Hello, I've been putting together a new build for the last few hours. I got everything up and running eventually. However, I was unable to access the BIOS after installing my Windows 7 OS. Initially I used it to set CD Rom priority above my 128GB Crucial M4 SSD in order to load windows. After loading, whenever I tried to access the BIOS via the delete key, it would just keep restarting over and over, almost like an infinite loop until I managed to miss the delete key where it would load up windows.
I needed to access the BIOS in order to get it to recognize my backup 1TB HDD which I plugged in after windows was installed.
So, I read that hitting the clear CMOS button would reset the BIOS, which could help if it was failing. I hit clear CMOS, the computer restarted, and then I got a 0E error on my Dr. Debug on the motherboard. According to the manual, this means that it could not find the microcode.
Hitting the clear CMOS again, it will give an A3 error, which means IDE Enable. If I hit f12, delete, or f2, it changes to 0E.
Specs:
i5-2500k processor
8gigs g.skull 1600 MHz RAM
128gb Crucial M4 SSD
1tb seagate barracude 7200 rpm HD (backup)
AMD Radeon 6870 GPU (1GB)
750W Antec Earthwatts PSU
Coolermaster 212+ CPU cooler
Liteon 22x Optical drive
ASROCK x68 Extreme 3 Gen 3 motherboard
EDIT: If you're reading this, the error appears to be progressing slightly. Check my most recent post for revisions/updates if you'd like. Thank you in advance for your time on helping me fix this issue.
I needed to access the BIOS in order to get it to recognize my backup 1TB HDD which I plugged in after windows was installed.
So, I read that hitting the clear CMOS button would reset the BIOS, which could help if it was failing. I hit clear CMOS, the computer restarted, and then I got a 0E error on my Dr. Debug on the motherboard. According to the manual, this means that it could not find the microcode.
Hitting the clear CMOS again, it will give an A3 error, which means IDE Enable. If I hit f12, delete, or f2, it changes to 0E.
Specs:
i5-2500k processor
8gigs g.skull 1600 MHz RAM
128gb Crucial M4 SSD
1tb seagate barracude 7200 rpm HD (backup)
AMD Radeon 6870 GPU (1GB)
750W Antec Earthwatts PSU
Coolermaster 212+ CPU cooler
Liteon 22x Optical drive
ASROCK x68 Extreme 3 Gen 3 motherboard
EDIT: If you're reading this, the error appears to be progressing slightly. Check my most recent post for revisions/updates if you'd like. Thank you in advance for your time on helping me fix this issue.