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Thank you so much! I was away today, but should be able to give it a try tomorrow. Will followup with how it goes.

I've searched the forums, including review of the "BIOS Guides, Methods, Resources and Tools" section but could not find anything regarding this problem. Additionally, I could not find a thread related to a U-Key lock on an MSI motherboard (or any other brand board for that matter).

I'm working on an MSI A520M-A Pro (aka MS-7C96 ver1.1) motherboard that displays "Warning!!! Please insert USB key press any key to check." upon power-on. This appears to be caused by a setting in the BIOS for "U-Key" being enabled. The owner states they didn't enter the...