Msi 970a-g45 won't enter setup

I just put together a brand new system. Components are as follows:
MSI 970A-G45 mobo
AMD FX 4100 3.6Ghz
GeForce GTX 550-Ti video card
(2) 2GB DDR3 1600 memory
When I first put this system together, I set my 3 hard drives as a raid 5 and then proceeded to install windows. First it told me I needed a dvdrom driver which I thought was funny because that's what the windows disk was running in. I restarted several times and I got a boot failure and when I restarted it again one of my harddrives disappeared. After unplugging and replugging several times I finally got them all to show up again but then it wouldn't let me back into bios. It froze several times at the entering setup screen. I tried resetting cmos and no results. I pulled the memory down to one stick and got into bios again but it hasn't reset anything other than the date. Windows 7 boot disk still won't run and I don't know what else to do with it. I have used this disk to recently set up 4 other computers and have eventually gotten all the other bugs worked out. What else can I do to insure that this will work?

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New build with MSI 970A-G45 won't load OS or live CD

Motherboard: MSI 970A-G45 AM3+ AMD 970
CPU: AMD Athlon II X3 455 Rana 3.3 Ghz Socket AM3
RAM: G.Skill Sniper Series 2x4GB DDR3 1866, Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBSR
Video Card (original): ASUS ENGTX550 TI DC/DI/1GD5 GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Video Card (operational): XFX 7600 GT
System HD: Runcore 64GB Sata II SSD
Optical Drive: LITE-ON SATA DVD-RW drive
I just finished building a new upgrade build into an existing case with an existing PSU and hard drives/optical drive. Originally the system wouldn't power on at all, which I traced to the new video card (something to do with grounding or an inadequate power supply maybe?), but in any case I got past that for the moment with my old video card. The system will power on and get to the BIOS screen. I can enter the BIOS and everything looks fine: all my drives are detected, the RAM is present, the CPU looks correct. However, when I go to actually load an operating system, it never loads. After the BIOS screen I just get a blank screen with a white blinking cursor in the upper-left corner, and this never goes away (I've tried leaving it for 10 minutes or more).
Originally I was trying to boot from the mentioned SSD which has both Ubuntu 11.04 and Windows 7 64-bit partitions installed with GRUB2 to load them. This didn't load, so I tried an Ubuntu 11.04 live CD in my DVD-ROM drive. That didn't work, so I tried the same CD in an external USB CD-ROM drive in case it was a problem with the SATA controller/connectors. Still the same behavior. So I tried a memtest86+ CD in both drives. Still the same behavior. For each of the tests after the first I explicitly opened the boot menu with F11 at the BIOS screen and selected the device I wanted to try.
At this point I've already tried exchanging the memory I had originally bought with the memory I listed above, since the old memory I realized after I bought it was labelled as "Intel i5/i7 compatible" and the new memory is on the MSI support list for this motherboard model. Any thoughts on where to go next? My next thought was to RMA the motherboard but I feel like I'm flying blind here. I've never see a new build get stuck at this point in the boot process.

OK posting from Ubuntu on my now-working build!!
So, after two weeks of messing around with the CPU, RAM, video card, etc., I finally have the thought that the one thing I haven't tried yet is the old SATA expansion PCI card that I put in early on at the bottom of the motherboard underneath the video card (out of direct sight, out of mind apparently), for when I try to connect all 7 of my SATA devices. I tried pulling that out - presto, it boots. Retried a couple of times for proof, keeps booting correctly. It can even load memtest86+ off a CD. Put the PCI card back in - still boots. Reconnected the sata drive - no boot. Remembered that this particular PCI card has two SATA ports and one is for RAID of some kind, tried the other port - now it boots. The drive connected to the card is also detected by the OS.
In conclusion, it was something entirely different from what I was working on, as it usually is.
I'm going to get to work connecting everything back up, getting the new video card working, etc. I suspect I'll be back at least to read when I try to get my memory working at 1866 (different forum I know). Thanks to those who responded for the pointers.

