Z97-G45 Gaming ISSUES..

Hi all..
I have the Z97-G45 Gaming board in my pc.. recently installed it.
I am trying to install windows 7 and having a nightmare with it.
The OS seems to install ok, when it comes to reboot to finish the installation I will get a BSOD
If then i reset it again it may boot up ok and get onto the desktop.
If I then shutdown the PC.. on next boot I get the EFI shell inferface and the SSD drive that I am installing to has dissappeared from the BIOS and I cant select it to boot from at all.
If I then turn off and on again, the SSD drive may re appear, system will boot. Then again, if turned off and on again the SSD drive seems to dissappear and I get the EFI shell again.
I have changed my SSD.. same problems happen.. I am on my 2nd motherboard now... same thing happening..
I have tried a new PSU.. same issues.. changed RAM and GPU same issues..
Flahed latest BIOS when I got windows to load but still same issues
Its driving me INSANE.. Can anyone shed any light on this problem for me?
Thanks, Dan

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New z97 G45 Gaming board with big issues

Hi guys,
Don't know if I am posting in the wrong spot but I recently bought a new CPU and to go with it I purchased a z97 G45 Gaming board however I'm currently having issues. Before I talk about the issues I'll just state my build:
CPU: i5-4690k
MB: z97 G45 Gaming
GPU: Gigabyte GTX 770
After market cooler: Noctua NH-DH14
PSU: Silverstone Strider Gold 850W ST85F-GS
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So the issue is when I press the power button everything turns on like it should except any fans connected to the motherboard will not work. Everything plugged into the fan controller that comes with the case works fine. However the weird thing is when the computer is about to turn off the fans connected the motherboard will start working for a few seconds and then go off with everything else.
Another large problem is that no video is being outputted from the GPU or on board graphics. I know the GPU is at least getting power since the fans are spinning on it. Also the fans connected to the CPU are working fine since they'll actually power.
I'm pretty sure I've done everything right. I installed all the brass mounts correctly and the cooler is in the right spot. I've tried taking out the CMOS battery and waiting a few minutes. I've also tried removing the GPU and ram to try and even get beeps, still no luck. I can't really think of anything else to do so I came here hoping any of you might be able to help.
Thanks for reading this,
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Z97-G45 Gaming boot loop issue

Hey everyone,
My new build seems to be giving me problems. I put everything together, imaged my SSD and everything seemed to be working fine at first. I had games running and was getting excellent performance with everything on stock settings. Then I started to sync my Plex media server with all it's contents and my computer froze. The keyboard/mouse were non-responsive so frustratingly I reset the computer manually.
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Intel Core i7-4770k processor
Corsair H70 CPU heat sink
16GB Crucial Ballistix Tactical (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600(I've tried both w/ XMP on and off when I can get the system to boot)
Nvidia Gefore GTX 750 TI Graphics Card (also tried onboard DVI connections)
Corsair HX750W (tried also my Thermaltake 750W)
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Zowie optical mouse
Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-Bit
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1x 1TB Western Digital Black
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Hopefully you guys have an idea to try before I RMA it...

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Any new BIOS for Z97 G45 Gaming ? USB issue

I have a MSI Z97 G45 Gaming with latest BIOS 2.40 but since I've bought this mobo there is a problem with USB ports under MS Windows 7/8.1 and latest Windows 10 Technical Preview Build 9860. The problem is with gaming keyboard Saitek Cyborg. This keyboard working only when is connected to the front USB panel (right side). Rear USB ports (even 3.0) and left front USB port are not recognizing this keyboard. Under Linux, BIOS and DOS everything is ok.
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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:
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- Intel Core i5 4690K s1150
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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.
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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!

Z97-G45 Gaming updating UEFI BIOS stuck at 18% (using MFlash)

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Z97-G45 Gaming Motherboard (upgrading from BIOS 2.5 to 2.6)
Intel 4790K
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Gigabyte GTX 970 G1
Samsung 850 EVO 1TB SSD
Windows 8 Pro 64-bit
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Hi,
Try again with single RAM stick with 1333MHz frequency, without graphics card and SSD/HDD. If still gets stuck at some point leave it for another 1 hour, and if doesn't proceed then turn off and clear CMOS. Then either:
-Try different BIOS file, making sure to follow the instructions right
->>Use the MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<<
or
-Contact MSI about it >>How to contact MSI.<<
May I ask why are you trying to update? Reason "I want to have latest" is no reason and is not worth taking the risk of updating the BIOS.

