Question PC doesn’t boot until restarted

[fnlfntsy1]

Hi all,

I've had my PC built for about a month now and it's working great. However when I turn on my computer, the CPU light turns on, then the DRAM light, and won't continue with the booting process until press the restart button on my case. After I press the restart button, the fans ramp up and it boots into Windows. Is there a way I could circumvent this process and make the computer actually boot on the first press of the power button? I’ve tried clearing the CMOS and removing the battery, as well as using different memory configs and slots. Here’s a video of the issue:

https://imgur.com/a/4PDKprl

View: https://imgur.com/gallery/4PDKprl


Ryzen 9 3950X
MSI Tomahawk B550
Corsair Vengeance Pro 32GB 3200mhz
Samsung 960Pro 512GB NVME
Zotac RTX 3060
Thermaltake Toughpower GFA3 850W Gold

 

[COLGeek]

Is your motherboard BIOS the most recent version available (non-beta)?

 

[Lutfij]

MSI Tomahawk B550
What BIOS version are you currently on for your motherboard?

I’ve tried clearing the CMOS and removing the battery, as well as using different memory configs and slots.
Can you elaborate on the ram part?

 

[fnlfntsy1]

I’m on version E7C91AMS.AH0, i think it’s the most recent version. Should I try downgrading?

https://imgur.com/a/8o3np6i

View: https://imgur.com/gallery/8o3np6i

 

[COLGeek]

Don't downgrade. What CPU cooler are you using?

Are you overclocking anything?

 

[fnlfntsy1]

Don't downgrade. What CPU cooler are you using?

Are you overclocking anything?

I’m using a ID-COOLING SE-214-XT, temps are good. No I’m not overclocking anything, I do have half of my cores disabled though as it seems to make my CPU run more stably

 

[COLGeek]

I’m using a ID-COOLING SE-214-XT, temps are good. No I’m not overclocking anything, I do have half of my cores disabled though as it seems to make my CPU run more stably

Please set everything to stock. We need a stable baseline to work from.

I would not recommend that cooler for your CPU. I, and many other, would consider as inadequate.

 

[fnlfntsy1]

Please set everything to stock. We need a stable baseline to work from.

I would not recommend that cooler for your CPU. I, and many other, would consider as inadequate.

I was using a 360mm AIO in the past but I’m not able to anymore due to the case

I haven’t been able to try using a different CPU, but when I enable all cores in the bios it blue-screens whenever attempting to boot into Windows. Here’s a video:

https://imgur.com/a/7l6PvhK

View: https://imgur.com/gallery/7l6PvhK


I was under the impression that only Windows does a check on the CPU cores before booting and that’s why it delivers a blue-screen, but no matter how many cores are enabled the motherboard always posts.

Once I set it to use only 1 CCD it disables half the cores and the system boots into Windows, do you think there’s any way to fix it without trying a different CPU?

https://imgur.com/a/Dze34Hi

View: https://imgur.com/gallery/Dze34Hi

 

[COLGeek]

Unless something is damaged, you should not have to do that. At any point, have you inspected the CPU socket for bent/missing pins?

 

[fnlfntsy1]

Please set everything to stock. We need a stable baseline to work from.

I would not recommend that cooler for your CPU. I, and many other, would consider as inadequate.

I was using a 360mm AIO in the past but I’m not able to anymore due to the case

I haven’t been able to try using a different CPU, but when I enable all cores in the bios it blue-screens whenever attempting to boot into Windows. Here’s a video:

https://imgur.com/a/7l6PvhK

View: https://imgur.com/gallery/7l6PvhK


I was under the impression that only Windows does a check on the CPU cores before booting and that’s why it delivers a blue-screen, but no matter how many cores are enabled the motherboard always posts.

Once I set it to use only 1 CCD it disables half the cores and the system boots into Windows, do you think there’s any way to fix it without trying a different CPU?

Unless something is damaged, you should not have to do that. At any point, have you inspected the CPU socket for bent/missing pins?

Yeah I checked the pins they all seem straight and none are missing, I think there’s a dead core in the CPU since there aren’t any issues with benchmarks with the 8C16T setup. It’s only when I try enabling the full 16C32T setup when I run into issues

 

[COLGeek]

Since installing this CPU, have you fully reset the BIOS to its default state?

These are the steps (start with system powered down, of course):

1. Remove all powered connections (power cable, video cable, and powered speakers, etc).
2. Remove the motherboard battery.
3. Press the power button to discharge residual power in the system's components.
4. Wait at least a minute (not really necessary, but won't hurt either).
5. Re-install the battery and reconnect the previously removed connections.
6. Power on (system should be in default settings state now).