Blue screen on startup

[Pierre Olivier Vidal]

so I just change my motherboard from Asus P8h77-m/csm with 3570k -> Asus Maximus VII Formula with 4790k, rest of the hardware is the same except for the Asus wi-fi adapter that comes with the motherboard.

What happens : power on -> Republic of Gamer icon with option to go in bios -> windows loading for about 1 seconde -> blue screen for about 1/4 seconde so can't check the error code -> reboot -> option between start normaly or windows repair. ( note that there is no safe boot mode )

What I have tried/checked until now :
- A friend told me blue screen often occurs for hardware reasons, I checked SSD ( windows installed ) and HDD connections, I checked ram well inserted, same with GPU. I figured CPU was plugued correctly since the computer boot.

- I checked the BIOS and the clock speed for my cpu is ok, clock speed for my ram is 1600mhz instead of 2400mhz but that won't stop the computer from booting, I can see both drives and the cd/dvd reader so they must be plugued corectly, I can see the ram so once again must be plugued corectly and I cannot seem to find where to check for my GPU in the BIOS.

- Tried windows repair but it didn't change anything as I expected...

what I consider doing :
- Unpluging the Asus wi-fi adapter as it is the only new hardware, see if there's any change

- Boot from windows dvd and either try repairing windows or reinstalling windows and losing everything on my SSD ( which is no big deal as all my files are on the HDD )

Any suggestions/comment ?

 

[ingtar33]

what's happening is windows has the wrong drivers preloaded. this happens when you change your motherboard and don't reinstall windows.

the main drivers that cause this are your ACHI/RAID drivers, there may be others, but those tend to be the main trigger for this problem. you can fix this by using your windows install media, launch windows repair, when you chose which version of windows to repair, chose the option "load drivers" and load the new ACHI/RAID drivers for that motherboard. then you should be able to reboot into safemode, finish installing drivers for your new motherboard and windows should work normally from that point on.

if you can't get it to work following these instructions you'll probably need to do a new windows install.

 

[blakef223]

Have you tried using the video out on the motherboard instead of on the gpu? The drivers might have to be reinstalled after you have booted into the os- everything else should be okay and with the ram throttling check and see if XMP is on as that may cause issues if it is not where it should be

 

[Pierre Olivier Vidal]

what's happening is windows has the wrong drivers preloaded. this happens when you change your motherboard and don't reinstall windows.

the main drivers that cause this are your ACHI/RAID drivers, there may be others, but those tend to be the main trigger for this problem. you can fix this by using your windows install media, launch windows repair, when you chose which version of windows to repair, chose the option "load drivers" and load the new ACHI/RAID drivers for that motherboard. then you should be able to reboot into safemode, finish installing drivers for your new motherboard and windows should work normally from that point on.

if you can't get it to work following these instructions you'll probably need to do a new windows install.

Will try, thank you.

Have you tried using the video out on the motherboard instead of on the gpu? The drivers might have to be reinstalled after you have booted into the os- everything else should be okay and with the ram throttling check and see if XMP is on as that may cause issues if it is not where it should be

I figured the gpu worked fine since I can see the image on screen, and for the ram I know about XMP but I prefer to get my computer runing before enabling XMP.