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Hey everyone. I’m almost done with my watercooled loop but am receiving D6 code and A6 on bootup along with 5 beeps and cannot get into BIOS. My build is as follows: - EVGA X570 Dark Mobo - Amd Ryzen 9 5900X - 3080 TI FE (hooked up via 3.0 riser cable) - 2x16 GB Corsair Dominator RGB - 3x2 TB Crucial mx500 SATA SSD’s - 1 TB Samsung 980 Pro nvme m.2 - 2 TB Samsung 980 Pro nvme m.2 - Antec 1000W titanium signature series At first i was receiving a D6 error and 5 beeps. I’ve tried resetting CMOS on all 3 bios settings. I’ve tried using the USB device to perform a BIOS flash. My monitor and GPU worked on my previous build. So i dont think the issue is either of those nor my displayport cable. Notably, when I tried using different cables and moving to different PSU slots for my GPU and CPU cables, my mobo displayed D6, 5 beeps, followed by an A6 code. This was the only change I’ve noticed. The last thing i want to check is the CPU because I’ll have to take apart my entire build just to get to it…but i have a funny feeling i may have a bent pin or something like that. Let me know what you guys think! *Update 3/6* i tried slotting in a gt 710 i had laying around into the pciex16 slot. I got a 00 error code. Not sure what that means though. Then i tried using a different riser cable in a different slot for my 3080 TI but i got a 94 error code. I hit clear cmos and ended up with the same post sequence as before: D6, 5 beep, and A6.
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Re: A6/D6 Codes
2022/03/04 09:21:57
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Hello Pike! I was also curious about this issue and looked around a bit. A6 error code seems to refer to "SCSI detect" which from what i could find on the internet correlates to the system not being able to detect a hard drive. Obviously in your case there is none, but i assume it refers to one of the SATA SSDs, i would double/triple check the connection between all those, on the mobo side and on the drive side, both data and power (if there is a problem still after that, likely one of them is dead, atleast thats what online search of the error code can further suggest). D6 is "No Console Output Devices are found" which seems to refer to a loose power cable on the mobo, check the 24 pin, the CPU cables and the video card cables on both the device and PSU ends once again. (furthermore i would personally suggest to try your graphics card without the riser cable, it could very well be that, many people had issues with certain riser cables in the past). I realize in a custom water cooled PC this will be a headache, but these are the realistic steps i found can be done to troubleshoot the issue. Sidenote, gratz on the DARK, welcome to the squad 
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Re: A6/D6 Codes
2022/03/04 09:32:37
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A6 means you’re sitting in bios. D6 means no gpu detected. The beeps could be due to how many usb devices you have plugged in.
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Re: A6/D6 Codes
2022/03/04 10:23:21
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I'm familiar with the D6 and 5 loud beeps (not the USB beeps) with my 3080ti. There was a vBIOS update for the EVGA cards that did that and it hasn't been a problem for a while. Oddly enough, if I made sure that the monitors were turned on before I turned the PC on, I wouldn't get that D6 error. Alternatively, I could wait about 15 seconds after the beeps and hit the restart button on the PC. That would also reboot without error. This was on a z590 FTW, but very similar bios. Others reported with the EVGA 3080ti's at the time that using an HDMI cable to the GPU would sometimes help get into Windows so you could then download the vBIOS update. Not sure if you're actually experiencing the same kind of problem, but it certainly sounds similar.
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Re: A6/D6 Codes
2022/03/04 10:29:00
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A6 means you’re sitting in bios. D6 means no gpu detected. The beeps could be due to how many usb devices you have plugged in.
I only have my keyboard and mouse USB’s plugged in. Nothing changes when i plug them out.
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Re: A6/D6 Codes
2022/03/04 10:32:55
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Thanks for the reply Epso. I’ve disconnected all sata devices from the mobo and psu. No change and still gives a D6 with 5 beeps followed by an A6.
I wont be able to test the riser cable connection and if anything different will happen if I plug the gpu directly into the mobo. That’ll have to be done over the weekend but I’ll be sure to come back with an update.
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Re: A6/D6 Codes
2022/03/04 10:43:16
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Allright, keep us updated!
