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ASRock Forums : Z97 OC Formula POST issue https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:57:26 +0000 Tue, 14 Mar 2017 00:58:55 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=4605 <![CDATA[ASRock Forums]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ <![CDATA[Z97 OC Formula POST issue : Purchased Z97 OC Formula MB about...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4605&PID=25137&title=z97-oc-formula-post-issue#25137 Author: tildeleb
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Posted: 14 Mar 2017 at 12:58am

Purchased Z97 OC Formula MB about a year ago and built a system with it:

Intel Core i5

8GB x 4 = 32GB of memory

Seasonic 860W power supply

ASUS Strix GTX-970 graphics card

2 x HGST 2TB drives running RAID-1

DVD drive

The system has worked very well and has been used daily for 12+ hours/day.

As some point, the system developed an issue where when it is reset, the BIOS runs, very quickly flashes a 10, there are some clicks, and the BIOS resets and tries again. Infinite loop. If we power it off completely (power-supply switch off or AC power removed) and back on sooner or later it does boot up. But what a drag.

I removed GTX-970, 3/4 memory sticks, disconnected the DVD drive, and using Intel MB video I still got the same thing.

We are running the 1.30 BIOS. I would like to upgrade to the 1.80 BIOS to see if that fixed the problem. However, when I try to backup A->B, it says it will do it on reboot but then it gets the infinite BIOS loop and I have to power down the system.

Questions:

1. What does code 10 mean?

2. How can I update the BIOS? Should I risk flashing A without being able to backup to B?

3. Any idea on what the root cause is?

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