Crosshair VIII Formula BIOS Update Issues

[Psyscope]

I have tried updating to the most recent bios update. It works, it is installed, however, first time on reboot, it asks me to boot in to bios, to update settings.
I choose optimized settings and reboot.

First error: Please enter setup to recover bios. It also states "When raid configuration was built, ensure to sata configuration to raid mode" ---- I am not using Raid
Press ok choose optimized settings, with sata achi mode.
Computer boots up, and I see a blank screen, monitor turns off. Nothing happens.

I force restart by pressing the power button. New Error message:
This system has posted in safe mode. Somethings about booting up. I go into settings save.
This time windows boots up.

Now if I go to restart my computer, again I get stuck with a blank screen. Which means I have to force restart. Then, go into bios, save settings, even though I change nothing, and it boots up.

I have tried the last 4-5 bios releases, the only one that doesn't do it is over a year old.

Does anyone have a solution to this problem?

[Retired]

Have you tried the reset button on the board??

[andersondiaz]

dont touch HD's
you can use Raid after update bios
copy bios into the USB again
place on port to update bios and press bios flashback bottom

[Psyscope]

How so? I mean when I update it the Bios is current, it just takes to boot ups to start up. One time I have to force shutdown, because the screen turns off. I don't have raid setup. So that's weird. So I put the new version of bios in the USB port for Bios, and choose Bios Flashback to force it to install it?

[Retired]

Just curious... How many drives do you have in the system? Have you tried unplugging the I will assume storage drives and seeing if it still does this? Just a thought....

[Psyscope]

J Bish wrote:
Just curious... How many drives do you have in the system? Have you tried unplugging the I will assume storage drives and seeing if it still does this? Just a thought....

Hmm, I tried flashing the latest, and still does it. I have one main drive and three backup drives. I wonder if one might be malfunctioning?

This is the image of bootup.

[Retired]

If was me Id revert bios to default(bios reset button on motherboard), not over clock anything... Take one stick of ram out... Disconnect all storage/backup drives and start from there... If boots fine with just M2 drive ... reboot and start connecting drives one at a time to diagnose if its drives or bios settings...

Edit: After looking at images more closely... Id disconnect all the extra things, take it back to 1 drive,1 keyboard, 1 mouse, 0 hubs and 0 usb drives... and then do what I posted above...

Psyscope wrote:
Hmm, I tried flashing the latest, and still does it. I have one main drive and three backup drives. I wonder if one might be malfunctioning?

This is the image of bootup.

[Psyscope]

This problem started when my Gigabyte SSD died, and I replaced it with a Samsung SSD. I wonder if it has to do with that.

[Retired]

Did you do a clean install or cloned over the drive? May have to start from base system, load/test etc...

Psyscope wrote:
This problem started when my Gigabyte SSD died, and I replaced it with a Samsung SSD. I wonder if it has to do with that.