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Noodleface
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So trying to fix my buddies computer, and it just boot loops as soon as the windows Logo (win 10) pops up. He said he was trying to overclock his RAM, and then fucked it up. Then he re-installed windows, but it crashed out in the middle of install. So now there is a corrupted Windows install maybe?
We've reset the BIOS to defaults. No dice. Unplugged hard drives and tried just botting off a Win 10 install USB, and it still even does it then. Wtf?
He says it would hard shut/reboot after logging into Windows, then it'd start doing it as soon as he started typing his Windows login information, and now it does it as soon as you get to the Windows logo with the spinning dots.
Anything else I could try?
We've reset the BIOS to defaults. No dice. Unplugged hard drives and tried just botting off a Win 10 install USB, and it still even does it then. Wtf?
He says it would hard shut/reboot after logging into Windows, then it'd start doing it as soon as he started typing his Windows login information, and now it does it as soon as you get to the Windows logo with the spinning dots.
Anything else I could try?
Denamian
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Try just 1 stick of RAM at a time. If you have any known good, compatible RAM, try that as well.
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Tried swapping RAM slots, and also going with just 1 stick. No dice. I'll see about different RAM. I've got some extra sticks, but not sure if compatible.
We can't seem to get the onboard video to work, but was trying to take as much out of the system as possible and still boot up. Taking hard drives out didn't fix it, because as soon as it hits the same spot that it's trying to load off the USB into Windows repairs it shuts down and restarts again.
Will bring into work a power supply tomorrow from home, and swap that in to see if it makes a difference.
Denamian
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Yeah, definitely strip it down to bare bones. Might want to double check the UEFI settings for onboard video.
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Well, there you go. And yep, that's his build.
Thanks for the tips. I'm gonna look up to see if the board supports DDR3 RAM, as that's the only spare RAM I have. Will swap that and power supply tomorrow to see if it makes any difference.
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Noodleface
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He did build it. Swapped the PSU today, and still does it. So it's not the power supply.
What would the thermal paste have to do with it and cause it to reboot at the exact same time every time? It won't even reboot off a USB stick without hard drives connected.
Noodleface
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My guess was overheating, you'll gets voltage spikes just loading the os
Other question - did he put the mobo in correct with the standoffs? Shorting the board will cause reboots
To me it sounds like faulty ram though. I still say try to run memtest off a usb
Other question - did he put the mobo in correct with the standoffs? Shorting the board will cause reboots
To me it sounds like faulty ram though. I still say try to run memtest off a usb
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Just finished this, and same problem. The grey box and progress bar fills up with "Starting Windows" The spinning colored Windows dots start to swirl, and BAM, reboot.
I'm tossing memtest86 on this flash drive and will run that. There is a memory test diagnostic tool that we were able to run and it passed. Not sure if different results would come from memtest86.
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Noodleface
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Memtest is the standard for stress testing memory, it'll find the problem if it's there. If memtest passes you can rule out memory
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So for the first time in probably over a decade I've somehow managed to get my laptop infected with a bunch of computer aids, though I'm not sure how, and it seems real odd. The built in Windows Virus Defender has found a bunch of dodgy shit on my laptop, including but not limited to, Notepad++ uninstaller, Foxit Reader, a bunch of Microsoft Office shit, and a ton of other things. MS Virus Defender seems to want me to do a bunch of "actions" but when I try to allow it to do said actions (remove/quarentine) etc it doesn't do it and the problem is unresolved.
Anyone know any good free anti-virus anti-malware software to help? I used to use Malware bytes but that was a long time ago and software changes, gets bought and sold, and I'm hesitant to install new shit unless I get a good recommendation.
Edit: ok, now my laptop BSOD'ed and restarted, when I go to the Virus Threat page it now says there are no threats. WTF is going on lol.
Anyone know any good free anti-virus anti-malware software to help? I used to use Malware bytes but that was a long time ago and software changes, gets bought and sold, and I'm hesitant to install new shit unless I get a good recommendation.
Edit: ok, now my laptop BSOD'ed and restarted, when I go to the Virus Threat page it now says there are no threats. WTF is going on lol.
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So I got a 3090, yay. But now after 10-20 minutes of some games, my computer shuts off. If I can rule out heat, that's almost always the PSU (850W Thermaltake), right?
Things I've done
- added more cooling
- monitoring temps
- ran a different power cable to the other connector on the GPU instead of using the same y-cable for both
Examples of crashing
- 10 minutes of Rocket League at uncapped framerate
- 20 minutes of Midevil Empire
- 20 minutes of Remnant
Things that worked
- Taking out the 3090 and putting my 1080 Ti back in - no crashing
- enabling vsync in most games keeps things stable for a while, no crashes in Rocket League since, for example but Remnant still had them, even once I reduced things back to 1080 Ti levels (medum settings mostly)
My next step here is to replace the PSU, yeah? I've tossed this at Thermaltake to see if there's anything else they'd recommend.
Balance of the system is a 2700x that I've reverted the OC on once this started happening (was 9% for the last couple years) , 32gb of RAM, 3090 FE feeding a super-ultrawide at 120hz, 5120x1440.
Things I've done
- added more cooling
- monitoring temps
- ran a different power cable to the other connector on the GPU instead of using the same y-cable for both
Examples of crashing
- 10 minutes of Rocket League at uncapped framerate
- 20 minutes of Midevil Empire
- 20 minutes of Remnant
Things that worked
- Taking out the 3090 and putting my 1080 Ti back in - no crashing
- enabling vsync in most games keeps things stable for a while, no crashes in Rocket League since, for example but Remnant still had them, even once I reduced things back to 1080 Ti levels (medum settings mostly)
My next step here is to replace the PSU, yeah? I've tossed this at Thermaltake to see if there's anything else they'd recommend.
Balance of the system is a 2700x that I've reverted the OC on once this started happening (was 9% for the last couple years) , 32gb of RAM, 3090 FE feeding a super-ultrawide at 120hz, 5120x1440.