gigabyte long beep then Preparing Auto Repair

[bastien.zara]

I've decided to clean up my computer and add new components.
I took the CPU fan off, cleaned it with a can of air, put some more thermal paste on the CPU, placed everything back.
I then figured that my new SSD didn't have a SATA cable, so I used the DVD player's.
I've added a PCI Express card with 3.0 USB ports.

After that, my computer gave me some sass with a long beep (2 seconds) and Windows boots but shows off a screen where it's trying to make repairs. It reboots on a loop. I have a Gigabyte motherboard.

I've tried all the fixes I could find:
Dismounted the RAM and tried them 1 by 1, tried switching them
I've removed the big watch battery and waited 30 seconds before putting it back
I've fixed 1 loose cable (GPU)
I've tried plugging the DVD player back on and removing the extra USB ports

I'm at wits end. It's super warm outside and the heat just makes it worse. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

-B

 

[prince_xaine]

Does the long beep happen every boot? If not that could just be the computer getting power back. For example, mine starts, turns off and takes a few seconds to regain power after completely losing power. As with the boot loop, you could just be missing some files in system which is causing the reboot. have you tried safe mode?

 

[bastien.zara]

Does the long beep happen every boot? If not that could just be the computer getting power back. For example, mine starts, turns off and takes a few seconds to regain power after completely losing power. As with the boot loop, you could just be missing some files in system which is causing the reboot. have you tried safe mode?

It does happen at every boot. How do I get into safe mode? I tried F11 and it won't work...

 

[jojesa]

So the issue appears to be with the SATA cable and where is connected.
You stated that you got a new SSD, so I assumed that you had another disk.
Why didn't you connect the SSD where the old disk was and use the same SATA cable?
Could you post your system components (motherboard, RAM, etc)?

 

[bastien.zara]

So the issue appears to be with the SATA cable and where is connected.
You stated that you got a new SSD, so I assumed that you had another disk.
Why didn't you connect the SSD where the old disk was and use the same SATA cable?
Could you post your system components (motherboard, RAM, etc)?

I forgot to mention that I tried removing the cables of all but the bootable SSD and it still didn't work. It didn't even show the Windows automatic repair thing.

I didn't try to replace my SSD but to add one. I have a SSD for the boot, and a HDD for data. This SSD was supposed to replace my HDD but once I was done transferring the files over.

My motherboard is a Gigabyte Dual Boot, micro-ATM. I don't have the specifics, I need to search for the box.
RAM is Corsair Vengeance. I think it's 8gb per RAM.
Processor is an i7. Forgot the number.
GPU is a 1070 GTX from Nvidia.
I have 2 screens both plugged in HDMI, one with a Display port to HDMI adapter. Right now only one screen is plugged in in HDMI.

If I could access the Windows device manager I could give you all the details.

 

[bastien.zara]

My motherboard says GA-B75M-HD3

Here is a picture of the setup: https://ibb.co/hgOwnJ

 

[jojesa]

So, you have two SSD disks and the boot disk (old SSD) have not changed.
Have you try placing everything exactly how it was previously, before you started cleaning?
When you installed Windows, do you remember if there were other disks besides the Windows disk connected to the motherboard?

 

[bastien.zara]

So the issue appears to be with the SATA cable and where is connected.
You stated that you got a new SSD, so I assumed that you had another disk.
Why didn't you connect the SSD where the old disk was and use the same SATA cable?
Could you post your system components (motherboard, RAM, etc)?

So, you have two SSD disks and the boot disk (old SSD) have not changed.
Have you try placing everything exactly how it was previously, before you started cleaning?
When you installed Windows, do you remember if there were other disks besides the Windows disk connected to the motherboard?

No I have 2 SSD, 1 for booting the other I just bought it. The other one is a HDD.
Yes. Right now everything is back to normal. The problem persists.

No other disks were connected but the one SSD drive. I've used the HDD for data only.

 

[prince_xaine]

Sounds like you might need to get a repair disk or a reinstall disk. If you have access to another computer you could make a bootable USB drive

 

[bastien.zara]

Sounds like you might need to get a repair disk or a reinstall disk. If you have access to another computer you could make a bootable USB drive

But what if the beeping doesn't stop? That's my main issue. How will reinstalling the OS stop this sound if it's hardware?

 

[prince_xaine]

I know you already tried this, but it appears after searching the web for the BIOS codes, that your error is indeed a memory error. Either one or all of your sticks are bad, or one or all of your slots are bad. You can do more troubleshooting with others as well, I don't know "too" much, I'm still rather new to building computers myself. And sorry for the inconvenient answer before. I didn't realize you sent me the model of your motherboard.

https://ddr4motherboard.com/beepcodes/GIGABYTE-GA-B75M-HD3-REV.-1.0

 

[bastien.zara]

I know you already tried this, but it appears after searching the web for the BIOS codes, that your error is indeed a memory error. Either one or all of your sticks are bad, or one or all of your slots are bad. You can do more troubleshooting with others as well, I don't know "too" much, I'm still rather new to building computers myself. And sorry for the inconvenient answer before. I didn't realize you sent me the model of your motherboard.

https://ddr4motherboard.com/beepcodes/GIGABYTE-GA-B75M-HD3-REV.-1.0

The RAM was working pretty well before this thing. It's also less than a year old.
You might want to know that the BIOS was having some strange colors (yellow noise) but it went away after a few restarts.

I've tried calling a technician but it's Canada Day and yesterday was Sunday. I'm really stuck.

 

[prince_xaine]

Hmm I'm at a loss. Maybe there was an issue with the voltage?