Hey guys I have had this motherboard for about a year now in my PC and everything has been fine, but recently when I power up my PC it goes into a loop of BIOS Menus. So I start it up it, it goes into BIOS, I click save changes and start windows, then the PC restarts and goes into BIOS again, this happens at least 3 times when I power on my computer until it finally launches Windows.
Can anyone help?
On Windows 8.1 by the way.
Thanks!
Just to clear it up...
1) you press power
2) goes to bios? you mean it shows the boot screen and cycles 3 times? or actually goes into the UEFI? What menus?
3) then boots to windows normally
What are your full system specs?
and what have you already tried to diagnose this issue?
Full Specs: CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
Mother Board: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 04G-P4-2983-KR 4GB SC GAMING w/ACX 2.0
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Series PH-ES614L_BK Black Aluminum / Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
PSU: Rosewill Hive 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Optical Disc: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer
OS: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)
1) Press Power
2) Goes into the BIOS Menu where you can adjust fan speeds, settings, boot drive, and all that sort of stuff
3) I click exit and save changes (I never make any changes)
4) The computer reboots and enters BIOS again
5) This happens at least 3 times until it finally restarts and boots to Windows
No this is the first time I have tried to resolve it because it has finally broke my patience.
Thanks for your help!
Well A) get an SSD cause that's WAY too high end of a system to not have one :)
B)... for diagnosis:
1) clear any overclocks you have on the CPU/GPU
2) clear CMOS... consult your mobo manual...
3) try with one stick RAM... if it won't boot or does the same thing, try the other stick
Report back after that
Thanks for the advice! I don't have any overclocks but I will try the other suggestions.
As for the SSD I have thought about buying one (Sorry this leads into more questions) but I already have so much shit on my hard drive lol. If I did get one I would want to put Windows on it for faster boot times along with some games but how would I go about transferring all of that?
If you get one you should back up all the other shit, clone the drive to the SSD, format the other drive, then add all the other shit back to the original drive...
Also make sure you don't have anything in the CD-Rom and make sure all your usb drives are unplugged from the system... I'd also check boot order in UEFI and make sure your boot drive is the first option