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https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=174029.0

USB 3.0 (Blue) is not legacy compliant which means it needs drivers to function and the BIOS cannot use them till its got the OS layers loaded!
put the USB 3.0 drive in one of the USB 2.0 (Black) ports as they are the only ones that are functional without drivers (USB 2.0 is Legacy compliant and requires no drivers to function)! (USB 3.0 is compatible with USB 2.0 standard connections it will just be choked at 2.0 speeds)
(USB 2.0 is fast enougth for loading a OS off as its 4-5x faster then a CD drive at loading the OS from it)

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Usb 3.0 boot Z68A-G45 (G3)

Hi guys,
please if someone know or can instruct me how to boot from USB 3.0. I have an usb drive 16 GB i don't think is important which brand. It seems bios don't see the usb drive as a bootable option when I use USB 3.0 ports. My motherboard is Z68A-G45 (G3). I don't want to admit this board can't boot from USB 3.0 ports with all the features it has.
If any other workaround to install windows 8 from usb 3.0 you know I will really appreciate your thoughts.
Best Regards.
Edit: sorry i post this here. Some moderators please move this to Intel Core-iX boards.

USB 3.0 (Blue) is not legacy compliant which means it needs drivers to function and the BIOS cannot use them till its got the OS layers loaded!
put the USB 3.0 drive in one of the USB 2.0 (Black) ports as they are the only ones that are functional without drivers (USB 2.0 is Legacy compliant and requires no drivers to function)! (USB 3.0 is compatible with USB 2.0 standard connections it will just be choked at 2.0 speeds)
(USB 2.0 is fast enougth for loading a OS off as its 4-5x faster then a CD drive at loading the OS from it)

MSI Z68A-G45 (B3) slow boot

I've had this mobo installed for a couple of months now and had this problem from the get-go (although different 'codes' on screen). Whenever I reboot I get a black screen with blinking cursor and the number/'code' 98 in the bottom right corner of the screen. The system eventually boots to windows, but it takes about 5 minutes. I've tried pulling all USB devices (except keyboard and mouse). I've changed boot devices in bios, etc. The really strange thing is that it was rebooting just fine for a month or so and started this again. Any ideas?

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This has all the earmarks of it being a compatibility problem with either the keyboard, mouse, or the HDD/SSD may be acting up.
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--Logitech K800 keyboard, G700 mouse
Try with the 10.3 version;
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/Z68A-G45--B3-.html#/?div=BIOS
It also may be a good idea at this point to open a ticket with MSI Tech Support, as it seems to be a compatibility issue IMO;
http://support.msi.com

MOVED: Re: MSI Z68a-G45 (G3) Powers up for a few seconds then shuts down; repeats

This splitted topic has been moved to Overclocking, Undervolting section.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=160863.msg1179176#msg1179176

Quote from: moxieman117 on 11-August-12, 08:22:42
Hey guys, just picked up a Z68a-G45 (G3) and I'm currently running the following hardware on it:
i5 3570k 3.4ghz at 95w (I have verified that the mobo is compatible with this chip) with stock cooler
1 DIMM of 4gb Kingston HyperX ddr3 1600 ram
OCZ ZT series 750 watt modular PSU
I currently have the graphics card, SSD, HDD, and CD-ROM out for trouble shooting purposes.
Currently, when I start her up it thinks for a second, powers up, fans spin, and then after a few seconds it dies and restarts.
I went down to 1 DIMM, cleared CMOS, checked for bent pins, even tried a different PSU all with the same result. Is this likely due to the board?
Thanks!
Verified how exactly? Yes that CPU is compatible, but only when an Ivy UEFI/BIOS update has been performed.

Z68a-g45 (g3) booting issue

so yesterday i received my new mainboard, processor and memory, but when i installed it my pc wouldnt boot.
new hardware i recieved :
msi z68A-g45 (g3) mainboard
i7 2600k sandy bridge processor
geil 8gb ddr3 -1333 black dragon memory
in my old setup my pc boots normaly, but when i installed my new components, it will start but i dont hear a beep, the fans are running, and i see the led lights on my memory and 1 blue led light on my mainboard.
my dvd player wont open and my hdd wont start.
when i tested it again on my old setup everything worked fine.
(psu = ocz 600ssx 600 watt and i have a 9800gtx videocard )
does anybody know what the problem might be ?

Need more information. What was the old system things worked in? Migrated HDD with a pre installed OS on it?
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=38822.0

Z68a-g45 (g3) MB Bios update

Hi i recently upgraded my graphics card and having a B2 error which after doing some research is most likely a bios issue.
i can find the z68a-g45(b3) bios update on this website but none for the (g3) and was wondering if it was the same thing.

