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Hi.... This is post is about how I cannot access the bios of my motherboard on my new build. I have the msi z170a and it just comes up sajying reboot and select proper boot device. which i cannot do without the bios. Have any of you had this problem?

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Hi.... This is post is about how I cannot access the bios of my motherboard on my new build. I have the msi z170a and it just comes up sajying reboot and select proper boot device. which i cannot do without the bios. Have any of you had this problem?

clear cmos

reseat ram

RIG #1 : 4670k @4.4 / 1.25v vcore. @ 4.5 / 1.3v vcore/ 1.95v vccin. MSI GAMING 4G GTX 970 @1540/3700 1.275v BIOS MOD. 16GB Kingston HyperX Savage RAM 2400mhz. MSI GAMING 5 Z97 MOBO. Fractal Design Define S. Dark Rock Pro 3. 850 EVO 250GB Seasonic M12II 620w
RIG #2: 4790k @ 4.6 / 1.25v vcore. EVGA SC ACX 2.0 980 SLI. 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 2400mhz. Asus MAXIMUS VII Hero Z97. Fractal Design Define R5. NH D15. 850 EVO 250GB AX 860
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Does it just pop up a random UEFI shell? If so you need to attach a storage device. If not, have you tried spam mashing the del button? Does your keyboard light up (backlighting or NumLock indicators) when your PC boots?

i7-6700K | EVGA GTX 980 SC | Fractal Designs Core 500 | MSI Z170I AC | Corsair 32 GB 2666 MHz

 550W CM PSU | Noctua NH-D14 | Samsung 850 Evo 250GB | PCPartPicker

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that board has a clear cmos button. try that 

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K @ 4.1GHZ | MOBO: Asus Rampage Extreme V Eatx LGA2011-3 | RAM: 16.00GB DDR4 G-Skills Ripjaws @2400Mhz | GPU: 2x Gtx 980 | CASE: Cooler Master Cosmos 2 | STORAGE: 400GB INTEL 750 Series PCI-E SSD/ 3TB Western Digital WDC | PSU: Corsair AXi 1200w | DISPLAYS: ASUS PB287Q (3840x2160@60Hz) And LG27MU67 (3840x2160@60Hz)

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Does it just pop up a random UEFI shell? If so you need to attach a storage device. If not, have you tried spam mashing the del button? Does your keyboard light up (backlighting or NumLock indicators) when your PC boots?

I have a ssd and a hdd attached and if i hit the del button my boot just stops

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already did

reseat ram then

RIG #1 : 4670k @4.4 / 1.25v vcore. @ 4.5 / 1.3v vcore/ 1.95v vccin. MSI GAMING 4G GTX 970 @1540/3700 1.275v BIOS MOD. 16GB Kingston HyperX Savage RAM 2400mhz. MSI GAMING 5 Z97 MOBO. Fractal Design Define S. Dark Rock Pro 3. 850 EVO 250GB Seasonic M12II 620w
RIG #2: 4790k @ 4.6 / 1.25v vcore. EVGA SC ACX 2.0 980 SLI. 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 2400mhz. Asus MAXIMUS VII Hero Z97. Fractal Design Define R5. NH D15. 850 EVO 250GB AX 860
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I have a ssd and a hdd attached and if i hit the del button my boot just stops

 

On your motherboard, there are 3 debug lights, CPU, DRAM and GPU, is any of them persistently red?

i7-6700K | EVGA GTX 980 SC | Fractal Designs Core 500 | MSI Z170I AC | Corsair 32 GB 2666 MHz

 550W CM PSU | Noctua NH-D14 | Samsung 850 Evo 250GB | PCPartPicker

Surface Pro 3 8GB | 256GB

 

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already did

hit the complete discharge button?

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K @ 4.1GHZ | MOBO: Asus Rampage Extreme V Eatx LGA2011-3 | RAM: 16.00GB DDR4 G-Skills Ripjaws @2400Mhz | GPU: 2x Gtx 980 | CASE: Cooler Master Cosmos 2 | STORAGE: 400GB INTEL 750 Series PCI-E SSD/ 3TB Western Digital WDC | PSU: Corsair AXi 1200w | DISPLAYS: ASUS PB287Q (3840x2160@60Hz) And LG27MU67 (3840x2160@60Hz)

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reseat ram then

^^ this ^^

i5 4670k @4.2ghz / MSI Z87 G45 / EVGA GTX 960 SSC / Samsung  840 EVo SSD / WD Green 1tb HDD / Corsair H75 / Corsair Obsidian 750D / Corsair CS750M

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On your motherboard, there are 3 debug lights, CPU, DRAM and GPU, is any of them persistently red?

there are no debug lights lit

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maybe its not del button but a f9 some boards have diffrent key button for bios (you can check it in manual :P)

CPU i5 6600k 4,4Ghz , COOLER Dark Rock 3 from BQ, RAM 16 GB of ddr 4 2800MHz from corsair,

 PSU EVGA 750 W GOLD G2, MOBO Msi z170A Gaming M3, CASE NZXT H440 Black/Blue,

GPU Geforce GTX 980 Gigabyte G1 Gaming,

STORAGE 1 SSD Samsung 850 Evo 250 GB and 1 HDD 500GB WD, Windows 8.1.

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there are no debug lights lit

since you dont follow i will quote and double post so try F11 for bootmenu and if you smash del not in post up but on the error screen than you wont definetly go to bios (so after hitting power button or restart you need to smash it :P i saying it just to be sure :P).

CPU i5 6600k 4,4Ghz , COOLER Dark Rock 3 from BQ, RAM 16 GB of ddr 4 2800MHz from corsair,

 PSU EVGA 750 W GOLD G2, MOBO Msi z170A Gaming M3, CASE NZXT H440 Black/Blue,

GPU Geforce GTX 980 Gigabyte G1 Gaming,

STORAGE 1 SSD Samsung 850 Evo 250 GB and 1 HDD 500GB WD, Windows 8.1.

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since you dont follow i will quote and double post so try F11 for bootmenu and if you smash del not in post up but on the error screen than you wont definetly go to bios (so after hitting power button or restart you need to smash it :P i saying it just to be sure :P).

ive tried that this is the second board ive had and msi said both were faulty

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