Troubleshooting a PC can be frustrating...
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- Troubleshooting a computer can be frustrating, especially when the solution doesn't even appear to be related to the symptom. Today I show you how I solved a very weird problem with my test bench.
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This reminds me of that feeling you get when you know a mechanical hard drive is failing and the whole system just doesn't respond right, even if you have done a drive check and not found any errors. You just know it's not right.
I had a segate barracuda I used for 7 years with no errors, then one day it acted funny, and one day it was fine, the next it had a whole page of S.M.A.R.T Errors, and the next day it was totally dead. RIP.
@Audherbagn That dreaded click click clunk sound...
shut up dude i literally run crystaldiskinfo earlier today because, guess what i had the feelling one of my hdd is failing, and yes crystaldiskinfo reports everything is good on all hdd, but like you say it just dont feel right.
SpiderEyes one of my hard drives feels shit and sometimes stuff disappear
@Stephen Thompson Sorry about that :-) I don't know about SSD's as I've never tried it, but running a speed test that plots a graph was a trick I always used to use, if you get consistent large transfer rate drops in the same place it can indicate a potential problem in that area of a mechainical drive. Usually SMART picks this stuff up now though.
It's the mouse pad
must be
Nick S Wdum it’s clearly his gaming carpet
its clearly the gaming books
@@petar6987 Pretty sure it's the screen. Clearly only mouse pixels are working.
Its the gaming door screeching too much the PC can't handle it
Love how the user account is named "Ryzen OS" on an intel system lol
That’s jokes
JAY: tries to do something
SSD: ight imma head out
When troubleshooting gets difficult, throw PC out the window and build new PC.
Unfortunately you only have 2 kidneys so that might not be the best way to deal with this kind of situations.
That's exactly what I did last winter. Really.
bit pricey don't you think
Sounds like something an apple tech would say.
Not such a bad idea if you figure out it's the mobo that's causing the issue. However, if it's the GPU then... oooh. that's gonna cost big. £600 for a 1080Ti and the AMD equivalent is not much cheaper.
Oh wait... the OP was talking about throwing out the WHOLE PC? No no no no. The case alone cost well over £120. I thought he meant throwing out the diagnosed 'bad' parts!
Updating your BIOS is the most terrifying thing is the world lol
Especially during a thunderstorm or if you’re in an area where you have a lot of outages or your power is unpredictable/unreliable
troubleshooting ANYTHING can be frustrating...
Ich baller mit der AK yup
I was able to fix mine with the help of @RYANSROOM617 on instagram..
He’s a pro hacker and legit 💯......
Dude, I’m so bummed out. I got into pc gaming last year so I bought a beast rig back in March and I’ve had to spend 2/3 of my time trouble shooting it. Once one issue is fixed, another pops up. I’m on the verge of selling it and calling it quits on OC gaming
I love pc gaming, so I won’t. But it really sucks how everyone praises pc gaming as the best but there’s so many god damn problems. I would say it’s the best without a doubt if it weren’t for all the issues. For me, it’s games randomly deciding not to boot up, games appearing in half the screen size, etc random stuff like that which is what occurs but when it works pc gaming is great
@@Platinum199 you are 100% right i use to be the guy that would shame console gamers but honesty i am jealous that they can just open and play the game no problems(most of the times) Pc gaming can be fuxking cancer
I always use a UPS when doing a BIOS update and it’s saved me in the past too!
Good practice, plus a lot of boards have dual-BIOS, crashless BIOS or some type of BIOS Flashback functionality these days anyway.
That's always a good idea if you can afford one.
I have UPS on all of my systems, even my main node for my network has it's own UPS.
Keep an eye on buy and sell sites, pages, etc. Some people sell off used ones cheap. Some might need new batteries but they can be had for decent prices too. I've only bought one that needed new batteries right away, because they were simply not there. The rest I've bought used or bought as new, never used have served me well.
To me every system should have a UPS, if not for the power back up, then for the power filtering at least.
If you can afford a $1200 to $2400 build, you should afford a $130 ups.
