MSI X99S Gaming 7 OC Not Working

Everytime i try to overclock my CPU (I7-5960x) no matter what even just a little bit the motherboard wont boot. It gets stuck on code A2 and it just hangs there. There is no picture on the monitor.
I then hit CMOS and it boots up find. The only other thing it sometimes does is just sets everything to default and then boots up fine.
Also,
I can not even set the motherboard to use XMP mode for my memory. It is currently set to 2300 MHZ but supposed to be at 2600.
Any advice? Waiting for tomorrow to call MSI support.
Thanks!

As far as your RAM with XMP is concerned, so long as the OCGenie is enabled, you cannot enable XMP since the OCGenie is already modifying the RAM timing
To be able to enable XMP you have to disable OCGenie and manually Overclock.
Most memory out now runs at 2133MHz (faster memory will be released late Sept. '14) and uses X.M.P to overclock it to the manufacturers recommended speed of 2666MHz-3333MHz. It should default your RAM to 2133MHz without any BIOS changes.
Concerning the issue with the A2 message, the manual reports that is part of the "Onboard devices Initialize and Detect (USB/ SATA/ SCSI……)" section. I have to ask first, are you using an M.2 drive and does the system POST if you disconnect your hard drive?
I would update the BIOS to 17.2 and set the Boot to Legacy+UEFI. If that still doesn't help, disconnect all peripherals, removable media, and drives(HDD and ODD)

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Manuel has some guide...
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- Replaced the videocard with a MSI GTX970 Gaming (connected with 1xDP and 1xHDMI) -> problem persists
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The cause can be found in the videocard or motherboard (probably BIOS issue).
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Try all PCIE slots no luck? Does the black screen always happen on one certain monitor or both?
I tried both the first and the second PCIe slot. No difference except for the fact that in the second slot the card only works at x8 bandwidth.
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