Recent content by field_studies

Thanks, @Colif. Reporting back just to say that I finally got this fixed. Turned out it was a BIOS firmware update that was required. Full documentation is in this thread.

I just tried both those things. Created a new installer using another computer on a different USB drive ... even plugging it in to different USB ports on my target computer and trying to boot to USB using various methods (shift-restart; boot override) . Afraid same results all around. At this...

I'm afraid this still isn't working. I can follow your instructions all the way, and the USB-UEFI partition appears as an option, but choosing it just boots the computer into the standard Windows login screen, as usual. As to whether I've made the installer correctly--I've wondered the same...

I'm afraid I'm still stuck: I tried Boot Overide as you suggested; the UEFI USB partition is selectable there. But choosing that option just led the system to but into Windows as usual, seemingly bypassing the USB again. Following advice from another forum, I disabled the CSM (Compatibility...

Ahh, brilliant, thanks. I've been at that screen dozens of times but never notices that option. Will give it a try later tonight and report back. Odd about the photos. Perhaps not helpful anyhow, but this was the intended link: View: https://imgur.com/a/8l0hsAP

That would be great, thanks! It's a Gigabyte ab350m-ds3h-cf. I've also put up photos of my bios boot settings (w/ fastboot disabled and then enabled) here.

I haven't been able to install a major update to Windows 10 since version 1909, well over a year ago. At this point I've tried the usual Windows update route, the Windows Updater Tool, updating from an ISO file, and most recently attempting a clean reinstall from a bootable USB. All have failed...

Just to update, after a little reading I think that my CPU temp may not be a significant issue. For one, the sudden and dramatic performance drop off in-game might be a software issue; the seemingly-high CPU temps I only looked at because of that issue might have been a red herring. More...

The CPU cooler is the stock AMD heatsink plus 4" fan (I don't know the model). The case is a Corsair Carbide SPEC-05 Mid-Tower Other than the CPU fan and the pair on the graphics card, there's a 5" fan mounted mid front, which I suppose is meant to force air through the three slim vertical...

Hi, I was compelled to look into my tower's CPU temp when my performance playing a CPU/GPU-demanding game suddenly plummeted yesterday (frame rates from ~50 to ~5, including in menus). I shut down the game and—thinking I might be experiencing either CPU/GPU throttling—ran a couple diagnostic...

Oh wow ... after hours of working at this, I think it's (sort of) fixed. I was poking around the Auto-Repair blue screen again, and tried the option "use another version of windows". There were two versions of Win 10 listed there-- "Windows 10" and "Windows 10 home". I selected the latter, and...

One last update: I've now been able to run sfc /scannow and dism.exe /Image:C:\ /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth though neither seemed to turn up anything or help.

Just to update a little. I don't know if this is helpful info, but I looked into my C: window log folder. In the file DISMReportLogFile.txt I found the following error/warning messages (these all refer to my latest boot attempt [from Windows installation USB]) "[...] c:\Windows may not point to...

Hi all, Hope someone here with a similar experience can help. I've spent the morning reading forums, but haven't found a solution to my current issue. I'm using a new (1 month old) Windows 10 pre-built tower. It arrived, I soon discovered, with a faulty motherboard. Once that was replaced it...

Thanks for this. Luckily the pre-built system still had 2 months left on the warranty, and after sending the details to the seller they quickly offered to replace the unit. So, out of curiosity, and since they're offering a different water-cooling unit as replacement, are there any warning...