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Re: A6/D6 Codes
2022/03/04 14:16:27
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I'm familiar with the D6 and 5 loud beeps (not the USB beeps) with my 3080ti. There was a vBIOS update for the EVGA cards that did that and it hasn't been a problem for a while. Oddly enough, if I made sure that the monitors were turned on before I turned the PC on, I wouldn't get that D6 error. Alternatively, I could wait about 15 seconds after the beeps and hit the restart button on the PC. That would also reboot without error. This was on a z590 FTW, but very similar bios. Others reported with the EVGA 3080ti's at the time that using an HDMI cable to the GPU would sometimes help get into Windows so you could then download the vBIOS update. Not sure if you're actually experiencing the same kind of problem, but it certainly sounds similar.
I tried using an HDMI instead of a DP but no difference. My monitor has been on all the time as well. Thanks for the suggestion tho.
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Re: A6/D6 Codes
2022/03/06 08:42:29
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Sajin
A6 means you’re sitting in bios. D6 means no gpu detected. The beeps could be due to how many usb devices you have plugged in.
I just put a system together the other night with a 570 dark with a 3070 and kept getting the 5 beeps. I could not get past this until I loosened all the motherboard screws a little and now all is good. I guess the card was just not seating right in the slot. His riser could be causing problems
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Re: A6/D6 Codes
2022/03/06 13:34:03
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FYI: I am getting 5 short beeps too - but only in the case when my LG OLED TV ist not ready respectively no picture is on the screen (my PC is connected via my DENON AVR to my LG OLED TV). You can try the following: Switch on all devices (e.g. AVR / TV) and as soon as the TV is ready, switch on the PC. This solve the situation in my case and I no longer get 5 beeps. If you switch on your PC and the display device (e.g. monitor, TV) is not ready (still swichted off) you will get the 5 beeps.
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Re: A6/D6 Codes
2022/03/06 13:38:35
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Sajin
A6 means you’re sitting in bios. D6 means no gpu detected. The beeps could be due to how many usb devices you have plugged in.
I just put a system together the other night with a 570 dark with a 3070 and kept getting the 5 beeps. I could not get past this until I loosened all the motherboard screws a little and now all is good. I guess the card was just not seating right in the slot.
His riser could be causing problems
Motherboard screws? You talking about stand-off screws?
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Re: A6/D6 Codes
2022/03/06 18:09:48
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Epsolike
Allright, keep us updated!
Hey so i used a different riser cable in the other slot (it was too short to reach the top slot) and i got a 94 post code. Thought this was strange so i hit clear cmos and still get the same sequence as before; D6, 5 beeps, and A6. I had this msi gt 710 laying around and decided to try it out. Got a 00 post code.
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Re: A6/D6 Codes
2022/03/06 18:24:23
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Motherboard screws? You talking about stand-off screws?
I think he’s talking about both? But im sure my screws are fine. I’ve never heard of that being an issue and my board didnt seem to tense in any bad way when i installed it to begin with.
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Re: A6/D6 Codes
2022/03/07 03:34:03
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Epsolike
Allright, keep us updated!
Hey so i used a different riser cable in the other slot (it was too short to reach the top slot) and i got a 94 post code. Thought this was strange so i hit clear cmos and still get the same sequence as before; D6, 5 beeps, and A6.
I had this msi gt 710 laying around and decided to try it out. Got a 00 post code.
Did you try either your 30 series card or the gt710 directly in the slots without a riser? It's not clear from your post above for me. On the other hand i would keep using your top PCIe slot only, thats where we need to boot the card anyway. Error code 94 refers to "PCIe Bus Enumeration", i have not found much useful info about this online, but atleast in one instance it referred to M.2 drives being faulty and upon removel the person could finally boot. (after he tried multiple graphics cards and even flashing BIOS) If you can, i would try to remove first both M.2 drives, only connect a single SATA SSD and try to directly slot your 30 series card in the top slot. That way you can minimize the source of possibly faulty hardware and go from there. Otherwise you can find all the X570 DARK Error codes here, so you don't need to wait for me or anyone to troubleshoot/google the codes and read what other people have experienced or did to fix them: https://www.evga.com/supp.../files/121-VR-A579.pdf
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Re: A6/D6 Codes
2022/03/07 06:35:59
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Pikepiegal
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Allright, keep us updated!
Hey so i used a different riser cable in the other slot (it was too short to reach the top slot) and i got a 94 post code. Thought this was strange so i hit clear cmos and still get the same sequence as before; D6, 5 beeps, and A6.