MSI Z87-G45 Gaming not entering setup or boot menu

Please someone help, I am getting no setup or boot menu, case & CPU fans come on, drives come on, led's come on, but blank screen.
I took out the graphic card & ram sticks, pulled the plug for leds & case fans, took all cables off HDD's, now only cpu & one stick of ram in dimm 2 connected + power switch.
plugged vga cable direct in MB, blank screen, then plugged cable in MB HDMI, blank screen.
tested monitor, ram & power supply in my sons computer which is a x58 LGA1366, all worked well.
I have no means of testing motherboard or cpu.
specs:
MB: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming
CPU: i5-4670k
RAM: Crucial Ballistix Tactical 1866MHz 9-9-9-27 1.5v
PSU: Corsair CS650M
I also tried another PSU a Thermaltake AP850W
P.S.
I have reset all i.e. pulled plug, taken battery out, pressed reset & shorted the two reset pins next to battery.

newer board are different they need at least a CPU to even show a code as they use that to activate the BIOS and if they do not have that it will FAIL to post anything as the board is used as a backbone as nearly all the important stuff is on the CPU itself (Processor, IMC, SATA controller, Network Controller, VRM (on Haswell), GPU and many other things) so it will fail to post as before it was only a processor but now there more of a system on chip really and has most of the important stuff that used to be on the Board itself so without that the Motherboard is just an electrical plane with impressively limited connections as all the good stuff is now on the Processor that you do not have!
There is not much that you can tell till you at least get that CPU as the board has nothing to work with as there is nothing to process the signals from the BIOS so its just a useless item so shows nothing.

MSI 970A-G45 will not complete POST

Every so often, out of the blue, the system won't boot up.
Hitting reset doesn't help, disconnecting the power and letting it sit doesn't help.
The system powers on, begins it's POST, but after initializing the drives (HDD light flashes, CD ROM light comes on, goes off) it cycles again (right about the time it should initialize the video, it seems to loop back to the beginning of the POST - so I don't get any POST codes on the screen when this happens). It cycles through, initializes the drives again, and then starts over. IF however I pull either stick of RAM, it then will get past this, and continue on with the post. I can shut the system off as soon as I see the keyboard lights flash, re-insert the RAM, power up, and it's all back to normal. Resetting the CMOS does the same thing, but if I pull a RAM stick, then I don't have to set up the CMOS again. I have tried other RAM, but that didn't help. Any ideas?
Power Supply - CoolMax 600W - 5V24A, 3.3V24A, 12V1.8A+1.8A+15A, -12V.5A, 5VSB2.5A
Motherboard - MSI 970A-G45 model MS-7693, Bios V1.4
RAM - Transcend TX2000KLN-8GK DDR3 2000MHz 4G X 2 (8G kit) @ 1866MHz, 1.6V
AMD FX-8120 8 core processor @ 20 X 200MHz (4GHz)
ATI Radeon HD 6450 PCIe Video
2 X 500G Seagate SATA Hard Disk
500G Western Digital SATA Hard Disk
*****the 3 500G drives are in a striped RAID as a 1.5TB drive. This is the boot drive. RAID on motherboard. ***
1TB Western Digital Hard Disk
2TB Seagate SATA Hard Disk
2TB Western Digital SATA Hard Disk
LG SATA DVD Writer on MassCool card #1
LG PATA DVD Writer on MassCool card #1
Pioneer SATA Blu-Ray Writer on MassCool card #2
VIA 1394 Fire Wire card
2 X MassCool PCIe SATA/PATA/eSATA card
Adaptec 29320LPE PCIe Ultra 320 SCSI card (for U320 drives, not currently attached)
All-In-One USB card reader
Linksys Range Plus USB Wireless N 150 Adapter

