Z77A-G43 Gaming boot issue

Alright, I'll make this as concise as possible as this board has, quite frankly, tried my patience all week.
However that's another story for another time, to my current issue!
The situation: I've recently bought a new mobo, CPU and RAM and in the process did a fresh Windows install just to clean everything up. No problems there so far. I have downloaded a game from a digital platform this afternoon and so, due to the fresh install, installed the official driver for my Microsoft controller. The restart dialogue box pops up as per usual and I close down what I'm doing and restart. I wait for my PC to boot and...it doesn't. It now just hangs at a black screen with a flashing cursor. (This screen comes after the splash screen, just in case it's relevant)
The things I have tried thanks to Google-fu: I have removed all of my USB devices that are plugged into my PC.
I have disabled legacy USB.
I have changed the boot order, even making it so that my hard drive was the only enabled bootable device at one point.
I have cleared the CMOS to use default settings.
I have used a single RAM stick in Slot 2.
I have attempted the flash a new BIOS using Mflash, however Mflash doesn't detect any BIOS files on my USB.
I have tried to boot using a BIOS on my USB stick. They're detected, but then an issue pops up about the system data map being different from the BIOS data map so it won't boot.
None of the suggestions above have gotten me past the flashing cursor. Has anyone else got any ideas? I'd like to not have to return the board as that would leave me without a PC for a few days, but if I have to then I have to.

Sorry, I realised that more information would be required so I returned before checking out for the night.
CPU: i5 3570K (stock speeds)
PSU: XFX Pro850W Core Edition - Overkill now, but I had big plans when I ordered ha! Mice and men...
RAM: 2x4GB of Corsair Vengeance (running at 1333MHz at the moment as that's what the mobo defaults to until XMB is turned on/voltage increased)
Windows HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB
GPU: Gigabyte 560Ti 1GB OC Edition
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium x64
I can't think of anything else that's relevant at the moment.
Yes, it is the MS Xbox Wired controller (I tried to not use other company names here as I know some forums don't allow it).
I had a look at that before, but the installer gave me the impression that it is to be used on the system you are trying to flash to, and therefore need to boot into Windows for it on the actual machine to then update that machine.
The issue I had before was that the system was just not overclocking. I spent two days doing a huge amount of research trying to get my multipler to stick, but CPU-Z would always just report a stock speed so I returned my mobo to it's stock settings to make sure nothing went wrong by accident and decided to just try again at another time when I had more time to figure it out and play around. I read an obscene number of different posts from different forums, and each one had differing information but none of them worked.

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Z77A-G43 GAMING Bios Issue

Hey all, i'm wondering if anyone else has had this issue or any suggestions for repair. My motherboard is just over a year old and it seems the bios has packed in on me. I don't want to chuck it because I do like this board with my hardware configuration. Before I go any further I would like to say it is definitely a corrupt bios issue and sadly this board only has the one so I cant swap to bios 2. So my question is this: is there a way to flash the bios without being able to POST? The computer currently cycles through the power up process and shuts down after about 1 second which starts again after about 5 seconds and repeats this pattern until I pull the plug.
Any Help would be greatly appreciated!

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Well, I had several problems with the machine over the past few days, The computer keeps failing to post and so I reset the bios as per the manual and all was well again but as soon as I restart the pc, I get the exact same problem. no post and have to reset the bios. This went on for several attempts at rebooting until now it just wont boot and resetting the bios isn't working. I know all other aspects of the setup are working because I have tested them so its the only logical conclusion.
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Is there no way to get the board to copy a new bios from USB stick or something?
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https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=161574.0

Quote from: mareg on 08-September-12, 05:41:28
Hello all,
I have this weird issue with cold booting while overclocking. I've tried very hard to diagnose the problem but have been unable to find the culprit.
So I'm using an i5-2500k with the mobo in the subject. I have flashed the BIOS to the latest (2.4). So everytime I try to overclock by using a different multi (it can be as subtle has x34) the system will fail the overclock while cold booting. What I mean by that is if I do the overclock from the bios then save&reboot it will load in windows and be totally stable under IBT. I can achieve any kind of overclock up to 4.7 Ghz and it will be totally stable.
BUT, as soon as I do a shutdown of the system, upon booting (cold boot), the computer will try to boot but fail at it. I'll be prompted by the bios to reload default.
I've tried various combinaisons to no avail. I even tried to underclock the processor to sub x33. I don't understand what could be wrong. It seems as soon as I switch to anything else then auto on the ratio, it won't boot from shutdown. Weird.
Thanks in advance for your inputs.
RIG :
MSI z77a-g43 bios 2.4
intel i5-2500k
g-skill ripjaw CL9 1600 1.5v
Antec Earthwatts EA 650W
CM HAF 912
gigabyte geforce gtx-460 1gig
As you know I got exactly the same issue, but mine does boot when manually set at a lower ratio.

