MSI P67A-G43 (B3) random boot issue

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Maynard46

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from time to time when i boot up the system it will freeze before the MSI BIOS screen. What i will see is a black screen with a cursor in the upper left corner. In the lower right corner i will see a sequence of numbers and letters flash. it will start with a B4 then one at a time will flash various numbers and then ends with an A3....at times during this process the pc just sits there and wont do anything. i usually have to kill the power as a reset doesnt resolve the issue

here is a screen shot of what i am seeing before the bios screen.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v724/Tayloe41800/Games/IMG_2001.jpg

its hard to see but in the lower right you see B4..

that seems to be where it gets stuck the most. it doesnt happen all the time, but when it does happen i can just wait it out and it will load up... sometimes taking 2-3 mins...but then windows will boot very slow taking another 2-3 mins. I have cleared the CMOS and removed the battery. I had one person tell me it was a USB add on issue...saying it could be a mouse or keyboard that is not compatible. Another guy said the work around is to disable USB 3.0 in the BIOS

anyone know anything about this?

my build
Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz
MSI P67A-G43 (B3) - BIOS Version - 1.E0 which is dated 11/9/11
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600

MSI N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 2GB
HITACHI 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s
ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner
Rosewill RCR-IC002 74-in-1 USB 2.0 3.5" Internal Card
Windows 7 - 64 bit
XFX Core Edition PRO650W (P1-650S-NLB9) 650W ATX12V
 
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Update the bios, you are running an older version of it. Use the live update feature to update it. This should solve the issue.
 
Try removing and reinserting the memory. Could also be hardware related so remove anything not required to boot like any addon pci cards or usb devices.
 
i started with the memory...its a random issue so i will have to wait and see if it if that worked or not. only pci is my gpu. i have the HAF 922 which comes with the usb front reader...which i think is the same on your HAF 912. i also have the rosewill multicard reader

other than that its just m/kb
 
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