Z690-A White VGA LED light No visible POST

[jpczerniawsk159602e0]

About to have some words with MSI but trying to go through the motions before I lose it with them. My experience is my first build was a 486DX33 before the days of jumperless boards. I've probably built/swapped/upgraded/parted/destoyed...who knows - 10K computers? probably.

Problem: Immediate beeping every 5 seconds, White EZ LED illuminated on VGA indicator on board

Specs:
CPU: Swapping between Intel 12600K and Intel 13700K CPUs (only bought the former bc of potential issues and hope to get it returned when I figure this out). These both have integrated graphics
RAM: Kingston Fury KF552C40BBK2-32 2x16
Video Card: Swapping between HD7670, Geforce GT710 and just ordered an RX 6500 XT
P/S: Brand new Thermaltake 750w - just ordered Corsair 650 to eliminate that as problem

What I've tried (in all cases listed, beeps happen from power-on immediately even before VGA light indicator goes steady):
-Obviously tried swapping CPUs in the below various cases (which sucks), same issue
- Tried RAM in dual channel and each chip individually in all slots
- Tried 7670 and GT710 in all PCI slots. Only in the PCIe x 16 (CPU) slot does monitor show a blank output (i.e. its not going to standby - its getting an output thats just nothing - tried 2 different monitors with two different max res). On-board HDMI goes to standby, so its not outputting there ever it seems, but in no cases do I ever get any legible video.
-Unplugged all components (even fans, didn't like that so put minimal fans) and tried boot that way.
-Tried doing headless USB BIOS flashing to current - nothing indicates that its even getting to the point of reading the USB.
-Yes - I would like to go into the BIOS and switch it to CPU graphics mode. I've never gotten that far. That's all I've been trying to do. I can't get back that they pre-ship boards configured for a graphics card but having something to auto-detect whether or not your CPU has integrated graphics when no VGA is available....seems like a no brainer.
-CMOS clear does nothing


I sent the board on RMA to MSI and they sent it back with 'Repaired' and no notes on what was actually done to repair it, and same exact issues when I got it back.

I've read about alot of issues with VEGA and PCIe x 3.0 so thats why I just ordered the RX 6500 XT so (although the other cards are on the compatibility list) itll be 100% listed as compatible and MSI branded. I'll also try another P/S to see if for some reason thats a thing but I've never seen a VGA related issue happen from a P/S that doesnt require P/S power.

What haven't I thought of here ?

 

[jpczerniawsk159602e0]

Ok - on my latest success and failure, I removed the SSD (sorry didnt mention that) and unplugged all SATA devices

The beeps still continue and the VGA light still lights up,but I got video and got to BIOS.

I turned on integrated graphics with 64 MB (pre-recommended amount) it had some other things its adjusted like some smart fan items, so didnt care about that, did a Save and Reboot AND......no more video....from anything.

F***

 

[jpczerniawsk159602e0]

I'm hoping my hell help someone down the road.

After changing from PEG to IGD AND removing the PCIe video card(at least to reach UEFI/BIOS), video only outputs on the on-board DisplayPort, but not the HDMI. There is nothing indicating this behavior nor was it ever mentioned by MSI in our support ticket. VGA Light has disappeared and only have a Green light on BOOT LED now.

 

[darkhawk]

Honestly, I'd return the motherboard and try a different one. It sounds like there's something wrong with it.

 

[citay]

After changing from PEG to IGD AND removing the PCIe video card(at least to reach UEFI/BIOS), video only outputs on the on-board DisplayPort, but not the HDMI. There is nothing indicating this behavior nor was it ever mentioned by MSI in our support ticket. VGA Light has disappeared and only have a Green light on BOOT LED now.

This looks pretty good now. BOOT LED is normal until you install an OS to boot. BIOS sometimes only shows on one graphics port for some unknown reason, this is also normal, i've had it myself before with MSI boards.

Does it still beep now? Radeon HD 7670 and Geforce GT710 are both very old, they might lead to these issues, for the GeForce, this firmware update applied on a different PC might help. Anyway, i would update the BIOS to the newest version now, using M-Flash in the BIOS.

If you continue to have any kind of problems, can you make a photo of your system? Because based on this,

My experience is my first build was a 486DX33 before the days of jumperless boards.

i'm not sure if you may have done something wrong in setting it up. By the way, that was in my first PC too, a 486 DX33. It had a "turbo" botton on the front of the case, and a two-digit segment display showing the CPU speed. Turbo off = 16 MHz, Turbo on = 33 MHz. I thought the "Turbo" was only meant to be enabled for a short time, kind of like on Knight Rider, when you wanted something to be finished extra fast or something. So most of the time i kept in on 16 MHz in the beginning, until i understood that 33 MHz is the normal frequency, and 16 MHz was for some DOS games that run too fast at 33 MHz...

Anyway, i've come a long way since then (i hope), and we can probably get your system going properly now, if the beeping has stopped and you can enter the BIOS.

 

[inoperable]

UEFI GOP driver is not supported by HD7670 if I remember correctly
Same thing with GT710

Wouldn't the Mobo normally automatically switch to CSM if VGA fails to initialize?
I had the same problem with an old GPU at some point, blank screen with white LED on.
I booted into a Linux and fixed the VBIOS then from there BUT this can be a problem for
you since SecureBoot is enabled by default... so it wont boot just any distro like that.

Try one of the popular .rpm based distros: fedora, opensuse, their boot-loaders are signed
and can go past SecureBoot.

Once Linux kernel uncompresses screen should be initialized.

When you see the white led go on keep hitting F11, then press arrow UP once, and hit ENTER.
This should boot the last bootmenu entry, normally being USB device in the list.