Again, if it was the PSU, the board wouldn't "lock" in the looped state, and disconnecting all the drives would release it from any power induced failure if that was the issue, and as I posted before, disconnecting all the drives will not release the board from it's locked state. In my previous posts, I also stated that this failure happened before the system had all these drives in it. Another point, people have been underestimating power supplies for years - which is good for the manufacturers of high end power supplies, but bad news for our wallets. My power supply can support this system, plus about another 10 or more hard drives before things would get dodgy. This is something I have tested quite extensively since the late 80's when IBM PCs were still using 63W supplies, but everyone wanted a 150W in their "clones".
It should also be noted that the 5V and 12V rails are isolated from the voltages used by the processor and RAM. They aren't even connected to the same electrolytic capacitors.
in short, "If your car still rattles when the engine is off, the problem isn't the gas you are using!"
PS - thanks for the advice so far, but since it's happened with 2 different supplies and under much less load, we need to stop focusing on the power supply. For the record, I ran the numbers again, and under 60% load (which is triple the average load on this thing when not editing video) I could add 10 more high rpm SATA hard disks and still be drawing under 600W. Yes, hard disks draw a lot of short term power at spin up, but power supplies can supply well beyond their maximum rating for short periods of time, so it balances out!
While I am at it, I thought I'd let you all "meet the beast".

MSI 970A-G45 reboot issues

Just did an upgrade to my PC.
Running the following:
MSI 970A-G45
Athlon Phenom X4 955 at Stock speeds(used from previous rig)
Corsair Vengeance 8GB PC12800 DDR3 1600MHz at Stock speeds(new)
XFX Radeon HD 6870 1GB GDDR5(new)
OCZ 120GB SOLID 3 SERIES SATA III 2.5 Hard Drive
Sony DVDRW 24x(used from previous rig)
BFG 550W PSU(used from previous rig)
Windows 7 64bit Ultimate
Here's the issue. Sometimes when I restart the PC, it never comes back up. It goes down like normal, then I have no video signal and it just sits there. It's doesn't happen all the time though, which is perplexing. When it does not come back up, I can simply hit the reset button and then it starts to boot up. Apparently it has all the latest BIOS and drivers according to MSI Live update. So at this point I have no idea what to try in order to get this thing to restart normally every time. I guess I shouldn't be too concerned considering I don't reboot a lot...?...?
P.S. I am not overclocking anything. Processor and RAM are running at stock speeds.
P.S.S. I do have two USB hard drives hooked up. Could one or both of them be causing the random reboot issue?
P.S.S.S. Although I mentioned the USB drives, I never had this reboot issue prior to upgrading to this motherboard, video card and ram.
THANKS!

Hello,
Having the same issue with similar hardware. PC will boot cold and shutdown like it should but restarting most of the time causes the system to hang with no video but the fans run and MB LED's are still lit. Pressing the reset causes the video to restore and POST and a normal boot. I tried an old video card to eliminate a video card problem but it does the same thing. Here is the hardware I'm running, I just built it today.
MSI 970A-G45
AMD Phenom II x4 955 BE (not OC)
MSI AMD Radeon 6770 1GB DDR5 (Not OC)
Kingston HyperX Blue 4GB DDR3 PN:KHX1333C9D3B1/4G
LiteON 24x DVDRW (SATA)
WD Caviar Blue 6.0GB/S 250GB HDD
Cooler Master Extreme Power plus 500W PSU
I would post CPU-Z stats but I cant figure out how to attach images. help?
Areamike,
To adjust the command rate you have to go into the overclock tab and go into advanced DRAM config. If I can remember right you may have to adjust another setting away from AUTO to be able to access this menu. (i would be able to tell you for sure but I cant look at BIOS and be on the forum typing at the same time.lol) After having this problem I read a lot of reviews with people having trouble with this board, hopefully its just a setup problem for us.
-RickyB

