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I tried another power supply.....still BSOD trying to even install Windows

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So I got a new motherboard from ASUS and the same issue is happening....you can go into BIOS and do anything, but the minute you try to boot into Windows or the M2 drive it hangs or blue screens. It will hang at Automatic Repair or Diagnosing Issues with the ASUS logo still showing I booted...

Will do!

I opened an RMA with ASUS for the board....it was accepted and its being shipped to them tomorrow. Thanks for the information, but it really appears this is the board. I put another new HDD in it and booted off Windows 11 USB....boots to media, as soon as I click Install now, BSOD.

Could it be the Motherboard? I tried to run the Ultimate Boot CD and when loading any software on it, I would get a kernel panic error.

BSOD when trying System Restore

Passes memtest with no issues. It will not however allow me to boot to any USB repair drives.....ESET, Ultimate Boot CD both load but will freeze about about 5 seconds of being open and I cant do anything. I enabled CSM for the Ultimate Boot CD as well and it still freezes when accessing it...

Thanks, will give those a shot

Have an ASUS Z690-F Gaming WIFI Motherboard with 32 GB RAM, and an NVIDIA GTX 4080 running Windows 11 The machine was randomly blue screening yesterday and now it blue screens IMMEDIATELY after POST. I cant get into Windows at all. When I go into troubleshooter and choose command prompt to...

I am planning on upgrading my PC fully once GPU prices come back down, but that could be a while. In the meantime my current Gigabyte board has started to have issues where if you reboot or shut down and try to boot up the PC, it will start for about 10 seconds then shut off, then start again...

So I have a couple old PCs lying around and looking for some ideas / opinions on what to do with them. Neither is a Powerhouse by any means but thinking they could serve some purpose PC with an A8-3850 Processor, 8 GB RAM, one PCI-E x16 slot available (SFF) OptiPlex 9020 SFF with 8 or 16 GB...

That is more what I am looking for...a device to do it.

Looking for some advice on the best way to set this up Currently my PC is connected via my graphics card to 3 monitors via 2 display and 1 HDMI cable. I want to setup my mac mini as well to use 2 of the monitors (via HDMI or DVI) and switch between the two setups, 3 monitors when the PC is...

Ive tried several and the current one is a 750w EVGA I read others have had same issues with these boards