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BIOS is updating

coyi1895
Level 10

‎11-11-2014 12:53 AM - last edited on ‎03-06-2024 08:12 PM by Community Admin

I switched on my computer this morning and I have this message greeting me and it's still ongoing;

BIOS is updating.
Do not shut down or reset the system to prevent system bootup failure.

The Q-Code is 90

So far it's over an hour and still waiting. My BIOS was 0603 and I haven't flashed or download the latest version. The manual doesn't mention this.
My specs are:

Rampage V Extreme
i7 5930K
Corsair Hydro H110
Corsair Obsidian 750D
Samsung ssd 840 EVO 1TB
Seagate Barracuda 2TB
4X4GB Corsair Platinum Dominator 2666
Corsair AX1200i
Lite-On 124-14
ROG Pheobus soundcard
Gigabyte GTX GeForce 670
Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
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Raja
Level 13

‎11-11-2014 04:34 AM

The update procedue should only occur after a UEFI update is made. If it ocurs any other time, it means the system is unstable. Cuases of that would be an overly aggressive overclock or incorrect settings.
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coyi1895
Level 10

‎11-11-2014 04:42 AM

Thanks for replying. I did overclock yesterday by 4.2Ghz with 1.275 voltage. I ran Prime95 for 2 hours with cpu peaking at 68 C.

The 'BIOS is updating...' is still showing and no percentage counter is showing.

What can I do to rectify? I haven't done any fixes yet - I'm not sure where to start.
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coyi1895
Level 10

‎11-11-2014 05:31 AM

No good. After that, went into F1 and made sure it's the default and the 'BIOS is updating...' message is showing again and no percentage counter is showing.
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coyi1895
Level 10

‎11-11-2014 06:15 AM

Success! I hope, I opened my case and noticed the pled is out of the system connector broken. I put them properly. However the same message again.

I then cleared CMOS and then switch to BIOS chip 2 and boot up. The same message is there and then shut down. Press the CMOS again and switch back to BIOS chip 1 and booted up fine.

Thanks for your help.
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coyi1895
Level 10

‎11-11-2014 06:45 AM

The problem is back again. If I reboot, it's fine but if I shut down, the 'BIOS is updating...' message is back again.
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coyi1895
Level 10

‎11-11-2014 07:11 AM

It was 0603 and then I just flashed it to 0802. The same message appeared again after flashing and instead of being stuck on that message, it rebooted after a few seconds and then booted up fine which I am now typing on my PC instead of on my phone.

I'm going to shut down and see if the same message is back again.
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coyi1895
Level 10

‎11-11-2014 07:17 AM

For the first time, it booted up fine after shutting down. I'm keeping an eye on it.
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