- Dec 6, 2014
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Hi all - its been a while since registering 
TLDR: My M2 SSD would load and show critical process died, and so I try to install a fresh OS on my normal SATA SSD but it would hang on windows loading circle after doing the initial setting up devices etc
Specs:
Win10 Pro
Ryzen 5 3600
MSI MPG B550 Gaming Carbon
16GB Corsair vengeance RAM
RTX 3080 replaced from 1660
650W PSU, Corsair
Background:
I've brought a rtx 3080 and it worked for the most part - the monitor would pick up the signal and show no display but if I trigger the BIOS somehow the display will come up and will boot as normal and games would run smoothly ( it's been a week now) but whenever booting up I have to repeat the process
So in order to fix this I try doing driver updates, uninstall drivers, and use DDU as a recommendations from since it's a GPU upgrade. But none of those stuff worked. At the end I thought I'll go ahead and flash the bios.
This is where things started to get sketchy.
Initially it would keep booting to BIOS, I change some settings so it can pick up the M2 SSD. But now my windows just gets stuck on the windows logo and the circle would freeze - no BSOD
I now try to access safe mode - no avail. So I use recovery usb and try system restore but it would just crash and fail so I run some commands SFC scannow, DISM but again no avail
In the meantime of doing this I've already plugged in my old GPU (1660) and unplugged all the unnecessary USB cables and SSDs
This is where it gets weird
I've now been trying to install a fresh OS onto a sata SSD, the install goes through and when I restart I get the message during the loading screen that it's setting up devices etc but then it would just hang and the circle isn't moving
I've tried two different USBs , using windows own software. Made sure to disconnect any other storage so it's only the SATA SSD, flashed the bios to the default and still all the same result
But at least when restarting the machine windows will tell there was something wrong and allow me to go into advance boot options but because it's a fresh OS which hasn't completed it doesn't allow me to boot into safe mode.. grrrr another dead end
PS. loading from my M2 SSD will now only give one message and that's BSOD Critical process died with endless restart and same error - so now am thinking it could be hardware
I've swapped the PSU with 750w, completed a memtest, and swapped the RAM as good measure - no difference
I thought maybe it's the motherboard because the GPU was maybe too heavy and did something to the PCIE - so I replaced the motherboard and guess what ? EXACT SAME ISSUE. BSOD on my M2 SSD and the fresh install on SATA SSD can't even complete the set up
I've built dozens of computers both for me and others but am now contemplating how on earth could I be a pc enthusiast
Please help 🙏😓
TLDR: My M2 SSD would load and show critical process died, and so I try to install a fresh OS on my normal SATA SSD but it would hang on windows loading circle after doing the initial setting up devices etc
Specs:
Win10 Pro
Ryzen 5 3600
MSI MPG B550 Gaming Carbon
16GB Corsair vengeance RAM
RTX 3080 replaced from 1660
650W PSU, Corsair
Background:
I've brought a rtx 3080 and it worked for the most part - the monitor would pick up the signal and show no display but if I trigger the BIOS somehow the display will come up and will boot as normal and games would run smoothly ( it's been a week now) but whenever booting up I have to repeat the process
So in order to fix this I try doing driver updates, uninstall drivers, and use DDU as a recommendations from since it's a GPU upgrade. But none of those stuff worked. At the end I thought I'll go ahead and flash the bios.
This is where things started to get sketchy.
Initially it would keep booting to BIOS, I change some settings so it can pick up the M2 SSD. But now my windows just gets stuck on the windows logo and the circle would freeze - no BSOD
I now try to access safe mode - no avail. So I use recovery usb and try system restore but it would just crash and fail so I run some commands SFC scannow, DISM but again no avail
In the meantime of doing this I've already plugged in my old GPU (1660) and unplugged all the unnecessary USB cables and SSDs
This is where it gets weird
I've now been trying to install a fresh OS onto a sata SSD, the install goes through and when I restart I get the message during the loading screen that it's setting up devices etc but then it would just hang and the circle isn't moving
I've tried two different USBs , using windows own software. Made sure to disconnect any other storage so it's only the SATA SSD, flashed the bios to the default and still all the same result
But at least when restarting the machine windows will tell there was something wrong and allow me to go into advance boot options but because it's a fresh OS which hasn't completed it doesn't allow me to boot into safe mode.. grrrr another dead end
PS. loading from my M2 SSD will now only give one message and that's BSOD Critical process died with endless restart and same error - so now am thinking it could be hardware
I've swapped the PSU with 750w, completed a memtest, and swapped the RAM as good measure - no difference
I thought maybe it's the motherboard because the GPU was maybe too heavy and did something to the PCIE - so I replaced the motherboard and guess what ? EXACT SAME ISSUE. BSOD on my M2 SSD and the fresh install on SATA SSD can't even complete the set up
I've built dozens of computers both for me and others but am now contemplating how on earth could I be a pc enthusiast
Please help 🙏😓
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