In 2016, I purchased an enhanced Asus M32AD with Intel i5, 500GB SSD, 1TB HD, GTX760 card. The PSU is rated 480W (I think that's an upgrade). Recently, I replaced the MoBo & CPU with Asus Prime B450M MoBo and Ryzen 5 2600X. I also installed a 1TB M2 system drive, installed Windows 10 from USB and formatted the original OS drive (which had been temporarily disconnected). Now I have two issues and I do not know if they may be connected.
Booting with the new MoBo is very slow. A cursor blinks for several seconds, then I see the Asus Boot logo, then it goes blank and after a few more seconds the Asus boot logo reappears, after a few more seconds, the Windows logo appears and it starts quickly enough from there on. Could this have something to do with the CPU not having onboard graphics like the old Intel? But occasionally it does not boot from cold, or in the process of restarting. In that case, I hear the usual mechanical noises but no cursor and no boot - Just a blank screen. So far it has always booted OK on the second attempt (fingers crossed). It doesn't beep or give any clue why it does not boot. Does the Asus give any diagnostic clues? (I had Dells before and the LED's were very useful. )
I now have the old SSD OS drive is in SATA 1 and I have a 1TB data-drive in SATA 2. The new M.2 drive is in the M2 slot (SATA 0?). Once I am booted, Windows seems to start and run fine. But in Disk Manager, I see that the M2 OS drive is "Disk 2", the old OS drive is "Disk 0" and the old data-drive is "Disk 1". I have always seen the OS drive as "Disk 0". Does this bear any relation to the intermittent boot failure? How do I fix it? Or is it a completely unrelated issue?
Or is it a sign of imminent PSU failure? It's about the only part I haven't replaced
Any help appreciated
Sean
Booting with the new MoBo is very slow. A cursor blinks for several seconds, then I see the Asus Boot logo, then it goes blank and after a few more seconds the Asus boot logo reappears, after a few more seconds, the Windows logo appears and it starts quickly enough from there on. Could this have something to do with the CPU not having onboard graphics like the old Intel? But occasionally it does not boot from cold, or in the process of restarting. In that case, I hear the usual mechanical noises but no cursor and no boot - Just a blank screen. So far it has always booted OK on the second attempt (fingers crossed). It doesn't beep or give any clue why it does not boot. Does the Asus give any diagnostic clues? (I had Dells before and the LED's were very useful. )
I now have the old SSD OS drive is in SATA 1 and I have a 1TB data-drive in SATA 2. The new M.2 drive is in the M2 slot (SATA 0?). Once I am booted, Windows seems to start and run fine. But in Disk Manager, I see that the M2 OS drive is "Disk 2", the old OS drive is "Disk 0" and the old data-drive is "Disk 1". I have always seen the OS drive as "Disk 0". Does this bear any relation to the intermittent boot failure? How do I fix it? Or is it a completely unrelated issue?
Or is it a sign of imminent PSU failure? It's about the only part I haven't replaced
Any help appreciated
Sean
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