Question Strange, intermittent boot issue on a recently built PC ?

[sultan_of_succ]

Hello, I'm encountering an odd issue with my new build. About every 3-5 boots (it seems to be completely random) it will power on, post with the usual progress wheel, but then instead of booting windows, it just gives a black screen. The monitor is still receiving a signal, but its just black, the only thing I can do at this point is hold power button down to cut power, and restart. Once I restart, everything boots up like normal, runs perfectly. Every now and again a second restart will be required, so it's a dice roll every boot. I can always get into BIOS and it always insists everything is fine. I've tried different RAM slots and sticks, so it's not the RAM. I've also migrated windows to a different m.2 drive and the issue persists, so it's not the drive.

SPECS:
Motherboard: MSI MAG X670E Tomahawk

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

RAM: GSkill Flare X5 64GB DDR5 (4x16)

COOLER: BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 5

GPU: AMD Radeon 7900XT

SSD: WD Black SN850X 2TB NVME M.2 gen 4 and WD Black SN850X 1TB NVME M.2 gen 4

PSU: Seasonic Focus V3 GX-1000

CASE: Fractal North XL

OS: Windows 11

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

RAM: GSkill Flare X5 64GB DDR5 (4x16)

appears you are using two separate 2x 16GB kits?

tried different RAM slots and sticks

try each kit one at a time in DIMM slots A_2 / B_2.
and make sure you have the packaged kits grouped together, not mixed up.

 

[sultan_of_succ]

appears you are using two separate 2x 16GB kits?

try each kit one at a time in DIMM slots A_2 / B_2.
and make sure you have the packaged kits grouped together, not mixed up.

Tried both seperate kits on their own, and the problem persists. Bios always recognizes them, and when windows boots they function fine, not mixing and matching, each pair is in the matched channel slots.

 

[ubuysa]

Remove and reseat whichever of those two NVMe drives is your boot drive. M.2 drives do sometimes cause niggly issues if they're not perfectly seated.