Gigabyte GA-Z170zX-Gaming 7 shows code A9 then A6

[mollier1356]

Brand new build: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 mobo shows code A9 then A6 at boot time.... Nothing shows on the monitor at all. Can someone help? I have 2 sticks of 8GB HyperX Fury DDR4 2133mhz, ATI HD5770 for temporary video display, PNY Prevail 480GB SSD which has Win 10 previously working on another mobo without any issues. Core i7 6700K CPU with CoolerMaster Hyper 103 cooler all brand new. PSU = BFG Tech ES series 800W power supply. Can't get into the BIOS or indeed see the BIOS....screen is blank...

 

[alexoiu]

New, or old setup?

 

[mollier1356]

Completely new, replacing a fantastic old horse the Foxconn Bkack Ops mobo which serves me very well over a good few years...

 

[alexoiu]

Are you connecting the monitor to the graphics card, and not motherboard?

 

[mollier1356]

Are you connecting the monitor to the graphics card, and not motherboard?

 

[mollier1356]

Yes using an old Apple 24 inch display via the graphics card DVI connector as the mobo only has HDMi or new Display Port on the I/O no DVI....

 

[alexoiu]

Are you sure that both monitor and graphics card do work?

 

[mollier1356]

Are you sure that both monitor and graphics card do work?

 

[mollier1356]

Yes they worked fine Friday before the new mobo/ CPU & ram replaced the Foxconn blackops mobo....I Can try another Graohics Card an AMD 6970 or connect the mobo to a 27inch HDMi monitor from the onboard display....?

 

[smorizio]

check to see that the cpu cooler not on to tight and is shorting the cpu out. check for bent pin under the cpu. try one ram stick and no gpu see if the mb goes ff.

 

[alexoiu]

Yes they worked fine Friday before the new mobo/ CPU & ram replaced the Foxconn blackops mobo....I Can try another Graohics Card an AMD 6970 or connect the mobo to a 27inch HDMi monitor from the onboard display....?

Try without graphics card, if possible.

 

[mollier1356]

check to see that the cpu cooler not on to tight and is shorting the cpu out. check for bent pin under the cpu. try one ram stick and no gpu see if the mb goes ff.

 

[mollier1356]

OK thanks for the advice I'll give it a go and report back shortly...

 

[mollier1356]

■ OK checked everything and it all looks fine only finger tight on the cooler to CPU no vent pins under the CPU. 1 stick of ram left now it stops at AD & when I hit return on the keyboard changes to A9 & stops at A6....

 

[mollier1356]

check to see that the cpu cooler not on to tight and is shorting the cpu out. check for bent pin under the cpu. try one ram stick and no gpu see if the mb goes ff.

 

[mollier1356]

OK checked everything and it all looks fine only finger tight on the cooler to CPU no vent pins under the CPU. 1 stick of ram left now it stops at AD & when I hit return on the keyboard changes to A9 & stops at A6....Still nothing on the display

 

[smorizio]

any ide cards or ssd cards or extra cards in the system?? check the mb make sure not shorting to ground or io shield. if it looks fine..rma the mb and cpu. a codes on the mb user guild are ide and cmos set up.

 

[mollier1356]

any ide cards or ssd cards or extra cards in the system?? check the mb make sure not shorting to ground or io shield. if it looks fine..rma the mb and cpu. a codes on the mb user guild are ide and cmos set up.

 

[mollier1356]

Thanks for the response. Nothing else is connected in any way his 1 ram stick & the OS SSD. connected to SATA 0.
Can't see any shorting....just gets stuck at A6

 

[mollier1356]

Hi guys, sorted it all out it was the display issue, connected it to a 32inch TV via HDMI using the onboard graphics, and hey presto, the BIOS revealed in all it's glory, 32GB RAM recognised, Core i7-6700K working sweetly all good....apart from one issue, I have a coupe of old Samsung SATA 2 1TB hard drives, apart from the PNY SSD boot/OS drive and for the life of me I can't get them recognised by the BIOS...the Blu Ray DVD burner shows up fine, but these 2 drives just don't appear and I can't connect them as every-time I do so the system hangs at the BIOS screen...SATA Configuration is in default AHCI mode, and the setting setting in Storage Boot Option Control as below:

Disabled Disables option ROM.
Legacy Only Enables legacy option ROM only. (Default) <---------- Set in default mode
UEFI Only Enables UEFI option ROM only

Can you explain what is the problem here and how can I get them to be recognised...???

Thanks

 

[mollier1356]

any ide cards or ssd cards or extra cards in the system?? check the mb make sure not shorting to ground or io shield. if it looks fine..rma the mb and cpu. a codes on the mb user guild are ide and cmos set up.

 

[mollier1356]

Hi Smorizio, sorted it all out it was the display issue, connected it to a 32inch TV via HDMI using the onboard graphics, and hey presto, the BIOS revealed in all it's glory, 32GB RAM recognised, Core i7-6700K working sweetly all good....apart from one issue, I have a coupe of old Samsung SATA 2 1TB hard drives, apart from the PNY SSD boot/OS drive and for the life of me I can't get them recognised by the BIOS...the Blu Ray DVD burner shows up fine, but these 2 drives just don't appear and I can't connect them as every-time I do so the system hangs at the BIOS screen...SATA Configuration is in default AHCI mode, and the setting setting in Storage Boot Option Control as below:

Disabled Disables option ROM.
Legacy Only Enables legacy option ROM only. (Default) <---------- Set in default mode
UEFI Only Enables UEFI option ROM only

Can you explain what is the problem here and how can I get them to be recognised...???

Thanks

 

[mollier1356]

Yes they worked fine Friday before the new mobo/ CPU & ram replaced the Foxconn blackops mobo....I Can try another Graohics Card an AMD 6970 or connect the mobo to a 27inch HDMi monitor from the onboard display....?

Try without graphics card, if possible.

 

[mollier1356]

Hi Motherboard Master, sorted it all out it was the display issue, connected it to a 32inch TV via HDMI using the onboard graphics, and hey presto, the BIOS revealed in all it's glory, 32GB RAM recognised, Core i7-6700K working sweetly all good....apart from one issue, I have a coupe of old Samsung SATA 2 1TB hard drives, apart from the PNY SSD boot/OS drive and for the life of me I can't get them recognised by the BIOS...the Blu Ray DVD burner shows up fine, but these 2 drives just don't appear and I can't connect them as every-time I do so the system hangs at the BIOS screen...SATA Configuration is in default AHCI mode, and the setting setting in Storage Boot Option Control as below:

Disabled Disables option ROM.
Legacy Only Enables legacy option ROM only. (Default) <---------- Set in default mode
UEFI Only Enables UEFI option ROM only

Can you explain what is the problem here and how can I get them to be recognised...???

Thanks

 

[smorizio]

in the bios make sure sata chipset set to achi mode. make sure the drives have power and data. on newer mb check the mb guild see what sata ports are shared with sata express and other devices. ports 3 and 4 may be turned off if sata express or m2 slots are on.