I am at my wits end, so I want to ask here, if anyone has an idea before I replace my motherboard, since by process of elimination that seems to be the most likely culprit.
Specs are at the end of the post.
Issue:
Sometimes (weeks or even months between the issue) when I turn on the PC the Screen (which is connected by HDMI) and all USB devicses are not starting up with it, means they stay black.
I once had luck by hitting Reset and it came back up, but the other times I always needed to do the following: Unplug power, unplug every device, WAIT (cause just plugging back in and trying again never worked right away) and then after a while I plug everything back in and try again and it might work.
When it works, the PC runs perfectly for hours (and days, cause I had that issue before 3 free days before and decided to not risk it and keep it running).
When I turn it off, the next time is a 50/50 gamble. Could work for days, or not.
The PC itself SEEMS to start up to windows, just in terms of HDD sound and how it sounds generally, but I can't confirm it, since I don't have a screen.
What's old and new in the PC:
I replaced my Tower and PSU recently (The PSU one day decided to kick it, turned the PC on and it did not start at all, so had to replace it and it worked afterwards (aside from the discussed issue)), so they are new.
Issue existed before and after replacing those.
GPU, Secondary HDDs (for storage), USB devices are all from my old PC and work on the old PC, so I doubt that's the issue. SDD with OS was replaced, but the Issue existed before and after that.
I got the MOBO, CPU and RAM at the same time second hand. Any of the other hardware in this PC is NOT from that build. Which leads me to believe the issue lies here somewhere.
I doubt it has to do anything with Windows, since the issue begins before the PC even has to get to windows, since I would see the Bios bootup first.
What I tried:
I replugged everything (power cables inside the PC, different Sata ports for the HDDs, RAM), chose new USB ports for the peripherals and updated UEFI to the latest version.
Specs:
OS: Windows 10 Pro 64bit
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Motherboard: ASRock B450 Pro4 (AM4)
RAM: 16GB (2x8)
GPU: Nvidia Geforce GTX 1060 6GB
Storage: 1 SSD: Samsung SSD870 EVO 500GB, 2 HDD: Toshiba HDWD130, Seagate ST2000DM008
Closing words: I can only assume the Mobo has some issue, so I plan to replace that, but maybe someone here has different knowledge or ideas, cause I would prefer not to do that.
Specs are at the end of the post.
Issue:
Sometimes (weeks or even months between the issue) when I turn on the PC the Screen (which is connected by HDMI) and all USB devicses are not starting up with it, means they stay black.
I once had luck by hitting Reset and it came back up, but the other times I always needed to do the following: Unplug power, unplug every device, WAIT (cause just plugging back in and trying again never worked right away) and then after a while I plug everything back in and try again and it might work.
When it works, the PC runs perfectly for hours (and days, cause I had that issue before 3 free days before and decided to not risk it and keep it running).
When I turn it off, the next time is a 50/50 gamble. Could work for days, or not.
The PC itself SEEMS to start up to windows, just in terms of HDD sound and how it sounds generally, but I can't confirm it, since I don't have a screen.
What's old and new in the PC:
I replaced my Tower and PSU recently (The PSU one day decided to kick it, turned the PC on and it did not start at all, so had to replace it and it worked afterwards (aside from the discussed issue)), so they are new.
Issue existed before and after replacing those.
GPU, Secondary HDDs (for storage), USB devices are all from my old PC and work on the old PC, so I doubt that's the issue. SDD with OS was replaced, but the Issue existed before and after that.
I got the MOBO, CPU and RAM at the same time second hand. Any of the other hardware in this PC is NOT from that build. Which leads me to believe the issue lies here somewhere.
I doubt it has to do anything with Windows, since the issue begins before the PC even has to get to windows, since I would see the Bios bootup first.
What I tried:
I replugged everything (power cables inside the PC, different Sata ports for the HDDs, RAM), chose new USB ports for the peripherals and updated UEFI to the latest version.
Specs:
OS: Windows 10 Pro 64bit
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Motherboard: ASRock B450 Pro4 (AM4)
RAM: 16GB (2x8)
GPU: Nvidia Geforce GTX 1060 6GB
Storage: 1 SSD: Samsung SSD870 EVO 500GB, 2 HDD: Toshiba HDWD130, Seagate ST2000DM008
Closing words: I can only assume the Mobo has some issue, so I plan to replace that, but maybe someone here has different knowledge or ideas, cause I would prefer not to do that.