So... I failed a BIOS update due to impatience and my monitors no longer turning on until Windows booted. I was having this issue prior to the update, making it impossible to get into the BIOS. Stupidly, I re-set and then had to go through the headache of RMA'ing the whole board.
Problem is, that I was having issues with the newer BIOS's on my Ryzen 5 1600, so support had given me a tool to downgrade my BIOS/firmware (you are unable to do so without it). I wasn't happy because I remember the BIOS saying that Auto on ECC meant it enabled ECC on the RAM and the later versions did not have this option. Yadda, yadda... after pulling some teeth he gave me a tool to downgrade.
Now, after a few weeks without a computer I set everything up and prepared to boot up my new motherboard... which had an even newer version than I had seen yet. Nothing. Hard reboot it. Let it sit for 10-15 minutes. Nothing. Then AsRock Repair would load forever and then Windows 10 Repair which couldn't do anything. Boot. Nothing. Hard reboot. Nothing. Each time it just sat at the BIOS logo screen.
When I was actually able to get into the BIOS it showed my NVMe, 1xSATA SSD, and 2xHDDs. So, I didn't think that was the issue; however, after disconnecting the SATA drives and re-booting all went well. I asked AsRock if this motherboard had been RMA'd for the SATA ports being hit/miss and their answer was "It was tested on our hardware with a fresh Windows install to be working."
Now this is my first jump into Ryzen from FX and I think anyone that has made this transition knows how big of a difference there is between the two architectures BIOS/terminology.
TL;DR is there anything in the BIOS that could be halting the system from booting to Windows and/or making it what feels like 10-30 minutes to do anything? Or should I buy a new board or RMA this one? All 3 of these SATA drives were working flawlessly prior to getting this replacement motherboard.
Problem is, that I was having issues with the newer BIOS's on my Ryzen 5 1600, so support had given me a tool to downgrade my BIOS/firmware (you are unable to do so without it). I wasn't happy because I remember the BIOS saying that Auto on ECC meant it enabled ECC on the RAM and the later versions did not have this option. Yadda, yadda... after pulling some teeth he gave me a tool to downgrade.
Now, after a few weeks without a computer I set everything up and prepared to boot up my new motherboard... which had an even newer version than I had seen yet. Nothing. Hard reboot it. Let it sit for 10-15 minutes. Nothing. Then AsRock Repair would load forever and then Windows 10 Repair which couldn't do anything. Boot. Nothing. Hard reboot. Nothing. Each time it just sat at the BIOS logo screen.
When I was actually able to get into the BIOS it showed my NVMe, 1xSATA SSD, and 2xHDDs. So, I didn't think that was the issue; however, after disconnecting the SATA drives and re-booting all went well. I asked AsRock if this motherboard had been RMA'd for the SATA ports being hit/miss and their answer was "It was tested on our hardware with a fresh Windows install to be working."
Now this is my first jump into Ryzen from FX and I think anyone that has made this transition knows how big of a difference there is between the two architectures BIOS/terminology.
TL;DR is there anything in the BIOS that could be halting the system from booting to Windows and/or making it what feels like 10-30 minutes to do anything? Or should I buy a new board or RMA this one? All 3 of these SATA drives were working flawlessly prior to getting this replacement motherboard.