No, it's not the same. Follow the below to update to the latest bios for Z68A-G45 (G3):
>>Use the MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<<
A.) Download >>this<< archive and place it on your desktop. Do not decompress.
B.) Download and install the Forum flash tool.
C.) Insert your FAT32 formatted usb stick.
D.) Make sure that all win 8 options are disabled. (Fast Boot etc) Also make sure the legacy USB is enabled.
E.) Start the forum flash tool and select option 1. Then point the tool at the compressed archive we downloaded earlier. Then to your USB Flash Drive.
F.) Boot to the USB
G.) Now follow the directions and let the tool flash bios

Z68A-G45 (G3) BIOS update?

Hi everyone,
I'm completely inexperienced when it comes to motherboards and BIOS, so please bear with me. I'm using a Z68A-G45 (G3), with a current BIOS version of E7750IMS V11.1. I recently tried to install a new EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card, but the system would hang during booting and display A2 in the bottom right corner. After doing a bit of searching online, it appeared that I might need to update the BIOS in order for the card to work.
I went by the MSI instructions, downloaded the 12.3 BIOS version and put the file (E7750vC3.exe) in the root directory of a USB drive. However, when I tried to use the M-Flash feature, it says "There isn't any BIOS File in this USB key." What do I need to do?

Quote from: Chike on 22-March-15, 10:09:25
Seems like the US site lacks some basic information.
http://www.msi.com/support/mb/Z68AG45_B3.html#down-bios
That's the wrong board and hence wrong bios. OP has Z68A-G45 (G3) not Z68A-G45 (B3)
adam.m.wee, you can use the following to flash to correct latest bios (7750vC3 aka 12.3)
>>Use the MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<<
A.) Download >>this<< archive and place it on your desktop. Do not decompress.
B.) Download and install the Forum flash tool.
C.) Insert your FAT32 formatted usb stick.
D.) Make sure that all win 8 options are disabled. (Fast Boot etc) Also make sure the legacy USB is enabled.
E.) Start the forum flash tool and select option 1. Then point the tool at the compressed archive we downloaded earlier. Then to your USB Flash Drive.
F.) Boot to the USB
G.) Now follow the directions and let the tool flash bios

Z68A-G45(B3)

hi guys. i have a z68a-g45(b3) in which i updated to me8 which is ver 13.2 latest for this motherboard. lately i have been facing constant freezing inside window or even sometime in bios when the machine warmup. i tried replacing my hdd, gpu and ran memtest86+ with 7 pass. hard reset bios all came to vail. so i guess mayb i should reflash back from me8 to me7 stock bios which is ver10.0. i have tried the hqforumtool, prepared my usb, but the tool doenst seems to be able to downgrade me8 to me7. so i need some help from here.

Follow the below to downgrade to 10.3 which is the latest ME7 bios. Let's try first release bios that lacks many fixes only as a last resort.
>>Use the MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<<
A.) Download the attached archive and place it on your desktop. Do not decompress.
B.) Download and install the Forum flash tool.
C.) Insert your FAT32 formatted usb stick.
D.) Make sure that all win 8 options are disabled. (Fast Boot etc) Also make sure the legacy USB is enabled.
E.) Start the forum flash tool and select option 1. Then point the tool at the compressed archive we downloaded earlier. Then to your USB Flash Drive.
F.) Boot to the USB
G.) Now follow the directions and let the tool flash
H.) After flashing reinstall ME drivers in Windows: http://download.msi.com/dvr_exe/intel6x_ime_mb.zip

G5 dual 2ghz. Been unplugged for a while. Powers up but no video or power to usb keyboard. Boots up fine in safe mode, restart into normal mode ok. After shutdown, back to same issue. What's happening?

G5 dual 2ghz. Been unplugged for a while. Powers up but no video or power to usb keyboard. Boots up fine in safe mode, restart into normal mode ok. After shutdown, back to same issue. What's happening?

I keep seeing people ask and the advice to replace if it has been unplugged, but really have nothing to confirm that from my experiences.
My experience is that a weak or dead battery can cause much more than date and time issues.
I have seen it time and time again.
Deal with used machines and you will quickly learn....
I'll give no "recipe" or set list of symptoms, but the range of irregularities that can occur make it a quick and easy first line of troubleshooting, especially when the machine has been off the mains for a few months.
Why fight mysterious maladies and troubleshoot with the knowledge that the PRAM battery is beyond it's useful life.
Maybe they recharge?
Not likely. They are chemically nasty, disposable, one way discharge batteries.
They aren't Lithium-ion batteries

