boot issues

Forum discussion tagged with boot issues.
  1. Lewism33

    Question PC Boot issues - Post Codes 15 & 46

    Hi all, CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X Cooler: Arctic Liquid Freezer III RGB 360mm RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5 6000MHz 2x32GB Mbd: GIGABYTE X870 Aorus Elite Wifi7 ICE GPU: MSI GeForce RTX 3060 - 12G Gaming PSU: Corsair CS650M SSD: 990 PRO 1TB M.2 & 980 PRO 500GB M.2 1x NZXT 120mm Rear Fan, 2x 140mm...
  2. F

    Question CPU debug light turns on with 2 RAM sticks installed ?

    So, I just finished building my PC, but as the title says, I get the debug light on when two ram sticks are installed. What is odd is that initially, when I first started up the finished build, it all worked dandy, but after changing XMP profile, rebooting, and getting into bios again, the pc...
  3. willyburns

    [SOLVED] New build boots to Windows Recovery Environment every time ?

    Windows 11 fully updated and installed on a clean, formatted Samsung 970 M.2 NVMe. On cold boot it will always boot into the Windows Recovery Environment, and then when I've rebooted into the UEFI and restarted that way it boots fine. Continues to stay solid no matter the task after this . . ...
  4. M

    Question B550-A-Pro Boot issue (White CPU debug LED)

    Having recently upgraded my PC, which I am generally happy with I have suddenly encountered some issues that I am going to outline - any input is appreciated: Specs: MSI B550-A-Pro, Ryzen 7 5800x3D, AMD 6750XT 12GB, Kingston 64GB DDR4 3600Mhz 1Tb WD Black Gen4 M.2 500GB WD Blue Gen3 M.2 Other...
  5. N

    Question Much slower boot time after power outage.

    Hi there, recently while I was on my PC I experienced a power outage that caused my PC to shut off and turn back on again a few times. When I booted the computer after power was restored I couldn't get past a black screen with a "-" in the top left corner. After restarting it again It brought...
  6. P

    Question ASUS PRIME Z390-A Boot Issues.

    I have an old new build that is plaguing me with boot issues! ASUS PRIME Z390-A Intel I7-9700k 3.60GHz G-SKILL 16G DDR4 2133MHz X4 ASUS ROG STRIX GeForce RTX 2060 Overclocked 6G WD 1TB Green M.2 2280 Cooler Master Master Box Pro 5 Cooler Master MWE 650 Gold Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240R I...
  7. Dillonr93

    Question Major stability issues with high end build ?

    Hello all. I have a high end pc that I've had for just about a year now. Ever since it was first built, it has had issues with booting, issues with freeze framing/stuttering and issues with games crashing. I'll list my specs here and then afterwards go into a more detailed breakdown of the...
  8. N

    Question saving my windows environment

    My boot drive is reporting it has raw file system (instead of NTSF in Win 10 Disk Management) and will not boot. I have a spare boot drive so the machine is up but it does not have all of my most current environment. I can see all the files on the bad drive with several disk management...
  9. C

    Question Macbook Hang and Crashe on boot help

    Hello, Every time I launch my MacBook air, it shows the apple icon and a loading bar. This loads to about a third of the way then crashes every time. I've tried all sorts (safe boot, disk utility, reset SMC) the only thing which will stop it is if I go into options/disk utility menu on boot...
  10. C

    Question M.2 NVMe SSD is no longer detected ?

    My friends ssd is no longer being found as a boot device or at all in the bios. I've swapped the ports and still nothing. I've updated bios and still nothing. The ssd is a team group one and it's only been used for about 2 months. But it was working perfectly fine. She left for a few days and...
  11. C

    Question This may be a weird question but can a faulty front panel power switch cause a boot loop?

    As the title says, Ive been having an issue where my pc would randomly turn on and off by itself even if it was previously shut down. It won't even POST just ON for 2-3 sec, off for 2-3 SEC and repeat. After some testing I thought why not try and remove the power switch and just short it with a...
  12. S

    Question PC having either VGA or Memory booting issues. I'm out of ideas. Long detailed explanation of my problem

    Here's my RIG: Intel Core i9 9900k Nvidia 2080 Super FE 32gb Trident Z RGB RAM CL16 16-16-16-32 Asus ROG Z390 Maximus XI Formula 2 1tb Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 SSD Corsair RM850 Gold certified I have had this rig built since September 2019 with absolutely no issues at all until about a...
  13. kgod

    Question gpu doesnt get detected when booting computer

    gpu not detecting on my mobo even though it was working fine before??? computer crashed (no blue screen) wouldnt turn on, finally got it to turn on, half an hour later it wont shut off. i come back and it now cant detect the gpu. i shut it off so many times and i sent back the gpu but apparently...
  14. M

    [SOLVED] Asus Z97-Pro - A2 POST code & no display - failed board?

