Hey Everyone,
I wanted to see if I can pick your brains about an issue I've been having and would be grateful for any help or advice. About two weeks ago we had a power outage where the power in our house quickly shut off then came right back on. I happened to be on my PC and when I went to restart it it would attempt to boot up but ultimately freeze or get into this boot cycle where it kept restarting itself. I built this PC a little over a year ago and these are my specs;
Motherboard: MSI MAG X67E TOMAHAWK WIFI
CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 7800X3D
GPU: NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4080 SUPER
RAM: GSKILL 2X16 32MB
PSU: MSI MAG 850V
COOLER: DARK ROCK 4
OS: Windows 11
I've tried a few things like swapping out the PSU which was the first thing I tried but same problem. I bought a new SSD and swapped it out and the same problem. I've gotten into BIOS and a lot of times when I click on something in the BIOS it'll freeze up. I tried taking out my GPU and using the onboard graphics and the same problem. I've tried taking out the CMOS battery and leaving it out and trying again and the same problem. It would boot up but at some point during boot up it would either freeze or restart during bootup.
I eventually narrowed it down to what I thought was a bad motherboard or CPU I brought it to Microcenter because I had a warranty and to my shock the rep mentioned that they were able to boot up the board and CPU with no problem so because they were technically working and not broken I couldn't swap them for new ones. Here's the odd part now, I went home and connected the board to the PSU and only attached my original SSD and one memory stick and it booted up and actually got to the desktop which I left on for about 5-10 minutes. I got a little excited so I added the other memory stick and tried booting up again and again it got to the desktop and I left it for about 5-10 minutes. It was running okay so I powered off and attached the cooler, the audio and usb connectors and when I booted up the same thing started happening with it freezing during bootup and restarting and all that. The odd thing is though that every now and then it'll boot up to the desktop screen but would freeze or restart seconds after. I noticed that once everything was connected that the two fans on the front panel weren't working which I figured most likely wasn't the issue but I figured let me add that info also.
At this point I am so confused as to what the issue would be that I've come here to beg for help. My mind is officially boggled. Thanks for any help anyone could offer.
I wanted to see if I can pick your brains about an issue I've been having and would be grateful for any help or advice. About two weeks ago we had a power outage where the power in our house quickly shut off then came right back on. I happened to be on my PC and when I went to restart it it would attempt to boot up but ultimately freeze or get into this boot cycle where it kept restarting itself. I built this PC a little over a year ago and these are my specs;
Motherboard: MSI MAG X67E TOMAHAWK WIFI
CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 7800X3D
GPU: NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4080 SUPER
RAM: GSKILL 2X16 32MB
PSU: MSI MAG 850V
COOLER: DARK ROCK 4
OS: Windows 11
I've tried a few things like swapping out the PSU which was the first thing I tried but same problem. I bought a new SSD and swapped it out and the same problem. I've gotten into BIOS and a lot of times when I click on something in the BIOS it'll freeze up. I tried taking out my GPU and using the onboard graphics and the same problem. I've tried taking out the CMOS battery and leaving it out and trying again and the same problem. It would boot up but at some point during boot up it would either freeze or restart during bootup.
I eventually narrowed it down to what I thought was a bad motherboard or CPU I brought it to Microcenter because I had a warranty and to my shock the rep mentioned that they were able to boot up the board and CPU with no problem so because they were technically working and not broken I couldn't swap them for new ones. Here's the odd part now, I went home and connected the board to the PSU and only attached my original SSD and one memory stick and it booted up and actually got to the desktop which I left on for about 5-10 minutes. I got a little excited so I added the other memory stick and tried booting up again and again it got to the desktop and I left it for about 5-10 minutes. It was running okay so I powered off and attached the cooler, the audio and usb connectors and when I booted up the same thing started happening with it freezing during bootup and restarting and all that. The odd thing is though that every now and then it'll boot up to the desktop screen but would freeze or restart seconds after. I noticed that once everything was connected that the two fans on the front panel weren't working which I figured most likely wasn't the issue but I figured let me add that info also.
At this point I am so confused as to what the issue would be that I've come here to beg for help. My mind is officially boggled. Thanks for any help anyone could offer.