MSI 970A-G45 will not complete POST - re-post

Well, we may never figure out why my board goes into it's POST looping every now and again so I am asking a different question this time.
I was asked to modify my signature to include my system profile, and I did so, and then it just seemed to be ignored, or maybe nobody had an answer, I am unsure, so I am just re-posting this so that maybe it'll catch someone's attention.
The bios is V1.4
Every once in a while (might happen twice in a day, might run fine for 3-4 weeks) the board won't complete the POST
Once the board is in this state, it will start to POST, but about the time it should initialize the keyboard or video, it restarts the POST process, checking the drives and such.
The only way currently to get the board to continue on and boot up is to either clear the CMOS (pain in the butt, because then I have to set everything up again, and the jumper is buried behind hard disks) or to pull one of the sticks of RAM so that the system recognizes a System Configuration Change. Removal of any and/or all other components makes absolutely no difference, nor does removing power.
If I do either RAM removal or CMOS clearing and power up, as soon as I see the keyboard initialize, if I pulled a stick of RAM I can shut it off, re-insert the ram, and power it back up, and all is back to normal. IE: whatever bit got flipped in the CMOS gets reset in this process. If I clear the CMOS to get it to boot, of course then I have to go into the setup and configure the RAID and other settings and then let it boot up normally.
SO: The question NOW is, is there a key I can press/hold that will reset the CMOS at power on, or is there some key I can press while it's posting, or some combination of keys during power up etc. so that I don't have to open up the case to get it to boot once it's locked in this looped mode?
I have thought of putting a SPDT momentary on/on front mounted switch wired to the CMOS Clear/run jumper for performing this, but I don't like the idea of what might happen if the system was accidentally powered up and the switch got flipped.
Any ideas would be appreciated. Component level electronic modifications to the board are not outside my scope of abilities as I do component level repairs on laptop motherboards.

If I was to take a guess to help, I'll start with your description of how you remove and reinstall your memory stick... Try running your sticks at base 1333 and see if the problem continues. You have listed a HUGE memory OC at 1800+. Your sticks are listed as 2000.. yea, with the correct tweaks you can get setting that work... but it's way off stock. Numbers for memory are not like other things in life, as in higher numbers equal faster. Do some teasting.. I have and found for example, that the difference between 1333/1600 is little gain..if any at all.
Also check your boards (on board) battery. A weak battery can also create problems. Possibly the battery is close to full voltage, but not.
I would not recommend the mod you refer to for not having to open, and open your case. Find and fix the problem instead.

MSI 970A-G45 will not complete POST - revisited

Well, we may never figure out why my board goes into it's POST looping every now and again so I am asking a different question this time.
The bios is V1.4 for those that aren't familiar with my last post
Every once in a while (might happen twice in a day, might run fine for 3-4 weeks) the board won't complete the POST
Once the board is in this state, it will start to POST, but about the time it should initialize the keyboard or video, it restarts the POST process, checking the drives and such.
The only way currently to get the board to continue on and boot up is to either clear the CMOS (pain in the butt, because then I have to set everything up again, and the jumper is buried behind hard disks) or to pull one of the sticks of RAM so that the system recognizes a System Configuration Change. Removal of any and/or all other components makes absolutely no difference, nor does removing power.
If I do either RAM removal or CMOS clearing and power up, as soon as I see the keyboard initialize, if I pulled a stick of RAM I can shut it off, re-insert the ram, and power it back up, and all is back to normal. IE: whatever bit got flipped in the CMOS gets reset in this process. If I clear the CMOS to get it to boot, of course then I have to go into the setup and configure the RAID and other settings and then let it boot up normally.
SO: The question NOW is, is there a key I can press/hold that will reset the CMOS at power on, or is there some key I can press while it's posting, or some combination of keys during power up etc. so that I don't have to open up the case to perform this operation?
I have thought of putting a SPDT momentary on/on front mounted switch wired to the CMOS Clear/run jumper for performing this, but I don't like the idea of what might happen if the system was accidentally powered up and the switch got flipped.
Any ideas would be appreciated. Component level electronic modifications to the board are not outside my scope of abilities as I do component level repairs on laptop motherboards.

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MOVED: Help troubleshoot MSI 870-G45 - Won't Post

This topic has been moved to AMD64 ATI/SiS/VIA boards.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=148343.0

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I'm using brass standoffs, I think one near each corner screwed in and one post-type near the center.
Never think! Be 100% sure!
That your standoffs match the board holes, no more no less (those holes with tin circle around them).
Timings should be set on auto-settings. And certainly those aren't good as they are meant for Intel not AMD.