    Hi all, My PC's been running fine for years until today, when it decided to misbehave - when I switched it on, there was no display output and the monitor went into sleep mode. I took the side of the case off, and the POST code LED on the board was indicating code A2 (IDE Detect). It hasn't...
  15. L

    [SOLVED] RTX 3080 Ti having intermittent issues

    Specs: OS Windows 10 Pro CPU I7-10700K @ 3.8GHz Motherboard ROG STRIX Z490-F Gaming GPU Gigabyte RTX3080 Ti (GV-N308TVISION) PSU be quiet! Dark Power Pro 11 850W, BN653 RAM 32Gb(2 sticks) of G-Skill F4-3600C16-16GVKC NIC TG-3468 Monitors 2x Viotek GN24C Storage SanDisk SDSSDH3...
  16. cv_02kr

    Question Booting to BIOS after new cooler install

    To briefly explain, I was not the one who originally changed the cooler. All fans and the water cooler header (corsair H60) were plugged into the correct spots. It's a 3pin on a 4 pin header on the mobo for the cooler, all other fans are 4 pin. The only thing aside from that that's changed is a...
  17. Y

    Question Various windows issues upon starting as well as apparent corruption [Please help]

    I woke up today after using my pc successfully the other night and found mysf stuck in a boot repair loop, I tried various of things on the internet such as trying to go into safe mode (it wouldn't even let me do that) and a lot of cmd stuff which didn't work (friend said it's because I don't...
  18. PC_Newbie678

    Question Boot Issues (Windows 11)

    I have random boot issues that are automatically resolved during the boot process. I haven't had any recent power outages or surges. This always happens at random. I shut my PC down, and then out of nowhere, it gives me a boot error that repairs itself. Any fixes for this issue? Any help is...
  19. O

    [SOLVED] M2 NVMe SSD corrupted by SATA driver?

    Hey guys, I built a new PC and did a clean Windows 10 install. It was going well, until I reached the part about installing drivers. Now, I installed a few from the MOBO manufacture site (an x570 Gigabyte in this case) at once, then did a restart for them to install fully. At first, it was...
  20. Baiz

    Question Why wont my pc boot

    I recently got new parts Am320 pro max GTX 1060 SC 6GB Ryzen 5 1600 AF 8GB Crucial Balistix 16gb 3200mhz ram 600W PSU And I first got the parts and the cpu pins came bent me stupidly not realising put the cpu in the motherboard and built the pc as if it never happened since i didnt realise at...
  21. codemilly

    [SOLVED] PC sometimes failing to boot up & SSD boot drive is scanning and repairing every boot up

    I'm confused. I think both of my drives are failing and my boot drive (SSD) is still 98% health but the HDD is 30% health (the PC is 7 years old now I think). My issue right now is that my PC sometimes fails to boot up (the GPU was running but the rest won't.) so I had to powercycle for like...
  22. charliep123

    [SOLVED] Strange phenomenon when trying to boot (please help)

    I recently put a pc together. At first it wasn’t booting properly but I connected it to a video output and took some other steps which aren’t important. The important thing is that it booted. I assumed that what I had wrong was a front panel cable which was slightly out, but when I went to boot...
  23. R

    Question PC crashing, Windows constant BSOD loop, wont boot in safe more or complete a system reset. Help

    Like the title says, 3 year old build that was working fine this morning. Turned it on to download a game and left it for a few hours, came back and display port wasnt detecting the PC. Reset the PC and now its in a constant BSOD loop. Cant try normal fixes as It wont run in safe mode. And will...
  24. mikee_

    [SOLVED] System POSTS and display works, but keyboard and mouse don't ?

    So today I updated my gigabyte b450m ds3h from bios ver. F50 to F60c so I could upgrade my cpu to a 3rd gen cpu, and after it wasn’t seeing a boot drive, and I got into the bios and put my boot drive as first priority, then restarted, then it boots with the reboot and select proper reboot device...
  25. C

    [SOLVED] PC has seems to have "fried" two GPUs now. Why?

    So I bought an EVGA SC2 1080 Ti about 2 years ago. I started to notice problems with the graphics card at the beginning of 2020. These problems include my display randomly freezing for a few seconds and not being able to play games on high graphics settings. The problems got to a point where I...
  26. D

    [SOLVED] Flashing screen after logging in and ram issues

    Not sure if right thread if its a mobo ,ram or a display issue. So my friend is currently having issues with his system atm. Hes been having ram issues with it not running at the xmp/docp rating where it caused his system to not boot half the time. However as of recent he has upped the voltage...
  27. R

    Question What causes VGA errors?

