Windows only working when it wants, it freezes or just black screens when I try to boot into Windows. just built worked yeste

[Gyrosim]

I built this PC for my mom yesterday
Ryzen 3 1300x
8gb ddr4 patriot viper 2133
Asrock a320m-hdv bios p4.70
550 watt evga psu
Gtx 770 - referbed
Wd blue 1tb hdd
Wd blue 256 gb m.2 Ssd - Windows drive
Yesterday, I turned it on and installed Windows effortlessly, no problems. Got my mobo and gpu drivers installed, and had only steam and premier pro on it. When I fired up one game, it lasted about 3 mins then froze. I left, but my brother said it repeated this every time he tried.
This morning, I went to investigate, made sure I had all my drivers and so on, but when I restarted, it first didn't even post, then it did, but Windows loaded for 5 sec, then froze and black. Then I made it to the unlock screen and crashed and froze in that screen. It boots into safe mode, and It's booted successfully into Windows, maybe three times at random times throughout the day, then Crashed shortly after. What I have tried:
Reinstalling Windows on reformatted drives. I've tried on the ssd and the hdd
Updating drivers
Clearing the temps
Unplugging usbs, eathernet, but no integrated GPU, so havnt been able to take out the 770.
(I do have two other pcs, one with a 980ti, 120 gig Ssd and one with a750ti and 64gb Ssd)
I altered one setting in the system files from 3 to 4 based on a forum post
I am pretty sure my ram is fine, it was and still seems to be working
I changed my dedicated system memory
I have drained the power twice.
Checked boot devices
One thing that struck me is when I checked my ssd in safe mode Windows drive checker, it came up as having a problem. This is weird since it was working last night for a good period just fine. But like I said I tried installing Windows on the hard drive, after the first restart, it gave me an error about installing and went on a restarting loop.
I should note that it seems to not post correctly a lot, like it's not fully restarting. So restarts don't seem to really restart the computer, I have to do it manually.
I am not sure what this could be? Mobo? Drives? I can say that it can't be Windows, right?
Thanks, I appreciate you guys doing all this for free, that's awesome.
Any advice is greatly appreciated.

 

[terry4536]

First off, I would clear the CMOS. That should help with the boot up problems. Then go into the BIOS and set your boot order so that the system drive loads first. Then set the XMP (AMD version) to the 2133 memory profile, and save the settings on exit.

Next install the motherboard drivers. Download and install the graphics drivers from geforce.com. After you unzip the Nvidia driver file, select the custom install with the clean installation.

 

[terry4536]

You may need to do a fresh install of the operating system after the motherboard and graphics drivers are updated. An update of the BIOS may also be required to fix the freezes.

Drivers, dll, and IRQ's can get overwritten or corrupted. That is the main cause of system freezes.

 

[Gyrosim]

First off, I would clear the CMOS. That should help with the boot up problems. Then go into the BIOS and set your boot order so that the system drive loads first. Then set the XMP (AMD version) to the 2133 memory profile, and save the settings on exit.

Next install the motherboard drivers. Download and install the graphics drivers from geforce.com. After you unzip the Nvidia driver file, select the custom install with the clean installation.

Alright, so I did that, got into Windows all good, thought I was good to go, then tried a game, and boom crashed, now it's back to where it was, kinda wish I hadn't tried the game, lol.

 

[terry4536]

Since the components are new, you also have the option of returning the component as defective. Keep an eye on the time period for returns. If you can't get it to work, I would return the motherboard first, and then reevaluate.

 

[Gyrosim]

You may need to do a fresh install of the operating system after the motherboard and graphics drivers are updated. An update of the BIOS may also be required to fix the freezes.

Drivers, dll, and IRQ's can get overwritten or corrupted. That is the main cause of system freezes.

I missed this yesterday, and before I return my motherboard, I definitely want to try these, as long as they don't void my return policy. But I haven't diven this deeply into this stuff before, so I'm wondering: for the driver problem, can I install the drivers on my hard drive, then clean install Windows on my Ssd? the drivers tend to install on you c drive without asking you. Also, what are dll and IRQ's

 

[USAFRet]

I missed this yesterday, and before I return my motherboard, I definitely want to try these, as long as they don't void my return policy. But I haven't diven this deeply into this stuff before, so I'm wondering: for the driver problem, can I install the drivers on my hard drive, then clean install Windows on my Ssd? the drivers tend to install on you c drive without asking you. Also, what are dll and IRQ's

No you cannot install drivers on a different drive, then install the OS on some other drive.

The hardware drivers get install after the OS, and on the OS drive. In effect, they become part of the OS.

