Problem:
After installing Windows 11 using a third-party PE system tool, the system is unstable. The latest NVIDIA graphics driver and Armoury Crate cannot be installed. Drivers provided by Windows Update can be installed, but some require multiple attempts. The system frequently experiences BSODs (e.g., IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL, SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION, KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE, HYPERVISOR_ERROR. ). Applications randomly close by themselves, and Chrome frequently crashes(Status access violation).
When using a bootable USB created by the official Windows installation tool, the system goes black and restarts right after the activation key step—regardless of whether a key is entered or skipped.
Before successfully installing the OS, the SSD does not appear in the boot device list. After installation, “Windows Boot Manager” appears.
Issues that occurred before this:
The previous Windows installation occasionally BSODed during shutdown and rebooted unexpectedly. Windows Updates and the latest NVIDIA drivers consistently failed to install.
Initially, I tried a clean installation of the NVIDIA driver without using the NVIDIA app, but installation still failed. I suspected Windows Update failures were related, so I attempted to update the OS.
The system-recommended repair version failed to download. A reinstall of Windows with files preserved also failed.
While backing up files, I couldn’t detect my Samsung external SSD, so I attempted to reinstall the Samsung SSD drivers. Accidentally, I uninstalled the internal SSD driver, which caused the system to immediately reboot and never boot into Windows again.
Attempts to reinstall Windows kept failing with the same symptoms—SSD not detected and black screen reboot after the activation key step.
Suspecting a faulty SSD, I replaced it with the same model, but the problem persisted.
Steps already attempted:
CPU: Intel Core i9-13900K
Mobo: ASUS ROG STRIX Z790-A GAMING WIFI
RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR5 [16GB x 2] 6000MHz
SSD: Samsung 990 Pro 2TB
GPU: ROG STRIX RTX 4080
PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000G XC
Please help!!😭😭😭
After installing Windows 11 using a third-party PE system tool, the system is unstable. The latest NVIDIA graphics driver and Armoury Crate cannot be installed. Drivers provided by Windows Update can be installed, but some require multiple attempts. The system frequently experiences BSODs (e.g., IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL, SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION, KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE, HYPERVISOR_ERROR. ). Applications randomly close by themselves, and Chrome frequently crashes(Status access violation).
When using a bootable USB created by the official Windows installation tool, the system goes black and restarts right after the activation key step—regardless of whether a key is entered or skipped.
Before successfully installing the OS, the SSD does not appear in the boot device list. After installation, “Windows Boot Manager” appears.
Issues that occurred before this:
The previous Windows installation occasionally BSODed during shutdown and rebooted unexpectedly. Windows Updates and the latest NVIDIA drivers consistently failed to install.
Initially, I tried a clean installation of the NVIDIA driver without using the NVIDIA app, but installation still failed. I suspected Windows Update failures were related, so I attempted to update the OS.
The system-recommended repair version failed to download. A reinstall of Windows with files preserved also failed.
While backing up files, I couldn’t detect my Samsung external SSD, so I attempted to reinstall the Samsung SSD drivers. Accidentally, I uninstalled the internal SSD driver, which caused the system to immediately reboot and never boot into Windows again.
Attempts to reinstall Windows kept failing with the same symptoms—SSD not detected and black screen reboot after the activation key step.
Suspecting a faulty SSD, I replaced it with the same model, but the problem persisted.
Steps already attempted:
- Updated BIOS
- Secure erased the SSD
- Cleared CMOS
- Reset BIOS to default settings
- Swapped components to confirm the GPU, RAM, SSD, and PSU are functioning properly
- CPU and motherboard have not been tested
CPU: Intel Core i9-13900K
Mobo: ASUS ROG STRIX Z790-A GAMING WIFI
RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR5 [16GB x 2] 6000MHz
SSD: Samsung 990 Pro 2TB
GPU: ROG STRIX RTX 4080
PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000G XC
Please help!!😭😭😭