice under what circumstance when maintenance work order to cost center settlement is posted to GL(FI module)?
    Please advice.
    Thank you.
    KH

    Hi Kiran,
    The error message clearly says that "Cost Center validity starts from 01.10.2014" i.e. in the future period.
    Change the cost center from period in the past date and try.
    BR, Srinivas Salpala

  • Windows 8.1, BootCamp does not find the ISO image.

    When I try to install Windows 8.1, BootCamp does not find the ISO image.
    I purchased Windows 8.1 Pro, I downloaded the .exe requested file from a Windows computer, performed the steps recommended by Microsoft in order to create the ISO file saving it on a flash drive as well and, as a precaution, on a DVD too.
    I performed the "Download the latest Windows Support Software from Apple" step directly into another flash drive and having it completed BootCamp displays the following message:
    "The installer disc could not be found  –  Insert the Windows installer disc and wait a few seconds for the disc to be recognized. "
    So happens that I have tried this using the DVD, pendrive and also copying the ISO file to the desktop and to the "Documents" folder as recommended in certain websites, but none of this has made the process go ahead. What can I do?
    My equipment is a mid 2011 iMac running Mac OSX 10.10.1.

    Dear Loner T,
    thanks to my coworker, the solution was unpacking from that ISO file which I had recorded (according to the steps indicated by Microsoft), but now using Nero software (Windows) and then recording by the most common way in a new DVD. See the screen of the first DVD before unpacking:
    This true saga only demonstrated that the generated ISO file as an option at the time of the Windows installation, is not for direct installation through BootCamp, and as a I could check, even for direct installation on a Windows PC. See the last DVD burned using Nero and  again recorded:
    The execution of BootCamp, was perfect
    Thank you for attention to my problem!

Maybe you are looking for