P67A-G45 strange boot delay/screen

[Robinson]

Ok,

I got my i5 + pG7A up and running ok last night (after forgetting to put the CPU power in!). I've got 2 1TB drives on SATA 3 and 4 with Raid 0 which I'm booting Windows 7 64 with. There's another drive on SATA 1 (also 1TB) that I'm going to use for backup.

So, on to the problem:

When I start the machine, or power cycle it, I see a non-flashing, static cursor in the top left of the screen, and the two digit code "98" on the bottom right of the screen. The system sits there like this for 2 or so minutes, before finally posting and booting Windows.

Does anyone know what this means? The manual is typically useless and contains no information that would be useful here whatsoever.

Thanks.

 

[Robinson]

Seems as if 98 is some kind of code for "Console input devices connect". I've got a logitech cordless keyboard (USB) and a Razor mouse. Mouse works ok in bios screen. I wonder what's going on...

 

[Plec]

Have you tried unplugging all your usb devices to see if that effects the boot time?

Also, are you using the USB 3 slots - if you are revert back to the USB 2 for testing/use.

Also try a ps2 keyboard and mouse if you have one to hand.

You could also try disabling USB 3 in the BIOS.