Solved Problems posting after Motherboard splash screen Crash

[LaCroix]

Every morning I go to boot, I can turn my computer on but it crashes right after the motherboard splash screen. I don't know if its effective but I repeatedly use the cmos jumpers till it finally boots to bios after I correct the settings and the pc works fine all day. Even with reboots it will work I checked the ram and with another gpu so i fear there is a Bios issue because I previously had to restore the bios from trying to update to the new bios and it failed and found work around to restore it. There was two cases when changing Bios settings before this reported issue that my bios would freeze, was told it was ram, but again ram checks out good still happens with other brand of ram.

 

[MeOnMine]

Hi, It is often over looked but when you flash BIOS the next step is to go back into the new BIOS and select "optimise Defaults".
Then reset your BIOS settings to suit your needs.
If you have BIOS corruption then it would be sensible to flash the BIOS again with either the same or look for a new update.
I would also download it again as maybe the file is corrupt.
The latest BIOS firmware flash automatically re-set the BIOS these days.
Hope I made some sense.

Wayne

 

[LaCroix]

I have flashed my bios just in case it was corruption, but the problem still persists. I could not find an Optimise Defaults but i reset the defaults before I set up my HDD to primary?

 

[MeOnMine]

Next step would be to remove and assemble outside of the box.
Bare minimum just the OS drive and use on board graphics.
You need to ascertain if it is the m/B so it can be RMA'd

 

[LaCroix]

Ok, I pc is booted to the bare minimum. I used the DDU to uninstall all display drivers and reinstalled only what was needed.

 

[LaCroix]

My monitor flashes randomly. I does not report a driver crash or anything of the sort.

 

[LaCroix]

I fixed the flickering with adding Vram via bios it seems stable. I am up for you speculation.

 

[LaCroix]

Still experiencing the crash. Even though it happens and i fight to get it booted, it acts normal til the next morning.

 

[MeOnMine]

I would return the board to the manufacture.
When you turn on the power button the M/B will "Post" Power On Self Test.
The first thing it looks for is Graphics.
Then it moves into "BIOS" Basic Input Output System.
Here it checks all plugged in peripherals Sata, Ram etc and controls with correct Voltage Multipliers etc.
The MBR on the HDD is looked at next for the info on where things are located to load the OS.
This is when the OS takes over running the hardware and injects drivers etc.
Your M/B does not get to OS intervention before it falls over.
That's my nutshell.

 

[LaCroix]

I will see where I can take this from here, thank you. I will get in contact with msi.

 

[LaCroix]

Would there be a region on the motherboard that is failing. MSI needs the part of the motherboard that is failing such as bios flash failed or cpu, chipset, vga problems.

 

[MeOnMine]

The BIOS is my guess. (latest BIOS 1.6 release date 2016.01.14
CPU very unlikely.
Chipset ( I can only assume you have the latest available from the M/B website installed)
You are using on board graphics with the graphics card removed.
All over clocks turned off to default frequencies. Your RAM frequency in your specs are not on the compatibility list for your M/B.
You have no model number for the RAM in your spec's.
A M/B will not run DDR3 RAM at its default frequency.
I.E. if the Ram is 2133 MHz then the M/B will run it at it's default frequency normally 1333MHz.
You need to XMP or manual set up the RAM to run at its default.
This does not include DDR4 RAM.
Is the OS installed in UEFI or Legacy ?

 

[MeOnMine]

Reading your BIOS features, I trust you have.
MSI Fast Boot > disabled.
Fast Boot > disabled.
What OS are you using ?

 

[LaCroix]

Both are disabled and windows 10

 

[LaCroix]

This morning I didn't jump the bios i flicked the psu switch about 6 times. And it booted up fine after its first crash

 

[MeOnMine]

Did you say that you tried another PSU ?

 

[LaCroix]

No I haven't. Only gpu and ram.

 

[MeOnMine]

If you can borrow another PSU then it would be worth a try.
Faulty PSU can do some weird things.

 

[LaCroix]

I replaced the PSU and everything seems to be working great. Thanks.

 

[MeOnMine]

Great!
Keep us all posted.