edit: Just because this seems to be the first hit on google now for "ASRock AF" the solution slayer found below was right on, thank you sir!
1) Contact ASRock Tech Support at 909-590-8308
2) Tell them your BIOS version on the white label on the motherboard next to the south bridge long with your CPU i7-3820.
3) They will confirm your BIOS is out of date and since you can't boot to flash your BIOS they will overnight you a new BIOS chip you simply plug in and boot to success
No problems since, very helpful support. Just a bummer Newegg doesnt know about this to avoid the problem, the board works fine with older i7 chips
Original post:
From the manual it states AF is "Exit Boot services event" however I have no idea what that means.
This is a brand new computer I put together. The first time I booted I tried entering the BIOS menu via DEL key, however it never went in to the menu, I was just stuck on "Press F2/Delete to enter bios" (or something along those lines). Thinking I used a broke keyboard (it was an old dell PS/2 I had laying around until I was ready to swap out my current PC peripherals) I powered down the computer and then tried a USB keyboard.
Now when I boot up I don't get any output to screen and the motherboard LED is stuck on error AF. I've also tried pressing the CRL CMOS button on the back, but it just restarts and takes me back to AF
Does anyone have any idea what that could mean?
Component list
ASRock X79 Extreme4 LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Core i7-3820 Sandy Bridge-E 3.6GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 2011 130W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80619i73820
16gb total: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL
EVGA 012-P3-2078-KR GeForce GTX 560 Ti - 448 Cores (Fermi) Classified Ultra 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP ...
OCZ Agility 3 AGT3-25SAT3-240G 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1502FAEX 1.5TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Antec CP-850 850W Continuous Power CPX SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC "compatible with ...
LITE-ON Black 12X Blu-ray Burner with Blu Ray 3D Feature SATA IHBS112-04 - OEM
1) Contact ASRock Tech Support at 909-590-8308
2) Tell them your BIOS version on the white label on the motherboard next to the south bridge long with your CPU i7-3820.
3) They will confirm your BIOS is out of date and since you can't boot to flash your BIOS they will overnight you a new BIOS chip you simply plug in and boot to success
No problems since, very helpful support. Just a bummer Newegg doesnt know about this to avoid the problem, the board works fine with older i7 chips
Original post:
From the manual it states AF is "Exit Boot services event" however I have no idea what that means.
This is a brand new computer I put together. The first time I booted I tried entering the BIOS menu via DEL key, however it never went in to the menu, I was just stuck on "Press F2/Delete to enter bios" (or something along those lines). Thinking I used a broke keyboard (it was an old dell PS/2 I had laying around until I was ready to swap out my current PC peripherals) I powered down the computer and then tried a USB keyboard.
Now when I boot up I don't get any output to screen and the motherboard LED is stuck on error AF. I've also tried pressing the CRL CMOS button on the back, but it just restarts and takes me back to AF
Does anyone have any idea what that could mean?
Component list
ASRock X79 Extreme4 LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Core i7-3820 Sandy Bridge-E 3.6GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 2011 130W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80619i73820
16gb total: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL
EVGA 012-P3-2078-KR GeForce GTX 560 Ti - 448 Cores (Fermi) Classified Ultra 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP ...
OCZ Agility 3 AGT3-25SAT3-240G 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1502FAEX 1.5TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Antec CP-850 850W Continuous Power CPX SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC "compatible with ...
LITE-ON Black 12X Blu-ray Burner with Blu Ray 3D Feature SATA IHBS112-04 - OEM
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