Mini doesn't always connect bluetooth and external (USB) drives on boot

I have had a new Intel mini for 4 months now (we also have a PPC G5, which we love). In the last few weeks the mini started to not connect my Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, nor recognize some of my USB peripherals when booting up. When this happens, it also makes a repeated "startup sound - bong!" echo when the start button is pressed. I have two external USB drives, one 500GB Phantom and one 500GB WD MyBook. When the Apple logo appears at boot, I can see the activity lights flashing on the drives as the BIOS interrogates the USB connections, but after the Leopard start up desktop appears, the only drive shown is Macintosh HD, the mouse pointer is at the top left of the display and will not move, nor will the keyboard do anything. I have read every post on this subject and tried all of the resets suggested. Sometimes this works after a few attempts, sometimes it takes 6 or more tries - disconnecting all cables, and turning the computer on again and again. Occasionally the WD MyBook drive appears on the desktop, yet still the Bluetooth is unresponsive and the other drive absent. I am getting frustrated having to disconnect everything and trying to boot this thing up, sometimes for one hour or longer before I can use it properly (all of my work is on the external drives).
There MUST be a firmware update for this by now, because I see that I am not the only one experiencing these problems, and this is obviously some problem with how the BIOS is communicating with the bus.

Hi amyta pdx-
I'd be careful jumping to conclusions or the troubleshooting process may get clouded. For one thing those WD drives are junk and most people using them eventually have problems.
What happens with everything disconnected from the Mac except a mouse connected to a USB port on the Mac and the monitor connected to the video port only?
Luck-
-DP

I replaced the battery on my RAID card, when I booted my mac pro up, I get the folder with the question mark. I used a boot USB drive to boot and when I looked in the RAID utility, my RAID 5 volumes were no longer showing, advise.

I replaced the battery on my RAID card, when I booted my mac pro up, I get the folder with the question mark. I used a boot USB drive to boot and when I looked in the RAID utility, my RAID 5 volumes were no longer showing, advise.
Ernest

Not sure if I'm following you. I have 4 hard drives installed on my Mac Pro. I had a RAID 5 configured and functional for about 5 months. My battery died on the RAID card. I replaced the battery, seated the RAID card back in the slot I removed it from. When I booted to the USB drive to look in the RAID utility, I could see the battery is charged but my volumes are not showing.
The drives don't show in disk Utility. I built the RAID with the RAID Utility and they did show there. I have a early 2008 Mac Pro, Mavricks OS running Mac Server

Mount usb disk after boot

Hi,
How can I mount automatically an usb disk after boot?
Any suggestion would be appreciated.
Thanks

Read this fine article and use it to set up a udev rule, to specifically name the device. (Otherwise you may never know where it pops up in the disk naming scheme.)
Also note -- after reading the article -- there are plenty of examples of rules in /etc/udev/ files that may further help.

Usb installaton not booting on "phoneix awardbios"

I have wrote the iso to USB using "dd bs=4M if=archlinux-2014.10.01-dual.iso of=/dev/sdb".
On a computer with "phoneix awardbios" the usb does not boot instead it shows "isolinux.bin missing or corrupt"
I tried on a laptop, it booted and shows the archlinux grubmenu.

When you do isos it is typically you have to pull the kernel files out and point the boot to the usb stick. Otherwise, it tries to boot like a CD and access the CD ROM when there isn't even anything in the CDROM. Maybe this thread may help.
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1 Beep Z68A-G45 B3 motherboard

If im getting 1 beep with a z68a-g45 b3 motherboard whats the beep code on that?

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on a side note this system totally worked earlier today
Could be an intermittent problem on the PSU, i.e. a faulty PSU. Can you test with another known working PSU ?
Could be a badly seated CPU. Inspect the socket pins carefully. Bent pins have caused numerous problems to a host of users.
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12 gigs corsair vengeance
What memory exactly ? How do you get to 12GB. Are you using a triple channel matched kit ?
Only insert one of those memory modules in the slot closest to the CPU (remove the others). Then do a CMOS clear. >>Clear CMOS Guide<<
Retest.

Can't get USB installer to boot on Thinkpad S431

Just got a refurbished laptop, and can't figure out how to get the USB installer to boot correctly. I've tried EFI only, EFI+compatibility, CSM disabled/enabled etc. I can select the USB drive and it gets to the Arch menu, then when I select the first option to start the installer it reads the USB for a few seconds then just sits at a black screen. Specs: Thinkpad S431, Core i5-3337U, Intel 4000. I've tried several Arch isos, including 7/14 and 5/14. The USB drive will boot/install in my desktop machine with no problems.
Thanks for any help

Since it is Intel graphics, it might have been an early KMS issue. That is, there is no possible way to get early KMS going from the installer. In this case, you would just need to use 'nomodeset' on the kernel command line. If you were able to use the UEFI shell, then you were probably seeing the gummiboot boot manager. So according to this page, you need to hit 'e' to edit the kernel command line.

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