Cheb Ornek to be honest you can often pick up a half decent UPS for free and just feed some batteries into it. I work in an IT department for a large organisation where we have equipment rotation and replacement policies where old kit is replaced even if it is fully functional. Some of it goes on eBay but a lot of it is either given away or recycled. The UPS I use on my home bench is an APC SmartUPS 1500 that is better than any £100 UPS and only cost me £50 for the batteries.
Have a chat with local companies and see if they have anything going. I’m sure most people would rather see the old kit go to someone who can use it rather than get wasted.
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I was having the exact same issue with my 4690x and Asus Rampage 4 Black Edition for the past month after the Windows Update. I thought it was an SSD issue too and tried 4 different SSD's, changed the power supply and even tried different RAM. Will try your solution tonight and will let you know how things go. Keep putting out more awesome videos!
Bloody hell if I can't troubleshoot when my sound in Windows turns off how would I cope with this..
Update Windows just restart it
My friend recently had a similar problem re install some stuff and should fix it
Try updating your soundcard drivers, if that does not work go on eBay, and pick up a cheap USB soundcard. I was having popping issues with my onboard sound with a computer I built for work not to long back salvaging an old but good MSI AMD AM2+ board running Cloudready OS(open source chrome OS), and the $2.99 USB sound card did the trick no problem when plugged directly into the motherboard. Just get one that's HD Audio compliant so it will work out of the box on just about any OS XP, or newer.
Update all the things. PC, BIOS, GPU, Soundcard, Monitor, keyboard, mouse, USB ports, Printer, friends, spouse, cat and cactus.
Just buy a new computer that's your only option at this point.
Oh hey, I’m pretty sure the same thing happened to me a couple of weeks back. I was so frustrated with the issue. I flashed an updated BIOS and took it as an opportunity to deep clean my PC and remount everything. All is good now.
Problems and situations are getting more complex and sometimes it seems the errors we are getting are less and less informed.
Thank you for the video!
My ups saved my rig twice in the last 6 months. I would definitely recommend buying one.
I actually love you now, i had THAT exact problem, with me I5 8600k and ididnt find anything about it else where.
Unrelated, but OMG google's auto generated subtitles have become good. Used to be the best way to make something funny out of nothing, but now it is bloody accurate. The fact it could detect names like "EVGA" as one word and not four separate letters was cool. Or Jay is just good at rethorics. I am no native English speaker, so what do I know...
Anyway, great vid Jayz!
Love these troubleshoot videos!!🔥🔥🔥
Them recent big windows updates are sometimes more trouble than they are worth. excellent information
6:51
This is what my dad always says, but he’s always right. I feel more like a moron now, thanks 👍🏼.
OMG your 3 weeks late on this. I had the same issue and ended tearing down the PC! Good thing is I am build a new PC ! Thanks for all the continuing info keep up the good work!!!!
FYI, my laptop did this exact same thing when I installed windows on my NVMe drive with Intel NVMe drivers. Switched back to Windows default NVMe drivers and the problem disappeared.
I got my PC fixed from the help of RYANSROOM617 on instagram
He’s a pro and legit...
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I’d love to see one of your crazy experiment videos about resistance a component adds in a loop, hook a pump up to some tubes and see how high it can push the water then add in components like rads, water blocks and maybe different types of pumps
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Thank you so much for this video. I was having the same issue and had no idea how to solve it. Thought I fried my board and both my drives. I unfortunately did actually brick a board trying to fix things before I saw this but finally got things working on a spare. Thanks!
I know how you feel Jay, yesterday I set my procODT to 60ohms and it was so unstable I had to reset the CMOS. Since then my motherboard wouldn't accept the correct voltage I'd input e.g. I'd set 1.2v SOC and it would be at 0.925v. The CPU voltage was at 1.437v because of precision boost, as soon as I disabled that it went to 1.097v and my RAM speed wasn't set how I set in BIOS (I set 2933MHz and it was at 3066 when I booted)... This problem still persisted when I reflashed the bios too. To fix this I had to remove a stick of RAM and then reset the CMOS and boom everything back to normal... Crazy!