Z77a-g43 cold boot overclock issue

Hello all,
I have this weird issue with cold booting while overclocking. I've tried very hard to diagnose the problem but have been unable to find the culprit.
So I'm using an i5-2500k with the mobo in the subject. I have flashed the BIOS to the latest (2.4). So everytime I try to overclock by using a different multi (it can be as subtle has x34) the system will fail the overclock while cold booting. What I mean by that is if I do the overclock from the bios then save&reboot it will load in windows and be totally stable under IBT. I can achieve any kind of overclock up to 4.7 Ghz and it will be totally stable.
BUT, as soon as I do a shutdown of the system, upon booting (cold boot), the computer will try to boot but fail at it. I'll be prompted by the bios to reload default.
I've tried various combinaisons to no avail. I even tried to underclock the processor to sub x33. I don't understand what could be wrong. It seems as soon as I switch to anything else then auto on the ratio, it won't boot from shutdown. Weird.
Thanks in advance for your inputs.
RIG :
MSI z77a-g43 bios 2.4
intel i5-2500k
g-skill ripjaw CL9 1600 1.5v
Antec Earthwatts EA 650W
CM HAF 912
gigabyte geforce gtx-460 1gig

Quote from: mareg on 08-September-12, 05:41:28
Hello all,
I have this weird issue with cold booting while overclocking. I've tried very hard to diagnose the problem but have been unable to find the culprit.
So I'm using an i5-2500k with the mobo in the subject. I have flashed the BIOS to the latest (2.4). So everytime I try to overclock by using a different multi (it can be as subtle has x34) the system will fail the overclock while cold booting. What I mean by that is if I do the overclock from the bios then save&reboot it will load in windows and be totally stable under IBT. I can achieve any kind of overclock up to 4.7 Ghz and it will be totally stable.
BUT, as soon as I do a shutdown of the system, upon booting (cold boot), the computer will try to boot but fail at it. I'll be prompted by the bios to reload default.
I've tried various combinaisons to no avail. I even tried to underclock the processor to sub x33. I don't understand what could be wrong. It seems as soon as I switch to anything else then auto on the ratio, it won't boot from shutdown. Weird.
Thanks in advance for your inputs.
RIG :
MSI z77a-g43 bios 2.4
intel i5-2500k
g-skill ripjaw CL9 1600 1.5v
Antec Earthwatts EA 650W
CM HAF 912
gigabyte geforce gtx-460 1gig
As you know I got exactly the same issue, but mine does boot when manually set at a lower ratio.

Z77A-G43 Gaming with CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) Model: CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9

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Quote from: gilad ahyoun on 05-August-13, 05:24:34
is the CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) Model: CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 kit will be fine with this mb or someone can offer me a good ram kit to buy.
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http://www.msi.com/product/mb/Z77A-G43.html#/?div=TestReport
Click on the "Memory Modules" button and download the PDF file.
http://www.msi.com/file/test_report/TR10_2540.pdf
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Z77a g43 boot issues

We'll start with specs
z77a-g43 motherboard
560 gforce video card
kingwin mach 1 psu
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and then I don't remember the exact cpu but it's an i7 @ 3.4
I having issues with the system booting. Every so often when it gets turned off it would get hung up on an A2 error during post and a restart or two would fix the issue, but it is no longer doing the trick. Reading around a little bit I tried unplugging just about everything in an attempt to just get it to boot. Having just the cpu, psu, ram, and mobo going I get an A0 error. Plugging the hdd back in I get a B4 error and with the keyboard added in I get the A2 error. After removing and reinserting a stick of ram it actually booted to windows. I cannot recreate this though so I am thinking it was a fluke. I tried plugging the gpu back in to get an A2 error and then the mouse to get a B4 error.
I checked the cpu for signs of damage to see none, and I've flashed the cmos. When it hangs on one of these errors during post I can press tab and it will say that it is entering setup but then never does. I have never updated the bios so it is still sitting at the default.
I've read a few posts talking about various compatibilty issues that can arise with an un-updated bios, but it has been running fine for just around a year. This only happens from a cold start and is the worst case of the issue to date. Any advice would be appreciated.

With both sticks in I was getting A2 and with each individually plugged in I get the same error. Intermittently I will see the B4. Clearing cmos let's me into the bios, but if I haven't just cleared it, entering the bios just hangs forever. Bios is showing all 8 gigs of memory being read with system temps fine. Voltages all looked fine too. Attempting to save changes and reboot will leave me with a black screen. Discarding changes will get me to Windows. Also bios reminded me that my cpu is the i7-2600k if that helps.

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