Boot

Forum discussion tagged with Boot.
  1. R

    Question Why is my pc black screening on windows login screen

    Evening everyone I’ve been having some problems with my PC turning off randomly and now i went to boot it up and it boots fine, shows the Msi logo then proceeds to black screen and show 4 dots , is there a common fault for this ??
  2. donovanmcdab

    Question Can't boot from M.2 after upgrading CPU. Please help

    I've looked up multiple topics on this and tried everything listed in those topics. MSI B450 gaming plus max mobo-latest bios installed and verified it does support 5000 series cpus Upgraded to a Ryzen 7 5700x3d from a Ryzen 5 3600x RTX 3060ti 500gb crucial p2 ssd (has always flawlessly...
  3. Z

    Question Why does my Dell laptop fail to boot several times ?

    It doesn't have a battery. When I plug it in, it automatically starts booting and fails to boot several times (it doesn't show the Dell logo, I just see the keyboard and power button light turning on and off repeatedly). It finally shows a screen that says something like "Date and time not set...
  4. X

    Question GPU won't boot but it will boot on another PC ?

    As the title says, my GPU won't boot if installed on my PC, but it will boot if I install it on my brother's PC. My specs CPU: Ryzen 5 4600g CPU cooler: coolmoon T6 Motherboard: MSI B450m Ram: 16gb ddr 4 3200 SSD/HDD: 500gb ssd and 3 tb HDD GPU: RX 6600 PSU: Corsair CV 650 Chassis: I think its...
  5. XXX MOZZY

    [SOLVED] PC Only Post with certain GPU

    Specs - Ryzen 7 1700 MSI B550-Pro(latest bios) The card that works is my test card that I got from a Dell oltiplex, that uses power from the pcie slot. I have tried Rx 5700 Rx 5700xt Rx 480 8gb x3 RTX 3060 And the only one that gets to post without the vga light on the motherboard is the...
  6. L

    Question My computer will not recognize bootable hard drives. (Sometimes). It does recognize that they are detected. Currently happening.

    Hello, This problem started about a year ago and has only gotten worse over time. Sometimes "something" will happen. Sometimes the computer will not wake up from sleep. Other times a drive will randomly disconnect. If the drive randomly disconnects the computer will run perfectly fine until...
  7. Mastermina

    Question No signal to monitor but GPU is turning on ?

    Greetings buddy This has never happened to me Today I installed a tp-link archer txe75e on my aorus x570 ultra wifi PCIE 1 below the PCIE 16x That caused my GPU (rtx 3090) to not giving anymore signal output to the screen. When I turn on the pc everything lights up, even the GPU, the monitor...
  8. creationsof12

    Question Recent PC Build Won't Boot / POST ?

    Hi everyone, I recently built a new PC with the components listed below but I can't get it to post. Parts: Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 AORUS Pro X version 1.0 CPU: Intel Core i9-14900K RAM (should be compatible) x2 for 96GB total: G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series (Intel XMP 3.0) DDR5 RAM 48GB...
  9. Dalamix

    Question Encountering severe issues with Kingston NV2, getting weird warning in Event Viewer ?

    I've been playing a lot of ARK: Survival Evolved recently and am now encountering issues with the my Kingston NV2 where I have it installed. I find that when playing games like TEKKEN 8 or BeamNG.drive, they load perfectly fine and work flawlessly, but when trying to play ARK, it may take a...
  10. dl987

    Question PC not booting after pressing "Y" on FTPM

    Hey all, So I just built a BRAND NEW build all new parts except for the AIO pump and a SINGLE m.2 The problem is after building it and turning it on, I got the error message "Press Y to reset fTPM, if you have bitlocker or encryption-enabled system, the system will not boot without a recovery...
  11. C

    Question [SOLVED]Trying to improve NVidia performance on Arch led to failure to boot

    Specs: Asus TUF X570 Plus WiFi MOBO AMD Ryzen 7 5800x NVidia GTX1080 (latest drivers) Monitor connected via display port Latest standard kernel I'm in over my head. Bottom line is, I was taking some of the steps listed on the "Improving Performance" and "Gaming" pages on the Arch Wiki, and it...
  12. Beefmallet

    Question PC froze, forced shutdown, now Windows won’t boot on my M.2 NVMe SSD ?

    Pre info: My PC locked up a couple months ago and I forced a shutdown and turned it back on. When I did, I was greeted with a black screen that said “press any key to boot from cd or dvd…” I found it weird and just turned my PC off and on again. Magically the issue went away and it booted...
  13. A

    Question ASUS FX553VE: Black screen during boot

    My laptop is an ASUS FX553VE. It shows a black screen whenever I try to power it on. I can hear a click. Fan turns on but not at full speed. Power indicator LED is on. Airplane mode LED is on. HDD is spinning silently - checked with a stethoscope -, but the HDD LED indicator doesn't turn on...
  14. G

    Question PC stuck on boot, won't POST

    Hi, I ran into an issue with my PC recently and I don't know why, I'll post my specs before further explanation in case that might help: Motherboard: Asus prime z390a CPU: i5 9600K GPU: RTX 4070 PSU: Corsair TX650M RAM: G.Skill FlareX DDR4 2400 PC4-19200 16GB 2x8GB CL15 I built myself this PC...
  15. caranthir22

    Question PC not booting with VGA light on ?

