- Jan 28, 2016
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Hi, I've been helping a friend build a gaming PC having successfully built my own a year ago (so still very inexperienced).
Everything seemed to be going fine, it all went together and I got to the BIOS screen, but we can't get any further. First of all, from turning it on it takes about 30-40 seconds before the POST beep and then the BIOS screen. Once past that, where I set the boot device as the optical drive for Windows installation, I get the message asking me to press any key to install from CD/DVD and then the following message:
Error sending End of Post message to ME: HECI disabled, proceeding with boot!
That messages stays on screen for about 1 second before being replaced by three Gigabyte motherboard splash screen with lines of glitches above it, remaining frozen and requiring a shutdown from the PCU off switch.
I've tried searching but haven't found that exact message and from what I've learned during my search it seems like a CPU problem, but my limited knowledge assumeso that it wouldn't work at all if the CPU was damaged. Any help you can be would be massively appreciated!
Here are the specs:
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze
Thank you!
Everything seemed to be going fine, it all went together and I got to the BIOS screen, but we can't get any further. First of all, from turning it on it takes about 30-40 seconds before the POST beep and then the BIOS screen. Once past that, where I set the boot device as the optical drive for Windows installation, I get the message asking me to press any key to install from CD/DVD and then the following message:
Error sending End of Post message to ME: HECI disabled, proceeding with boot!
That messages stays on screen for about 1 second before being replaced by three Gigabyte motherboard splash screen with lines of glitches above it, remaining frozen and requiring a shutdown from the PCU off switch.
I've tried searching but haven't found that exact message and from what I've learned during my search it seems like a CPU problem, but my limited knowledge assumeso that it wouldn't work at all if the CPU was damaged. Any help you can be would be massively appreciated!
Here are the specs:
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze
Thank you!
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