I recently put together a middle-of-the-road gaming pc for myself with the following specs:
MSI Z87 G45 Gaming Motherboard
Intel Core i5 4670k
Nvidia GTX 760
8 gb Corsair Vengeance RAM
SSD + 1 tb HDD, so on and so forth...
This rig worked beautifully for me for about a month before I started noticing problems regarding the bios. Upon boot, I started getting no MSI splash screen and no option to enter the bios. If I press DEL like I normally would to enter, the screen hangs black.
Normally, I would just think that there is either something wrong with my bios and reset it, but (and here's the kicker) if I do not press DEL to enter bios upon boot, after a good 20 - 30 seconds, Windows will boot.
I wasn't even sure if it was possible to have an inaccessible bios AND be able to boot Windows, but I guess I've now learned that it is.
Anyhow, I just picked up an upgrade to my CPU cooling system so that I can begin tweaking my CPU clock (hence the 'K' i5), but clearly I can't do this without a bios.
Am I missing something here?
(I've tried using the board's 'Clear CMOS' button, as well as removing the battery and doing a hard CMOS reset - no good. I can't access the bios under any circumstances, even if i don't have any 'extra' stuff connected: SSD, HDD, disk drive.)
Thank you!
MSI Z87 G45 Gaming Motherboard
Intel Core i5 4670k
Nvidia GTX 760
8 gb Corsair Vengeance RAM
SSD + 1 tb HDD, so on and so forth...
This rig worked beautifully for me for about a month before I started noticing problems regarding the bios. Upon boot, I started getting no MSI splash screen and no option to enter the bios. If I press DEL like I normally would to enter, the screen hangs black.
Normally, I would just think that there is either something wrong with my bios and reset it, but (and here's the kicker) if I do not press DEL to enter bios upon boot, after a good 20 - 30 seconds, Windows will boot.
I wasn't even sure if it was possible to have an inaccessible bios AND be able to boot Windows, but I guess I've now learned that it is.
Anyhow, I just picked up an upgrade to my CPU cooling system so that I can begin tweaking my CPU clock (hence the 'K' i5), but clearly I can't do this without a bios.
Am I missing something here?
(I've tried using the board's 'Clear CMOS' button, as well as removing the battery and doing a hard CMOS reset - no good. I can't access the bios under any circumstances, even if i don't have any 'extra' stuff connected: SSD, HDD, disk drive.)
Thank you!