970A-G45 downclocking CPU at 53C

I've been playing Payday 2 lately and have noticed some odd behavior. After playing for so long, all at once the game gets slow and laggy. I run All CPU Meter in the background and notice that when the game gets laggy, that Core Temp is showing 255C for my core temps. After this point, all applications run slow until I reboot the system.
Then I checked CPU-Z and I think I found the culprit. I took a screenshot of CPU-Z, then ran Prime95 until the temp went to 255C (which happens around 53C after about 5 seconds), then took another screenshot of CPU-Z.
Before:
Core Speed 3299.94 MHz
Multiplier x 16.5
Bus Speed 200.00 MHz
HT Link 1999.97 MHz
Core Voltage 1.376 V
After:
Core Speed 799.99 MHz
Multiplier x 4.0
Bus Speed 200.00 MHz
HT Link 1999.98 MHz
Core Voltage 1.240 V
I tried updating to latest bios (v2.5) which didn't help. At this point I did follow MSI instructions to hard-clear CMOS using motherboard jumper and also to load optimized defaults from BIOS setup. I haven't touched bus speed or voltage settings.
I tried a different CPU cooler (Arctic Cooler Freezer 64 Pro) but temps have been about the same. I tried taking the door off the side of my case which DOES help when I'm gaming but not if I try running Prime95. I've always had trouble with CPUs on this board getting too hot and I can't figure out what to do about it. Any suggestions?
System:
MSI 970A-G45 (MS-7693) v1.0 (bios v2.5)
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T
4 x G.Skill F3-12800CL9D-4GBNQ
Antec 750W TruePower
Radeon HD 6950
On a side note, I was originally having problems with the same board, different CPU on this thread:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=151913.0

MSI replaced my 970A-G45 with a 970A-G46 (bios 2.5). I installed it an ran Prime95 for an hour. The CPU maxed out and stabilized at 51 or 52C which was nice to see. It seemed to be running fine.
After getting back to gaming (Payday 2) I quickly noticed in-game lag. Usually I assume a poor graphics card to blame but running Bandicam indicated a framerate between 60-90 fps. My CPU temps continued to hold steady around 51C while gaming. CPU utilization on each core fluctuates between 30-70% (on average, with all 6 cores busy) while I play with occasional spikes that max CPU utilization. Nothing indicates a CPU or GPU load except that the game gets laggy. If I take the side off my case, however, the lag goes away so it's almost like something is getting loaded and getting too hot but I can't place what.
As an aside, one of my friends has the same GPU and an Intel 2500k (similar clock speed but fewer cores) but doesn't have lag issues in Payday 2.
So in doing some reading I run across this article:
http://www.overclock.net/t/946407/amd-motherboards-vrm-info-database
I find the 970A-G46 and see "Throttling" listed under VRM. I'm already aware that there are heat issues with this line of boards. Could it be that the CPU is still getting too hot, but now instead of overheating it is throttling back? If that's the case I'm not getting full use of my CPU. What can I do to get this fixed?

970A-G45 CPU BURNING UNDER BIOS

My CPU temp is jumping 60-65C from 35C under ONLY BIOS. Im using Win7 when system not on load temp around 35-40C, underload (playing BF3 multiplayer with high settings) 45-50C so there is no heat issues on normal use everything fine also my room has some heat issiues around 22-25C. I just updated bios from 1.3 to 1.4 than finally 1.5 2-3 days ago and i tried to check anything new on bios than i saw CPU temp getting higher so fast around 60C from 35C fan makes kinda tornada there with 5k rpm and disturbing noise after that i cleared fan put little Sunbeam Tuniq TX-2 but still same problem in bios. I didn't do any overclock i didn't use OC Genie 2 too. Everything on default or auto in bios. Also my core voltage in bios around 1.43 - 1.68 its not stable i read other posts about that people talking about Cool and Quiet option in bios but i couldnt find it Is there any solution?
So here is my system specs:
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 3.4 Ghz with original heat sink fan
MOBO: MSI 970A-G45 (bios 1.5)
RAM: GEIL Enhance Corsa 8 GB DDR3 1600 Dual Kit
GPU: MSI R6850 Cyclone 1GB DDR5 PE/OC

Quote from: 5himmy on 02-April-12, 15:40:50
badboy2k i agree with you, results are same with Akasa Venom in windows overload with prime96 max 53C in bios 53C too and i want to ask that that cooler is so heavy do you think it has some potential to hurt mainboard in future?
as long as its mounted properly with a good back plate then no it shouldnt damage the board at all! motherboards with a decent weight distrabuting plate at the back wont be damaged as there multi layer/ plyed boards and as such very strong typically capable of supporting a weight of 40-70 Pounds per square inch around the cpu socket! anyway manufacturers of aftermarket coolers know what the maximum mounting weight is and make a cooler below that limit!