I dont get why a RAM stick has to mess up the power delivery, but if it worked for you :D
My point exactly, I have no idea how it worked either! It's an Asus X370 Prime so one of the cheaper X370 boards, so chances it's just a BIOS bug. It was so crazy to see that fix it out of all things, and to think procODT would screw it that much too.
I think those voltages are also like safe boot or stock values too, they just wouldn't move no matter what I did (until the solution above) since my DRAM was also stuck at 1.2v.
you should make a video on it.
Good ol' Windows Updates that change random settings are always fun to troubleshoot. I remember like 2 weeks ago there was an update that changed Privacy features for Microphone access. Didn't even know that option existed, and of course it was nested like 5 menus deep. Spent like an hour trying to get my microphone working, and all because Windows decided to "block" it.
Making sure I have the latest BIOS installed would be one of the first things I'd do.
Funny thing is he still doesn't know what it was.
I came a cross bios SSD settings to fix a booting windows problem on a Samsung SSD.
I got my PC fixed from the help of RYANSROOM617 on instagram
He’s a pro and legit...
Hmm... Jay, first-off, excellent vid. Love the real-life troubleshooting of a builder.
1. Swapped SATA cable,
2. Swapped disks [on same port],
Next troubleshooting step [IMO]
3. would be to change the SATA port... Not a BIOS upgrade.
BIOS would be last for me.
Not updating the BIOS is an old saying. These days, you should absolutely update the BIOS to get rid of any potential issues that might happen.
That works for Intel, I have an MSI Z170A Gaming pro carbon, it is still using v1.4, so no Kaby Lake support or the vulnerability patch. Ryzen is another story, doesn't work right out the box at all like WTF.
I disagree.
If you don't have any issues, don't upgrade your BIOS.
Thing is, if you get a Spectre/Meltdown attack, you might not notice an issue. If you have no security concerns, then that's ok.
I would hope that the BIOS update section would specify Spectre and/or Meltdown updates or at the very least say "security updates" which I would apply... but if you see something like just "memory compatibility updates" (new DDR4 profiles) or other things which likely don't affect you, AND you have no obvious issues I'd stay away from BIOS updates.
I used to recommend them, but I've since learned to follow the Don't Fix It If It Ain't Broken mantra.
If you're having no issue it's best to look at what issues the newer firmware is supposed to resolve, and don't risk flashing it unless those fixes would actually help you. The only exception I make to that is old mainboards that probably aren't receiving any more firmware updates. I tend to roll the dice & do the update, because then the board will (probably) have the newest firmware for the rest of its life.
How about doing a FULL overclocking video for ASUS boards? Go through every step, and give us a breakdown of the settings that actually matter and those that really don't. I have a 7700K and I'm using AI Suite 3, but I'd love to get into the BIOS settings instead. Your videos rock by the way! Keep them coming!
I had the same problem windows was locking out of nowhere but in the end it was one stick of bad ram.
Really like these kinds of videos. Not having spare equipment can make things pricey!
My pc is out of the window
Gamen4Bros *oh shit*
Really enjoy you being frustrated as it helps us to avoid that by watching these videos😂😂
8:52
I noticed that your username was RyzenOS.
Was this your Ryzen installation SSD?
It would still be weird that your BIOS couldn't see the SSD, but it could explain why Windows would have issues if AMD drivers were installed on an Intel system.
I saw that too and was thinking same thing....the sata controller drivers may have been broken from a x370/x470 motherboard.
Man I wish this video was out 12 months ago. I had this issue when I first put my pc together and hadn't used a computer for nearly 2 years. It was driving me crazy, until I updated all my drives and bios' and never had another issue.
I'm at this point currently... lol
Built a PC for my brother for Christmas last year. Got it running, everything was going great, but one of the USB 3.0 headers wasn't working. Ok, RMA'd the board, they shipped it back, installed it and did updates and played a couple games to make sure it was working.
I restarted the system for a Windows update, and either during shutdown or start up the system froze. Not Windows, to my knowledge, but the PC itself somehow. All the fans were on, but nothing on the monitor. I held the power down and the system wouldn't power down... So I turned the PSU off manually. The system would never start again.
I RMA'd the board again, got it back this week, and did a box-top build. Same symptoms when I jump it, the lights flash and it doesn't turn on. I have to power-cycle the PSU.
