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A friend suggested that I take one stick of RAM out and leave only one in. I did a CMOS reset as well. Now Windows loads. I cannot believe the solution was that simple. I have spent dozens of hours on forums and in Discord chats and no one suggested this. I will try with the 5600X in.

I was able to log in to Windows and use my PC as normal last night after flashing the BIOS. It felt like a miracle. There was an important file on there that I really needed so I managed to get that. I was also able to get to the Advanced Windows Repair screen with some options. I did select to...

The motherboard has only one M.2 slot. I have tried booting Windows from a USB and that fails as well. I just don't understand why: a) things were working fine before loading optimized defaults in BIOS b) flashing the BIOS has previously enabled me to get into Windows (this hasn't worked the...

I have just put the old CPU in (2600) and I'm having the exact same problem as with the 5600X in that Windows doesn't load. Trying with the old CPU is the last thing I could think of trying. Now I'm completely out of ideas and I don't know what to do or how to proceed.

Secure boot is disabled in BIOS.

How can I do this if I can't even load Windows? I get stuck at the splash screen. I'm trying to boot Windows from a USB and the same thing happens View: https://i.imgur.com/LumLGNu.jpeg

Thanks for the reply. I can't get into Windows on this PC now even after using M-Flash for BIOS. So I can't do your first step. I'm a bit worried about flashing the BIOS too often as a user said this can brick the motherboard. Here are the settings in the boot tab of BIOS: View...

Yes, it's set to UEFI. I've tried changing it to and from CSM and that doesn't work. Not even flashing the BIOS works to load Windows now.

I upgraded CPU from 2600 to 5600X. Motherboard is an MSI B450 Tomahawk that I updated to the latest BIOS. Windows 10 is installed on an M2 NVMe SSD. After I first installed the new CPU, everything was working more or less fine. Someone suggested that I "load optimized defaults" in BIOS. Doing...

I upgraded CPU from 2600 to 5600X. Motherboard is an MSI B450 Tomahawk that I updated to the latest BIOS. Windows 10 is installed on an M2 NVMe SSD. After I first installed the new CPU, everything was working more or less fine. Someone suggested that I "load optimized defaults" in BIOS. Doing...

So everything WAS working fine on the first day I installed the new CPU. Then today I optimized defaults in BIOS and that messed everything up. When I use M-Flash it seems Windows loads for the first time immediately after. I get to the "Preparing Automatic Repair" screen and then make it...

Update: I just downloaded the latest version of the BIOS and used M-Flash for BIOS. Then my PC loaded into Windows. I couldn't believe it. Then after like a minute, the screen went black and it went back to the "Arsenal Gaming" splash screen and got stuck again. What the hell? Edit: Got stuck...

I have an RTX 3060 Ti. This GPU is very new. I only had it a couple of days ago. But it and everything else was working fine before I optimized defaults in the BIOS. I still have my old GPU. But I'm not sure what difference the GPU makes? When it fails to boot, I get to the "Arsenal Gaming"...

Thanks for the reply. The Advanced>Windows OS Configuration allows me to change between BIOS CSM/UEFI Mode. It was already set to UEFI. I have tried changing it to CSM but that hasn't fixed the problem. Edit: I have changed it to UEFI it still does not boot. Here are some additional...

Hello, I recently upgraded from a Ryzen 5 2600 to a 5600X. My motherboard is an MSI B450 Tomahawk. I upgraded the BIOS with my old CPU. After installing the new CPU, everything was working more or less fine. The only problem is that my RAM was running at 2133 MHz. So I tried to enable XMP in...