Author: asrockasrock
Subject: Cannot get past bios screen on Z170 extreme4
Posted: 29 Nov 2016 at 8:43am
Thank you both for your responses! I have definitely tried testing it with nothing other than the RAM and CPU installed... in fact that is how I started testing it and thought maybe the BIOS was looking for a drive so then I hooked up the SSD but did not see any different results obviously.
Subject: Cannot get past bios screen on Z170 extreme4
Posted: 29 Nov 2016 at 8:43am
Thank you both for your responses! I have definitely tried testing it with nothing other than the RAM and CPU installed... in fact that is how I started testing it and thought maybe the BIOS was looking for a drive so then I hooked up the SSD but did not see any different results obviously.
I cleared the CMOS quite a few times and tried as many strange combinations of using the jumpers and removing the battery as I could think of. What do you mean using the back button before booting?
Very interesting to think of the UEFI boot-up as a 'safe-mode' start. I certainly did not modify any voltages for anything at all so that is one option I will experiment with when I get a few free hours (likely tomorrow). You say increase it to 1.15... Is there a way to tell what the stock voltage would be? I see on the product page for the RAM it says Voltage 1.2V. If nothing else works I will try to find a cheap RAM module locally so that I can rule that out as well.
Again, thank you both so much!