    Hi folks! I have a rather perplexing issue going on with my PC. When i turn the power on, the CPU light turns on, the mouse and keyboard lights turn on too. But the PC does not boot, there is no display, not even the motherboard logo screen. The light on the motherboard with the VGA written...
  16. ljayyy124

    Question GPU blacks out after boot up

    PC black screen after boot video showing debug leds I have a custom pc with RTX 3060 (bought yesterday) MSI MPG B550 (bought early january) 16GB DDR4 OLOY RAM (2 years old came with prebuilt) thermal take 600w(also 2 yrs old) 9 fans all connected to one hub AMD RYZEN7 3600X (bought used mid...
  17. AlexTg9

    Question How to set up a new SSD as a bootable device

    Pictures on Reddit post Help setting up a SSD from BIOS PC: acer predator Helios 300 Context: got a new SSD to replace my previous one which I thought it was broken. I can see my SSD at the first window of BIOS and in advance mode > main (1st and 2nd picture) but I can’t see it as a...
  18. stunnathestunner

    Question Black screen after UEFI file boot ?

    Hey everyone, Im trying to boot a UEFI file through a usb on my PC which was going fine until I stumbled upon a weird problem. Now Ive got everything setup correctly in the USB but for some reason the prompt just turns into a black screen instead of asking me to unplug the USB and then booting...
  19. laplasdvell

    Question PC makes bass noise when booting up

    Does anyone know what could be the reason, strange bass sounds appear during loading? Same thing with headphones. Always in the same sequence. This didn’t happen before, but recently I reinstalled the audio drivers and some of them apparently caused this, but I'm not sure. I installed older...
  20. O

    Question Stuck in a endless reboot cycle… Help?

    So I finally got to build my new system yesterday, Specs -7800x3d -gigabyte b650 aorus elite ax -XFX 310 RX 7900XTX -Corsair Vengeance 32GB DDR5 (2x16) 6000mhz 30cl -Cosair RM1000e -Lian li sl120 uni inf x 8 all was well, system turned on 2/8 fans didn’t turn on but I’m assuming...
  21. Larbii

    Question I have a sporadic no display with my pc?

    R5 5600 Xfx rx 5700xt thic iii ultra 16*2 ram asguard 3200mhz Coolermaster 650w v2 Win 11 lastest update 23h2 Simple monitor everything was alright and then i just turned on the pc and i have no display, tried everything components are good and have replaced the CMOS battery with a new one...
  22. Q

    [SOLVED] Notebook BIOS doesn't see "Boot Devices" ?

    If i boot from a usb drive, the system (linux) can see all hds (ssd+hd) perfectly, but then even if i install a new system from usb, bios doesn't see any boot devices, as well as SSD (which contains all OSs). This started to happen after i've fixed cooler. If the HDs wouldn't be accessible even...
  23. C

    Question New PC stopped posting

    Hi! I built my first PC yesterday with the following specs: - CPU: Ryzen 7 7800X3D - Motherboard: MSI MAG B650 TOMAHAWK WIFI - RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5 2x16GB (CMH32GX5M2B6000Z30K) - SSD: Samsung 990 Pro 2TB - PSU: Corsair RM850e - CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken 240 Everything worked fine when...
  24. foreignsanxd

    Question My M.2 NVMe is not detected either by my bios or by my board

    5 days ago I've tried to use my PC as I normally do(all components were bought 6 months ago except by the disk in question) , but it doesnt boot and just appears the bios settings without boot options and doesnt show the M.2 where I had installed the OS(Windows 10), for more that I try and...
  25. proninyaroslav

    Question PCI-e cards causing restart on boot on ASUS Prime B350-plus

    I have a PC based on an ASUS Prime B350-plus motherboard (latest BIOS 6203) and a Ryzen 5 5600g. After installing any extension card (GPU/Wi-Fi/etc) in the any PCI-e slot, boot process behaves as follows: I turn on the PSU, the system and CPU fans spins, the RGB works, after a moment all the...
  26. kadookie

    Question System freezes on boot ?