 

[Gyrosim]

I missed this yesterday, and before I return my motherboard, I definitely want to try these, as long as they don't void my return policy. But I haven't diven this deeply into this stuff before, so I'm wondering: for the driver problem, can I install the drivers on my hard drive, then clean install Windows on my Ssd? the drivers tend to install on you c drive without asking you. Also, what are dll and IRQ's

No you cannot install drivers on a different drive, then install the OS on some other drive.
Ok, yeah I've done that already. So just the bios then?
The hardware drivers get install after the OS, and on the OS drive. In effect, they become part of the OS.

 

[USAFRet]

Ok, yeah I've done that already. So just the bios then?

Not sure what you mean here.

 

[Gyrosim]

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Not sure what you mean here.[/quotemsg]

I already installed my drivers on a clean os

 

[USAFRet]

I already installed my drivers on a clean os

OK...and the system is still not posting correctly, or freezing after a couple of minutes?

 

[Gyrosim]

Yeah, it freezes either in the loading screen after the mobo logos do goes black, or at the Windows log In screen and doesn't go black.

 

[USAFRet]

Yeah, it freezes either in the loading screen after the mobo logos do goes black, or at the Windows log In screen and doesn't go black.

What other troubleshooting have you done?
Tested the RAM, perhaps?

Memtest86, on each stick individually, in each RAM slot.

 

[Gyrosim]

I have made it into Windows several times and the ram seemed to be working fine, my original post shows all the things I've tried as well as the several other posts from last night

 

[USAFRet]

I have made it into Windows several times and the ram seemed to be working fine, my original post shows all the things I've tried as well as the several other posts from last night

"seemed to be working fine" is not "tested and working fine".

It may well be something else. But until you actually test....you don't know.

The system does not work.
Something is wrong.
Find it and fix it.

 

[Gyrosim]

I will, I just can't right now, that's all, I would have but I'm not with my PC at the moment

 

[Obakasama]

https://www.asrock.com/MB/AMD/A320M-HDV/index.asp#Memory

I don't see Patriot Viper being on there, and Ryzen is known to be somewhat picky with RAM. At least RAM compatibility issues should be ruled out as a possible cause.

 

[Gyrosim]

Ok, I bought new compatible ram worked great for and hour, left it a while, then in premiere it froze. It gets worse and worse. I got back into windows a couple times, but now I can't, I'm back where I started. I'm dying. I checked the errors though. Here's the warning right before Log Name: Application
Source: Dwminit
Date: 6/7/2018 8:18:22 PM
Event ID: 0
Task Category: None
Level: Warning
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: DESKTOP-RSLR4B5
Description:
The Desktop Window Manager process has exited. (Process exit code: 0x000000ff, Restart count: 6, Primary display device ID: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770)
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Dwminit" />
<EventID Qualifiers="32770">0</EventID>
<Level>3</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2018-06-08T00:18:22.362929200Z" />
<EventRecordID>1056</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>DESKTOP-RSLR4B5</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>0x000000ff</Data>
<Data>6</Data>
<Data>NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

and here's the error

Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 6/7/2018 8:18:22 PM
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: DESKTOP-RSLR4B5
Description:
Faulting application name: dwm.exe, version: 10.0.17134.1, time stamp: 0xf5178e97
Faulting module name: dwmcore.dll, version: 10.0.17134.48, time stamp: 0xa33e2376
Exception code: 0xc00001ad
Fault offset: 0x00000000001ce062
Faulting process id: 0x1e74
Faulting application start time: 0x01d3febe35cb88cc
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\system32\dwm.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\system32\dwmcore.dll
Report Id: cc179cb2-64a4-4094-8f9d-a9ed851b8406
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Application Error" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>100</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2018-06-08T00:18:22.425432500Z" />
<EventRecordID>1058</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>DESKTOP-RSLR4B5</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>dwm.exe</Data>
<Data>10.0.17134.1</Data>
<Data>f5178e97</Data>
<Data>dwmcore.dll</Data>
<Data>10.0.17134.48</Data>
<Data>a33e2376</Data>
<Data>c00001ad</Data>
<Data>00000000001ce062</Data>
<Data>1e74</Data>
<Data>01d3febe35cb88cc</Data>
<Data>C:\Windows\system32\dwm.exe</Data>
<Data>C:\Windows\system32\dwmcore.dll</Data>
<Data>cc179cb2-64a4-4094-8f9d-a9ed851b8406</Data>
<Data>
</Data>
<Data>
</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

The crashes I assume have to do with the graphics card. Dwm has something to do with that.
Thanks for all the help guys I appreciate it