GA 970 motherboard in infinite uefi loop how to stop this?

[Abaker992]

Im just put my machine together and its going great until I turn it on i get caught in a infinite loop of seeing the boot screen and the uefi screen and then back again, keyboard non responsive and everything. I tried to use the cmos jumper and removed the battery and it didnt help. Im using an amd chip that has no graphics component if it helps.

 

[MeanMachine41]

Im just put my machine together and its going great until I turn it on i get caught in a infinite loop of seeing the boot screen and the uefi screen and then back again, keyboard non responsive and everything. I tried to use the cmos jumper and removed the battery and it didnt help. Im using an amd chip that has no graphics component if it helps.

Have you tried to clear your CMOS.? If no luck there then check see if there is a Bios update from the MB manufacturers site. If your MB has dual Bios try your backup Bios.

 

[Abaker992]

Im just put my machine together and its going great until I turn it on i get caught in a infinite loop of seeing the boot screen and the uefi screen and then back again, keyboard non responsive and everything. I tried to use the cmos jumper and removed the battery and it didnt help. Im using an amd chip that has no graphics component if it helps.

Have you tried to clear your CMOS.? If no luck there then check see if there is a Bios update from the MB manufacturers site. If your MB has dual Bios try your backup Bios.

yea I dont know how to use the backup, is there a way that the both of them could be messed up?

 

[MeanMachine41]

If not also bricked, your Backup is there should the first Bios fail or gets corrupted.
There are a number of methods for your Backup Bios to kick in.

Method #1:
1. Shut your PC down (if you're reading this guide, then your PC isn't working anyways)
2. Hold the power button until the PC starts and shuts down again
3. Press the power button again, your backup BIOS should kick in now and should re-flash the main BIOS if there's anything wrong with it.

Method #2:
1. Shut your PC down
2. Hold the power AND the reset button for about 10 sec, then release.
3. Backup BIOS should kick in anytime soon now.

Method #3:
1. Shut off the power supply using the switch on the back of the PSU, wait 10-15 seconds.
2. Press and hold the case Power On switch, then while still holding turn on the power supply from the switch on the rear.
3. Still holding the case power on switch, the board will start, once it does release the case power on switch and shut off the power supply via the switch on the rear of the unit. (Do the latter two parts as quickly as you can once the board starts)
4. The board will shut down.
5. Turn the power supply back on using the switch on the rear of the unit.
6. Turn on the motherboard by pressing the case power on button.

Once the board starts this time you should see the Gigabyte splash screen, or POST page, then the Auto-Recovery from Dual BIOS will kick in. You will see a checksum error, and then recovery from BACKUP BIOS will begin. Once it is done reboot your machine and enter the BIOS and load optimized defaults then save/apply/reboot back to BIOS.

 

[Abaker992]

nope still nothing is there a way you could watch me do it? i followed everything but i eel liek maybe im doing something wrong.

 

[MeanMachine41]

nope still nothing is there a way you could watch me do it? i followed everything but i eel liek maybe im doing something wrong.

Those are the only methods I know Abaker992 and producing a video to watch you do it, may not help and would put you thru more issues.

 

[Abaker992]

could bad installation cause this?

 

[MeanMachine41]

could bad installation cause this?

A number of things can cause this, You may have a problem with your DIMMs.
Try clearing CMOS and have one DIMM in the first slot. then boot up. If no luck try switching them around incase one has failed. You can do a memory test to check your DIMMs with Memtest86+.