I had this msi gt 710 laying around and decided to try it out. Got a 00 post code.
Did you try either your 30 series card or the gt710 directly in the slots without a riser? It's not clear from your post above for me.
On the other hand i would keep using your top PCIe slot only, thats where we need to boot the card anyway.
Error code 94 refers to "PCIe Bus Enumeration", i have not found much useful info about this online, but atleast in one instance it referred to M.2 drives being faulty and upon removel the person could finally boot. (after he tried multiple graphics cards and even flashing BIOS)
If you can, i would try to remove first both M.2 drives, only connect a single SATA SSD and try to directly slot your 30 series card in the top slot. That way you can minimize the source of possibly faulty hardware and go from there.
Otherwise you can find all the X570 DARK Error codes here, so you don't need to wait for me or anyone to troubleshoot/google the codes and read what other people have experienced or did to fix them:
Wow looks like I’ll have to take apart the entire system now. I’m going to cry. I’ll come back with updates later this week.
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Re: A6/D6 Codes
2022/03/07 09:09:53
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A6 means you’re sitting in bios. D6 means no gpu detected. The beeps could be due to how many usb devices you have plugged in.
I just put a system together the other night with a 570 dark with a 3070 and kept getting the 5 beeps. I could not get past this until I loosened all the motherboard screws a little and now all is good. I guess the card was just not seating right in the slot.
His riser could be causing problems
Motherboard screws? You talking about stand-off screws?
Yes, the stand off screws. I mounted the board and snugged them all down. Put the vid card in the slot and it felt a lil tight or just not right or what ever. Tried for the first boot and got the 5 beeps right off the bat. Ok, no keyboard or vid card detected. Try a diff keyboard and still get 5 beeps. Reseat the vid card and same thing, 5 beeps. Tried one of my old GTX 770 vid cards and it booted right up. The 770 went right in, not tight or whatever, went in like it should. Tried some other things and then I remembered reading to leave the motherboard screws a lil lose until the vid card/s were mounted. Backed all the screws off a lil and now all is good.
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Re: A6/D6 Codes
2022/03/12 18:38:03
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This is def the riser...I had some issues with my 3080ti on this board straight out of the box, seems like the GPU needed to be reseated a few times before I got it to work.
But there is a known issue with 3080ti and display port cables on some monitors that has been addressed by Nvidia. Switching to HDMI works while you get past the first boot and install the drivers and fixes...I had a thread about this in the x570 forum, but EVGA seems to have purged some of the older forum posts
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Re: A6/D6 Codes
2022/03/12 19:05:29
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*Update 3/6* i tried slotting in a gt 710 i had laying around into the pciex16 slot. I got a 00 error code. Not sure what that means though. Then i tried using a different riser cable in a different slot for my 3080 TI but i got a 94 error code. I hit clear cmos and ended up with the same post sequence as before: D6, 5 beep, and A6.
I got the same 00 randomly one day after messing with my GPU... Took me a min to find the answer but it's in the manual on the pages just before the post code table. Seems to signal am issue with either the CPU or the CPU power cables. For me, I checked all my cable connections and checked that AIO cooler had proper pressure on my CPU...I found problems with both that resolved my issue Good luck🤞
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Re: A6/D6 Codes
2022/03/15 09:10:01
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UPDATE!! I got a gen4 riser cable from phanteks and i was able to boot into BIOS. After so much heartache I’ve finally been able to start my PC. Im so glad my CPU wasn’t bad.
Lets go bois!! Now i can finally play elden ring
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Re: A6/D6 Codes
2022/03/15 10:39:54
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UPDATE!! I got a gen4 riser cable from phanteks and i was able to boot into BIOS. After so much heartache I’ve finally been able to start my PC. Im so glad my CPU wasn’t bad.
Lets go bois!! Now i can finally play elden ring
 glad to see you got it sorted
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Re: A6/D6 Codes
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Re: A6/D6 Codes
2022/03/15 14:40:49
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UPDATE!! I got a gen4 riser cable from phanteks and i was able to boot into BIOS. After so much heartache I’ve finally been able to start my PC. Im so glad my CPU wasn’t bad.
Lets go bois!! Now i can finally play elden ring
Hey man! So happy to hear it got resolved, i had this very strong feeling it was the riser after all the troubles, enjoy!
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