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Q code A2 on Maximus VIII hero. Please help

jigo_melb
Level 7

‎02-19-2017 03:39 PM - last edited on ‎03-05-2024 10:49 PM by Community Admin

Hi all

I am new in this forum. I built my first PC with maximus viii hero. all the parts have been installed and when I turned my pc on motherboard shows me q code A2. I have installed 2 HDD, nothing else. My configuration is:

Maximus VIII hero motherboard
EK predator 240 CPU cooler
segate 2 TB HDD X 2
corsair dominator 16 GB (2X 8GB) DDR4 ram
core i7 7700 CPU

I tried to swap my hdd in different IDE controls. Still same issue I got. I feel like I am stuck there.

Please help

Thanks
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Nate152
Moderator

‎02-19-2017 03:43 PM

Hello jigo.melb@gmail.com

Welcome to the ROG forum.

Have you updated to the latest bios ?

You'll need to do this with z170 and kabylake.
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jigo_melb
Level 7
In response to Nate152

‎02-19-2017 08:54 PM

Nate152 wrote:
Hello jigo.melb@gmail.com

Welcome to the ROG forum.

Have you updated to the latest bios ?

You'll need to do this with z170 and kabylake.


I did update. But nothing happening. Also it doesn't let me enter to BIOS though.
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MeanMachine
Level 13

‎02-19-2017 04:05 PM

jigo.melb@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all

I am new in this forum. I built my first PC with maximus viii hero. all the parts have been installed and when I turned my pc on motherboard shows me q code A2. I have installed 2 HDD, nothing else. My configuration is:

Maximus VIII hero motherboard
EK predator 240 CPU cooler
segate 2 TB HDD X 2
corsair dominator 16 GB (2X 8GB) DDR4 ram
core i7 7700 CPU

I tried to swap my hdd in different IDE controls. Still same issue I got. I feel like I am stuck there.

Please help

Thanks


Qcode A2 is IDE Detect and post is not finding or recognizing your OS disk.
Check all cabling and SATA Connections and make sure you have prioritized the HDD correctly in Bios. Just have the HDD with the OS installed for now and add the other later.
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jigo_melb
Level 7
In response to MeanMachine

‎02-19-2017 08:57 PM

MeanMachine wrote:
Qcode A2 is IDE Detect and post is not finding or recognizing your OS disk.
Check all cabling and SATA Connections and make sure you have prioritized the HDD correctly in Bios. Just have the HDD with the OS installed for now and add the other later.


Hello,

Thanks for your reply.

It doesn't let me go to bios settings. If I can go through BIOS, I can prioritized the HDD. But there is no BIOS display though.
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Nate152
Moderator

‎02-19-2017 09:06 PM

If you have no display on your monitor try clearing the cmos.

If that doesn't help remove all drives and try different monitor cables, HDMI, Displayport, DVI.
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FuryA
Level 8

‎02-20-2017 01:38 AM

hi jigo.

Have you tried change the other SATA cables
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