MSI Z97-G45 Gaming VS MSI Z97 Gaming 5

Hello there!
As I received much of good help on these forums already, here comes my next help request. I will have to decide which motherboard should I buy soon (upgrading to Intel Core i7 4790K), I have done some research and found out that these two models I mentioned in the thread subject would be of my main interest. I am, however, a bit uninformed, as I could not find any test of MSI Z97-G45 Gaming. I have a few questions about those two.
First of all, Z97-G45 has a fast boot in official specification on MSI Global and Gaming 5 does not say anything about it. Does it mean that Gaming 5 boots long? How I should understand that?
I think Z97-G45 looks better, that red dragon is really fancy, however Gaming 5 laminate looks more black, which makes it also atractive to me.
All that I really need to know is, which one of these will perform better for CPU overclocking? Is there any difference at all? The price is really simillar. I also see that G45 does not contain an M.2 and neither of them got Sata Express. Could anyone explain if Sata Express or M.2 are really worth having them right now? Will M.2 improve my current SSD speeds? And Sata Express will improve my HDD speed? Or how does it work? Will it only boost up drives that are particularly made to work with those connectors?
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First of all, Z97-G45 has a fast boot in official specification on MSI Global and Gaming 5 does not say anything about it. Does it mean that Gaming 5 boots long? How I should understand that?
All modern mainboards support fastboot as it is a Windows8 feature.
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I think Z97-G45 looks better, that red dragon is really fancy, however Gaming 5 laminate looks more black, which makes it also atractive to me.
All that I really need to know is, which one of these will perform better for CPU overclocking? Is there any difference at all? The price is really simillar. I also see that G45 does not contain an M.2 and neither of them got Sata Express. Could anyone explain if Sata Express or M.2 are really worth having them right now? Will M.2 improve my current SSD speeds? And Sata Express will improve my HDD speed? Or how does it work? Will it only boost up drives that are particularly made to work with those connectors
Z97 Gaming 5 is the more modern board. It offers more ram speed dividers. M.2 is pretty much standard for Z97 boards so G45 is more an option for those still willing to use slower msata devices. Of course M.2 is only any use for you if you are using a PCI-Express based (!) M.2 SSD. If you buy such an M.2 SSD (e.g. Plextor M6E) then it will speed up data transfer a lot as SATA 6GB/s limits latest generation SSDs already. M.2 on Z97 boards being PCI-Express based is running directly through PCIe lanes to the CPU while throughput of SATA is limited by the SATA interface. SATA Express being a similar technology is not supported by both boards but devices are also not available really.

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Is there another setting that must be in play in order to reveal certain Integrated LAN settings?
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I have an question about the Intel Z97 Express Chipset Sata 6gb controller on my MSI Z97-G45 GAMING motherboard.
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When I plug my speakers in the front of the case everything is working as normal, it's only when I plug them into the back of the motherboard.
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Any advice on what this could be?

Quote from: Nichrome on 16-July-14, 03:19:05
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Have you installed all the drivers required from here?
http://www.msi.com/support/mb/Z97G45_GAMING.html#down-driver
I have installed all drivers that are required, device manager shows everything as correct. Front panel audio works correctly (same drivers?), only when plugging the speakers in the motherboard the issue starts.
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Board: MSI Z97-G45
Bios: Version 2.20
VGA: MSI 660GTX 2GB Twin Frozr
PSU: Enermax Liberty 620Watt
Intel Core i7-4790K Haswell 4GHz (4.4GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1150 88W
MEM: Corsair 1600mhz 4x2gb CMX8GX3M4A1600C9 @ Auto Voltage
HDD: Samsung Evo 840 250GB
COOLER: Corsair h100i Water Cooler
OC: No
OS: Windows 7 64bit Professional

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CPU: Intel I5-4690k
Heatsink: Cool Master Evo Hyper 212
GPU: Radeon HD 6970
Memory: 2 x 4GB DDR3-2133mhz G.Skill Ripjaws X
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 500gb SSD
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Yeah... sadly that's my conclusion as well, but I thought to get a second (and third) opinion just in case my own diagnostics were lacking. Part of me wants to just leave the problem, but I know it won't go away. Looks like I'll be RMA'ing my board - here's to hoping it doesn't take longer than two weeks to get another one back! I was really digging the BIOS interface and the better performance, too :( .

MOVED: Z97-G45 Gaming updating UEFI BIOS stuck at 18% (using MFlash)

This topic has been moved to GAMING Motherboards.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=254073.0

Hi,
Try again with single RAM stick with 1333MHz frequency, without graphics card and SSD/HDD. If still gets stuck at some point leave it for another 1 hour, and if doesn't proceed then turn off and clear CMOS. Then either:
-Try different BIOS file, making sure to follow the instructions right
->>Use the MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<<
or
-Contact MSI about it >>How to contact MSI.<<
May I ask why are you trying to update? Reason "I want to have latest" is no reason and is not worth taking the risk of updating the BIOS.

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Where can i put the information you asked for by 1?
And to give answer to the second question. I try to get it done manualy, tried it by msi live updat 6 automatic but that won't work. But also manualy it won't work.
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I've read the forum and it seems I have the same issue as others here and elsewhere with the no-post problem with this board and the Intel Core i7 4790K.
As others have reported both the CPU and Case Fan start spinning but no video out of any of the 3 on-board ports. There is a light (Audio boost I believe) that lights up on the board.
Have tried swapping out the Ram (single stick all 4 slots)
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Quote from: edgatzke on 16-January-15, 04:39:12
Thanks for your reply flobelix.
Your comment that "There is no Z97 cpu that does not support any Haswell Refresh cpu including the K cpus" seems to be contrary to a number of posts in other forums
Such problems are limited to Z87 boards.

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Quote from: flobelix on 23-August-14, 19:35:09
Please add system specs: >>Posting Guide<<
Operating System
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         W2053 (1600x900@60Hz)
         2048MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series (Sapphire/PCPartner)   49 °C
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         1863GB Seagate ST2000DM001-9YN164 ATA Device (SATA)   31 °C
         232GB Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB ATA Device (SSD)
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ATI AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series

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