    Hi, I've been having some trouble with my computer giving out a VGA error light whenever I try to boot. I've tried switching out my GPU, motherboard, and have performed troubleshooting to the farthest extent that I possibly can. I've tried looking online for a knowledgable source or database...
  28. xrique007

    Question M5A97 R2.0 not booting

    I have m5a97 r2.0 whenever I turn it on it runs for few secs and the turns off. Is it dead?
  29. C

    Question Blue screen on startup or OS installation

    Hello all and thanks for reading my thread! Sorry, it's a long one! Recently, while I was using photoshop on my windows 10 pc I was suddenly faced with a blue screen causing my computer to restart. Everything had been running very smoothly up until this point, no odd behaviour. After...
  30. 6henny

    [SOLVED] HELP! Installed new CPU and PC will not boot with 8-pin CPU power cable

    I was having overheating issues after 3 years of solid running with no problems. I boiled it down to a failed h100i cooler pump. (which started making whining noises) I swapped my i5-6600k for an i5-9400 just to use the stock cooler for now, and bought a GTX 1660S to replace my RX480 all for...
  31. Y

    Question Ryzen 3600 / x370 bootloop. Nothing works!

    Hi I recently upgraded my cpu from a 1700x to a 3600 and at the same time replaced the cooler with an aio water cooler. The system powers on but either freezes at the bios screen where you hit f2/DEL to enter bios or just endlessly sticks at the screen directly after the bios entry screen...
  32. V

    [SOLVED] System crashes and overheating after upgrading components

    I originally built my system in 2016 with an i5 6600k, Asus Z170-A board and Asus ROG Strix GTX 1080. Decided to upgrade the CPU and GPU recently (see specs below) to get better performance but I've been having many issues since the rebuild. CPU, motherboard and GPU were upgraded, no other...
  33. Bulger

    [SOLVED] PC Won't boot with certain GPU installed

    So recently I put together a new system and it was working fine for about two days until I was in the middle of playing a game and all of a sudden my screen goes grey and the whole system crashes. I then power down my PC and when i go to turn it back on it wont boot, I cant even get to the...
  34. L

    [SOLVED] PC turns on after turning psu on (black screen)

    So earlier today, I wanted to update the software with MSI live update 6 and it also included a bios update. I ran the live update and the screen went black and nothing else worked other than fans (i couldnt see if the mobo was also working, i just heard fans spinning). So i opened it up and...
  35. TheSaddestGamer

    Question PC boots but won’t display to screen (No signal)

    Hi, I recently purchased a new set of components for my new build about 6 months ago and everything’s has been fineness until recently I tried going on my PC and it come so on but I get no display on my monitor. For Info my build is AMD Ryzen 5600x CPU Gigabyte RTX 2060 mini-itx GPU Gigabyte...
  36. R

    [SOLVED] ASROCK b450m Kernel security check failure.. please help me

    New pc build has been working great for little over 2 months. The pc went to sleep yesterday afternoon for like 4 hours, tried to wake it back up and nothing but black screen, 34” LG monitor not responding. I forced restart and the BSOD showed up “Kernal Security Check Failure”. I couldn’t...
  37. M

    [SOLVED] PC boots slower than paint dries with equally disappointing results

    I recently transported my PC in a car to a new city. I run Win10 on a 7200 rpm hard drive, the boot process usually only takes a couple minutes. This is not the first time I've moved it, but this time around, this happens: I turn it on. I get a black screen - there is signal, but nothing is on...
  38. C

    Question PC booted one time after new PSU, after a hard reboot it will not boot anymore

    Here are my specs: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/gqZtV6 And the old PSU: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/FQ648d/corsair-power-supply-cp9020101na I suspect the video card is unstable - the reason I bought the new PSU is actually because the PC crashes when I run FurMark, and someone suggested...
  39. Mooshy

    [SOLVED] Windows 10 Won't Boot

    Hey everyone, I have a problem. My PC refuses to boot. It will get to the splash screen and then freeze, upon rebooting I get a bsod and a "critical process has died" error. It then boots to repair functions but none have worked. It won't restore, or reset, or auto repair, all end in "no changes...
  40. K

    how do i keep form losing passwords?

    CCleaner keeps deleting my passwords and i don't have the saved passwords checked under windows. This started after i installed CCleaner. How do i stop losing my passwords?