PC Won't Boot with an SSD/HDD connected - Suspected Overclocking Issue?
PC Won't Boot with an SSD/HDD connected - Suspected Overclocking Issue?
Hi
tl;dr: PC won't boot when an SSD/HDD is connected, I suspect it could be related to previous owner doing overclocking.
I bought a PC-parts-combo (pre-built: motherboard, memory, CPU) secondhand, and then I built the rest of the computer with parts I had at home.
It works fine without an SSD/HDD when booting from a USB-flashdrive, but when I connect a disk to it, it wont even boot, it just shuts down immediately after pressing the power button. When taking out the disk, it boots just fine from the USB-flashdrive again.
The previous owner used the PC-part-combo for testing various graphics cards.
I looked around in the BIOS and when i go to the "MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)" section, i get a warning/error prompt stating "The system has experienced boot failures because of overclocking or changes of voltages. Last settings in this page may not coincide with current H/W states."
So I have a feeling that the previous owner may have overclocked or done some sorts of tweaking.
When looking in the motherboard manual, it states this at the end of a section regarding the (M.I.T): "(Inadequately altering the settings may result in system's
failure to boot. If this occurs, clear the CMOS values and reset the board to default values.)"
So I think maybe the solution is to restore to defaults and then save that, but I would appreciate opinions on this before I go ahead :-)
In the (M.I.T) section in the BIOS there are some options such as:
F5:Previous Values
F6:Fail-safe Defaults
F7:Optimized defaults
Note: I tested with two different new SATA cables
Specs:
MB: Gigabyte P55-USB3
CPU: i7 870
Memory: 4GB
GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB
PSU: Corsair RM750x
Take the battery out of the board wait a few minutes and put it back in. Should reset settings to default.
2Have you tried posting the actual error message? That would be more useful than your attempt at self-diagnosis.
1Just following up to say that if it were me, I'd blow the settings out of the water and start fresh in the BIOS. If booting from your HDD/SSD doesn't work, try a different SATA port header on the motherboard.
3I haven't tried to reset a BIOS before, so I am not familiar with the process of it.
Is it safe to attempt either (F6:Fail-safe Defaults) or (F7:Optimized defaults) ?
From the motherboard manual: "Inadequately altering the settings may result in system's failure to boot. If this occurs, clear the CMOS values and reset the board to default values."2
The only error/warning message I have found so far is in the BIOS, under the (M.I.T) section, and in that section there is a prompt which states: "The system has experienced boot failures because of overclocking or changes of voltages. Last settings in this page may not coincide with current H/W states.".
I don't get any errors when i boot into an OS with a USB-flashdrive (when the SSD/HDD is not installed)1