Unable to enter setup

My Compq Prasario notebook purchased a couple of months ago won't boot from a CD and it won't enter setup. I press the esc key during boot, and also tried the F10 key during boot (per manual instructions), but it just launches windows. Any suggestions?

Greg here, answering my own question: Repeatedly tapping the Esc key (instead of pressing and holding it) takes me into Setup, which then allows me to boot from the CD drive.

970A-G45 Will not post.

I am building a new system and am using then 970 motherboard. When I turn it on power goes to the motherboard and the LED lights up that there is power however I get no image on the monitor and the computer doesn't POST. I've done everything I know to do and nothing works.
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G45
Model: MS-7693
Power Supply: Antec 500W BP500U
Processor: AMD FX-8120 Zambezi 3.1GHz Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core Desktop Processor FD8120FRGUBOX
Memory: Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Desktop Memory Model 997018
Graphics Card: XFX Nvidia GeForce GT520

Please get a normal powersupply and not this rubbish junk: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371004
And you have to flash it with a supported CPU to make it work.

970A-G45 unable to shut-down/ reset

I've got a MSI 970a-G45 mobo running Win 7 64bit with CoolerMaster GX 650W PSU which I recently upgraded the cpu from FX4100 to FX6300. Have encountered problem when after idling for couple of hourse all the USB stopped working, display gone blank but PC still running (fans are still running). Pressing and holding the power button doesn't turn off the system nor pressing the reset button to reboot works. After turning off the switch and switching the PC on, the same symptoms will happen when using the computer (all of sudden the screen will turn blank, all USB devices stopped but cpu lights/fans still running), unless the PC is not on after sometime.
Prior changing to CPU I've also upgraded the mobo firmware to v1.11 and it was running fine on FX4100. Anyone knows what's wrong?

Quote from: JLio01 on 26-September-14, 09:59:23
well...you can try if you have other mobos or psu to test..since you mentioned it was running fine on FX4100, I'd think it's just the BIOS compatibility issue.
unfortunately I don't have spare mobos and I'm abit paranoid as AMD mobos are getting rare in Singapore (no demand as everyone is heading intel), hence , I'm trying to hang on to this as long as I could as I've also read there are some issues in 970a-G46 boards :( .
have juz read from another forum with regards to 970a-g46 "For new FX series CPu support Version 1.10 is needed. v2 or newer Version requires Windows 8 System. Or else Mobo will get bricked", so I guess it'll be the same for g45
Sorry but are there any MSI tech able to comment on this? Or am I require to write in to have an open ticket? Thanks.

MSI Z97-G45 Gaming can not POST or enter BIOS but has display

Hi
First post here and sadly a technical one. I just bought the following hardware:
- MSI Z97-G45 GAMING MoBo (no idea on BIOS since I cannot enter it at all)
- Intel Core i5 4690K s1150
- 16GB (2x8GB) Patriot Viper 3 Black Mamba 1600MHz CL9 DDR3 Dual/Quad Channel Kit [PV316G160C9K]
- Corsair CX750M PSU
and installed the hardware with the following old hardware that I am carrying over:
- 2 X Hitachi 1TB Sata HDD
- 2 X GTX 275 SLI
To begin with, my existing drives were setup as RAID 0 and has a installed Windows 7 64-bit on there already. I unregistered the Product key before taking it all apart with the idea of registering it again once the new hardware was all together.
So basically, when I received all the new parts yesterday and put them all in. Upon powering on, I see the MSI Dragon logo fullscreen with the option to press DEL or F11. I let it continue without pressing any key to see how it goes. After the dergaon logo, all I get is "Missing Operating System" at the top which did not really worry me and I assumed it would be realted to the Raid not setup (right?)
So I rebooted the PC and decided to press DEL to enter BIOS. However, every time I want to enter the BIOS the screen turns black! The display is still functional though from what I can tell (the display does not lose signal).
Following that, I reset the CMOS from behind by pressing the button with a pen tip. Starting the PC again now gives me a display of all my hardware that it detected (correct CPU, Correct amount of ram, correct HDD etc...). It also gives me two options... F1 to Enter setup or F2 to Continue. Pressing F1 displays the text "Entering Setup..." at the bottom but again it fails to enter the BIOS (it freezes on the above screen - does not turn black this time) and choosing F2 to Continue freezes as well.
I have tried to boot up with the following changes:
- No GPU and use on board VGA only
- One stick of ram in multiple slots
- No HDDs connected at all
- I've checked the CPU to make sure no bent pins
- Reconnected the PSU cables into the motherboard
I should also mention that when I test it on the bare minimum (CPU, PSU, 1 stick of ram) I get A9 in the lower corner before the dragon logo appears.
Right now I am out of ideas and any suggestions would be helpful or at least some insight in what problems I described may indicate. Thanks!

