[SOLVED] Hardware problem - not disk or memory. Advice needed.

[peter.a.everett]

This is a TL;DR version of an earlier post in the hope of getting a bit more help.

When I woke up my Win 10 PC it immediately said diagnosing windows then trying to repair windows then failed to repair. Restating did not help.

Fitted a new 500GB SSD and did a clean install of windows from a USB. The install appeared to go smoothly and went through at least one restart but then went into the diagnose - repair - fail repair routine.

I then used Memtest86+ v5.01 and MemTest86 v4.3.7 to check the memory but no problems were found there after 7hrs testing. Checked voltages in the BIOS and all appear ok.

Tried another install of Win 10 - same diagnosing - trying to repair - repair failed routine.

The PC was built by Chillblast in the UK and is about 30 months old. The spec is i5-6400, Asus B150M-A motherboard, 8GB DDR4 (2x4GB sticks) and GeForce GT 730 and the new SDD is a Samsung 860 EVO.

I’ve about reached the limit of my knowledge and would really appreciate any suggestions as where I should go now. Should I just give up and get a new PC?

Thanks in advance, Peter.

 

[menlui]

Try a minimalist approach, first off flash the MOBO with the latest bios, then just run the windows install on 1 stick of ram, the SSD and no GPU, just use onboard graphics, see if it gets further. if it doesn't try the other Ram stick and then a different storage device if you have one.

 

[peter.a.everett]

Try a minimalist approach, first off flash the MOBO with the latest bios, then just run the windows install on 1 stick of ram, the SSD and no GPU, just use onboard graphics, see if it gets further. if it doesn't try the other Ram stick and then a different storage device if you have one.

Thanks very much. That's a great approach that I really should have thought of. It may take some time but I will give it a go and post the outcome back here. Thanks again, Peter.

First thing I did was to remove the GPU and run off the on-board video. That's it done! One reboot (from the SSD) later and the windows install started from where it left off and all now back to normal. I'll get a new video card in due course. Many thanks for pointing me in the right direction. So grateful. Peter