Hey everybody,
since I spent a whole day solving this problem and also seeing that many others are experiencing the same, I want to post my solution/workaround to the following problem:
This morning my computer didn't start up. It froze right at the beginning of the boot. My motherboard's LEDS indicated the error 0d (Reserved for future AMI SEC error codes). I run a computer with one SSD (Two Operating Systems) and one HDD (for storage).
I could not boot the computer nor enter the BIOS at ALL.
Unplugging my second SATA HDD (no operating system) before starting the computer helped.
With Hot Plug enabled on all SATA channels (Advanced -> SATA Configuration) , I plugged my HDD back in when the boot manager of my BIOS showed up (Press F8 during boot).
So everytime you boot you would have to repeat that.
The final and better solution for me was to disable the ASM 1061 Storage OPROM in my BIOS.
I did the following steps to do that:
1. I disconnected my second HDD (to be able to enter the BIOS)
2. In the BIOS I selected Advanced menu -> Onboard Devices Configuration -> ASM1061 Storage OPROM = disabled
3. Turned off the computer and reconnected my HDD.
I don't have any clue what this setting really does, but in other forums I read that disabling the complete controller speeded up the booting (Haven't tried it myself though).
Now it works fine for me. Hope that this helps you guys to save some stressful time :o.