    Hi. For a while now, I’ve had issues booting my pc. I’ll start up and sometimes it will pause on the CPU debug, sometimes on DRAM debug. Usually it makes it to the MSI boot screen, but then the screen freezes. Very rarely makes it to desktop. I am at my wit’s end on this because I have tried...
  27. K

    Question Windows SSD stopped working overnight

    The PC would get stuck on the motherboard screen and not boot into Windows. If I wanted to get into the bios it would take 5+ mins to load into the bios screen. The SSD was still showing up in the bios like normal. After hours of trying to get the SSD to load I decided to install Windows on a...
  28. K

    Question Extreme long boot time

    Hello everyone, So I have this issue with booting up my PC. It worked completely fine for over a year until a few days ago. Suddenly when booting up the BIOS outputs the typical Gigabyte screen, but then stays there for like 3 minutes, then it will start windows and the spinning circle appears...
  29. PLATnumb

    Question Quick question about adding a second nvme to my build

    My motherboard I'm using right now is an ASROCK B550M-C. It has a Hyper m.2 gen 4 slot and an m.2 gen 3 slot. I have in the hyper slot a gen 3 WD Blue 500gb nvme. I have received for christmas a gen 4 WD Black SN850x 2tb nvme. My OS and everything else are on the 500gb. I was curious if it...
  30. XXX MOZZY

    Question Frozen boot acreen

    View: https://imgur.com/a/L4HUEln So it stays constantly on this screen, pressing del or f2 doesn't work, it just stays in this screen. I've tried different power supply, different ram, 3 different graphics card, different m.2 Do I try a 1st gen cpu? The weird thing is that this...
  31. N

    Question New build. What to do with the old OS Drive?

    I've got my OS, and some other applications and files such as Adobe on a Samsung 870 EVO SATA SSD. I've got a new build ready to put together but I'm not sure if I should do a fresh install of Windows, clone the drive, or just move the hard drive and continue to use it as my boot drive. I have...
  32. PelleNilsen

    Question USB Boot Drive not showing up in BIOS

    Hello. I built a PC, and is trying to install Windows on it, but the USB Boot Drive simply won't show up in the BIOS. I've tried using both Windows Media tool and Rufus, but it doesn't work. I insert the USB into the new pc, boot it up and enter BIOS, but it doesn't show up as a bootable device...
  33. K

    Question PC often goes black screen after bios update

    Mobo is a MSI z690 ddr4 wifi, after the most recent bios update my pc usually doesn't boot. First of all, the bios update went smoothly, but since then (one week more or less) the pc usually goes black screen when started. What I have observed since then: No error led lights up on the mobo Fans...
  34. zem1233

    Question Computer won’t turn on, but worked fine yesterday.

    I woke up today to get on my computer so that o could finish Lies of P, it worked perfectly fine last night up until around 3:30 am when I got off, when I woke up today, my pc would not boot, I’ve tried disconnecting my cpu power, the 24 pin connector, and a new ac power cable. My monitor that...
  35. Z0FT

    Question Best solution for long boot times on AM5 platform ?

    Specs: cpu: 7800X3D ram: G-Skill Trident Z 6000 AMD Expo (2 x 16gb) Gpu: rtx 4090 SSD: Samsung 990 Pro motherboard: MSI x670e Tomahawk Wifi (Bios 1.4 8/10/23) PSU: EVGA 1000 Supernova OS: Windows 11 So I’ve seen that long boots are somewhat typical for the AM5 platform, and it personally...
  36. X

    Question Windows Partition on a non-windows disk?

    Hi, I have recently reinstalled windows on my disk. And I wanted to create a backup of this disk in case I need it in the future. I am using macrium for this, but upon opening it, I have noticed something weird (see image). It seems as if my HDD (Disk 1 - D) has a Windows EFI Partition, for some...
  37. Coil90

    Question BSOD on first boot of day?

    When I turn my computer on, after about 30 seconds, I get a BSOD, and it reboots. But then its fine for the rest of the day. I have updated all of my drivers, including ethernet drivers. I did recently get a new RX 6600 GPU.
  38. B

    Question BIOS doesn't see NVMe drive anymore, after I pulled it out and then later put it back?

    Scenario: I offered to install a fresh copy of Windows 10 on my friend's M.2 NVMe drive, but I only have 1 M.2 slot on my mobo, so I powered down and pulled my M.2 out. I put his in and used a USB Windows installer that I've had for a long time and used many times. Everything goes smoothly, so I...
  39. edelrit

    Question Motherboard shutting down immediately. I am trying to find out if it is salvageable.

    Hi, my tuf gaming b550 plus won't boot with no signals or whatsoever. This is not a new build. It was working all well before I changed some sata ports of HDD and SSD's. In that process I must have done something without noticing. I have stripped down the case. Motherboard only has CPU with...
  40. K

    Question CPU or mobo failure?

    Hello, today upon first bootup, PC would just cycle trough some sort pre-post phase with fans constantly spinning up and down and it wouldn't post. Went with the standard diagnostics, reseating everything and the PC booted up, everything seemed fine until I got an warning from a game that the...