Quote from: Bernhard on 08-July-14, 19:43:46
Can you post your board's serial number. This contains the manufacture date. From that one could deduce the BIOS version on that board.
As for the windows installation from your previous system, you would be very lucky if you were able to boot with that. Perhaps force safe mode if and when you are able to boot, and then try installing the new drivers. The problem is that with the old drivers still in the boot menu, you are probably heading down a slippery slope trying to re-use it. A clean installation would be advised.
Whatever is on the HDD now should however not prevent you from getting into the BIOS.
The fact that your CPU is recognised by its make doesn't mean that its supported. The CPU ID is probably read by the BIOS, but the microcode of the CPU may be missing in the BIOS support. I am trying to think of possible reasons here, and these are just some of my current ideas as to why you may not be able to get into the BIOS.
Have you tried your MB outside the case yet, i.e. on a non conductive surface, i.e. wood or cardboard to eliminate any chances of a potential short?
Also, you may want to check your CPU seating again and carefully inspect the CPU socket pins to ensure that none were bent or are not making proper contact
Yep here is the serial number: 601-7821-050B1405415963
Yeah I didn't really expect to have too much luck with the original windows 7 installation but I had no choice since my last computer failed to power on (faulty PSU I suspected).
However, as you also mentioned, I do not think it would prevent me from reaching the BIOS setup.
Hopefully the above serial can make some sense for you but I do recall some sort of date after a CMOS reset at the top... I think it was 21 April or May 2014 or so. This was next to the following: E7821IMS v2.0.
Once I get home, I will try a few things like you suggested but trying to get as much info as I can before I get home so I have a few things to try.
Thanks again!
EDIT - as a side note, I also contacted the Online Retailer I got it from and the first response from them was that the DEBUG "A9" code meant it was the RAM not fully inserted. That is another thing I have to be 100% sure of but I am fairly sure it was fully clicked in on both sides... but you never know!

MSI Z87-G45 Super Raid setup questions

I have a MSI Z87-G45 board and two SSD's. I have never setup raids before but plan to do so. I saw there is a app to install for Super Raid. I thought I had to setup raid before installing windows? Seeing the app is something I can download from the MSI Live Update app it makes me think I can setup this up after windows has been installed. Is this correct?
If not how do I go about setting up Raid? I don't mind reinstalling windows if I need to. I did not see raid options in the Bios.
Thank you

I bet that mSATA is controlled By that same controller and so you cant use some of your SATA port same time as you use those mSATA cards, SSDs,...
To need to get in BIOS and change to RAID makes it kinda HW RAID and so that "Best Solution" is kinda wrong. As you can format it in current Windows, but you need to reg edit before or you get Blue Screen and so cant get in OS.
You have had allways chanse to use diffrent drives like HDD's and SSD's in mix When they have same data cable like SATA. The speed and size, go like allways higer rules.
I need to read more in to this Super RAID. But i ges you arent in useing mSATA, so use it like normal HW RAID and get real intel drives for it (in USB stick) before os install and install them on screen you choose your drive. That way you dont need to update them after install
Have great Hollydays! Cheers Mummy

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