msi gaming 3 (A2 during boot normall?)

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Hello all, I have finally replaced my motherboard with the MSI Z97 GAMING 3 but i have a small issue which i am hoping is not serious. During boot the screen is black with a message A2 in the bottom corner for 2-5 seconds. This dont happen all the time just now and again randomly. I do notice to that when i first switch on the pc the CD-ROM drive spins really fast for a couple of seconds before booting up. Apart from this the pc runs fine just confused to what it might be.

Specs:

Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 3
Processor: i3 4170 3.7 Dual Core
Ram: Kingston HyperX 1888Mhz DRR3 x1 8GB
PSU: Corsair 500w
Graphics: Radeon 6850
SSD: OCZ Agility 3

I have tried switching sata port 1/2 between the cd-rom and ssd and still the same. I used the new sata cables that came with the motherboard.
 

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Thanks alot will have a look. Someone told me on the msi forums that its normal and nothing to worrie about. Also just spoted something else my ram is Kingstone HyperX DDR3 1888Mhz x1 8GB and on the motherboard it supports 1888Mhz* overclocked so my ram aint running at the correct speed. Under CPU-Z it says DRAM Frequency is 933.5Mhz.. would it be safe to set XMP on the board? i dident notice the * befor next to the ram info.