BSOD After startup

[ahyorkovich]

I booted up my computer like normal this morning. Nothing new. It booted up fine, I logged in, and it sat on the desktop for a few minutes. Then I looked back and it had bsod'd. It went through a few repair reboots, but couldn't solve the issue. I sat on the "Advanced Options" screen for awhile and called some various tech support and repair shops. My school's tech service doesn't service personal computers anymore and the repair shop that they directed me to couldn't really do much over the phone. Not that I expected them to, but it was worth a shot. I powered off my computer by holding the power button for about 5 seconds and then scouted around to make sure everything inside and outside was plugged in properly. I found no problems, but then I noticed the clear CMOS light was on. Anyone know what to do?

Hardware:

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  MSI X99A Gaming 7 mobo
  Intel Core i7 5820K
  MSI GTX 1080 Gaming 8G graphics card
  Deepcool Captain 360 AIO CPU cooler
  Seagate Barracuda 3TB Hard drive
  Samsung 850 PRO 512GB SSD
  G.Skill Ripjaws 4 16GB RAM (4x4)
  Windows 10-64 bit OEM
  Intel - 7260HMWDTX1 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter

And I'm guessing peripherals aren't important.

 

[elbert]

Try unplugging your PC and remove the otherboard battery for 5 minutes. Put it back in and try to boot. This resets your motherboard back to default so its forced to reaquire your parts in bios.

 

[ahyorkovich]

Try unplugging your PC and remove the otherboard battery for 5 minutes. Put it back in and try to boot. This resets your motherboard back to default so its forced to reaquire your parts in bios.

I don't quite understand what you mean about setting my motherboard back to default so it's forced to reaquire my parts in the bios. I built this thing in August, so I haven't had it for that long, but believe it or not, I haven't overclocked it yet, so I haven't changed any bios settings. Also, could you explain what you mean bout "reaquire your parts?"

 

[moulderhere]

If you have done a reset of your bios you need to fix the SATA mode. Either IDE or AHCI.

If you have that set wrong it will cause windows to blue screen.

Chane the SATA mode and see if that lets you back into windows properly.

Try unplugging your PC and remove the otherboard battery for 5 minutes. Put it back in and try to boot. This resets your motherboard back to default so its forced to reaquire your parts in bios.

I don't quite understand what you mean about setting my motherboard back to default so it's forced to reaquire my parts in the bios. I built this thing in August, so I haven't had it for that long, but believe it or not, I haven't overclocked it yet, so I haven't changed any bios settings. Also, could you explain what you mean bout "reaquire your parts?"

 

[elbert]

Try unplugging your PC and remove the otherboard battery for 5 minutes. Put it back in and try to boot. This resets your motherboard back to default so its forced to reaquire your parts in bios.

I don't quite understand what you mean about setting my motherboard back to default so it's forced to reaquire my parts in the bios. I built this thing in August, so I haven't had it for that long, but believe it or not, I haven't overclocked it yet, so I haven't changed any bios settings. Also, could you explain what you mean bout "reaquire your parts?"

Yes it forces your bios to check for your parts again. Go into bios and check if it got all your RAM and drives. If so then start removing parts like testing one RAM stick at a time. Then another until you have test them all. If you fine all but one works correctly then thats your problem. Otherwise if all 4 fail to boot then its another part. Nevery seen 2 none less 4 sticks not working.
Test your HD for smart, generic, and self test. You may need to make a bootable USB to check it. I would suggest a bootable Hiren to test the drive. Its windows xp like so should be easiest. Here is a tool to make the USB.
https://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/

 

[ahyorkovich]

Try unplugging your PC and remove the otherboard battery for 5 minutes. Put it back in and try to boot. This resets your motherboard back to default so its forced to reaquire your parts in bios.

I don't quite understand what you mean about setting my motherboard back to default so it's forced to reaquire my parts in the bios. I built this thing in August, so I haven't had it for that long, but believe it or not, I haven't overclocked it yet, so I haven't changed any bios settings. Also, could you explain what you mean bout "reaquire your parts?"

Yes it forces your bios to check for your parts again. Go into bios and check if it got all your RAM and drives. If so then start removing parts like testing one RAM stick at a time. Then another until you have test them all. If you fine all but one works correctly then thats your problem. Otherwise if all 4 fail to boot then its another part. Nevery seen 2 none less 4 sticks not working.
Test your HD for smart, generic, and self test. You may need to make a bootable USB to check it. I would suggest a bootable Hiren to test the drive. Its windows xp like so should be easiest. Here is a tool to make the USB.
https://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/

I removed the battery several times. I tried testing one stick of RAM, but no matter what I do, I get the BIOS boot screen on startup, and then it shows me the message "Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in elected boot device and press a key_"
So I restarted my computer and entered the boot menu with F11, but it only detected my HD. It doesn't see my SSD, which is my boot drive. I don't know why. It's all plugged in fine. So might my SSD be faulty? How would I check that?

 

[elbert]

You need to select your boot device in bios not in boot menu. Boot menu is for booting USB windows installs or other live USB OS. If you dont see you SSD in bios boot order then check your SATA cables and try again.