I hooked only fans to the PSU and then jumped it, and it ran the fans just fine... So now I'm not really sure where to go. It might be a PSU issue, or potentially the CPU... Kinda stuck, but looking forward to troubleshooting the issue. I just wish I had more hardware I could try out to eliminate stuff.
i would try replacing the PSU (even if you have to borrow one ) I would bet that the PSU is bad ...it doesnt take much to run some fans ...just to check unplug everything (HD, fans (not cpu fan) and see if it will start then , if it does I would say the PSU is not sending enough power to run everything
Yeah, That was my next step. I have a Corsair 750w laying around I can try and see if it will boot with. If so, then I can hopefully RMA the PSU I have.
Have you tried using a different power cable, I know it doesn't seem like much, but I've had one cost me over $2000 in mobos lol before i realised what it was. I just commented about it before reading yours.
Interesting... I'll give it a shot. Funny enough, I was going to try that on my DLP TV because I just used a random power cable I found that fit it, but it won't power on properly.
yeah they're only like $10. I had that same issue where it wouldn't power down and that was all it was. Could still be PSU though but try the cheapest fix first.
With a stopping drive it is also worth trying out a different plug. It might just be manufacturing tolerances at their best.
Or the port on the board could have issue. Had that years ago with a board where the secondary IDE channel had issues.
And I had to update the firmware of my SSD to fix it from stopping after some days of work.
another drive where I had to keep the plug under pressure because the port on the drive itself got lose.
Blame it on the Russians
It was oBvIoUsLy Putin.
Co-lusion!!!
Always wondered why left blames russia for everything without any reasons :D
You're all Russian bots!
You're not real if you don't conform to the narrative!
Nah just blame it on Putin
Know that feeling. My hard drive was dying back in 2014. I did everything but reinstall Windows lol. I even cleared the CMOS on the motherboard, and for me to actually reach that part on the motherboard, I had to disconnect a cord that was responsible for getting my 2 front USB 3.0s to work and my SD Card Reader...and now I can't get that cord to plug back in correctly.
Great advice, Jay. It's crazy how the software aspects of things (OS) can mess with the hardware end of things.
Elegant and simple PC cases for office ... any suggestions ?
8:45 this is why you turn updates off and leave them off forever
If you have a failing secondary or external drive, even if it's not the boot drive it can cause hang ups, blue screens, or crashes. That's where I thought this one may be going. Might even be an external component connected to USB that's causing issues. When I get computers in my shop that say they are doing something but I can never reproduce it I usually ask if they have any devices connected to it. Then I'll usually have them test it out without any essentials connected and see if the issue persists.
Potentially dumb question alert: It sounds like almost right out of the gate you had traced the problem to a bad Windows update that created a conflict with the older Bios in your motherboard. So my question is, since you already had that as a working theory, why didn't you try to roll back your Windows updates using a restore point from before you downloaded the update you were already suspicious of, in order to see if that solved the problem rather than jumping through all of those hoops?
ChiroVette not dumb at all. That'd be my first motion in troubleshooting
ChiroVette I'd have done that..
Thanks @Ankit Barman and @Michael D. Glad to know I wasn't thinking as silly as I was afraid I was. lol :)
Windows has a nasty habit of reinstalling updates after rolling back, and in some cases wont even let you uninstall updates. Plus he had to clear his cmos just to have the ssd recognized and chances are the uninstall would fail anyway. This exact issue hit me last week as well. It's a real pain considering I have so many blockades to delay win updates until after the bugs are recorded.
Your thoughts on rolling back to a previous version of Windows is a good one, I suspect that it never would've worked though because it doesn't look like it took much time at all to completely lock up the system. It probably never would have been able to complete the restore process.
Thanks, J for the hotfix. My computers skills have Improved +1.
This is what happens when people do not read instruction manuals. Motherboard manufacturers always and i mean ALWAYS recommend that the owner of the board updates to the latest BIOS (boards are not always shipped with the latest BIOS) and to always periodically check the motherboard board manufacturers website for any BIOS updates for your board because doing so prevents problems like you witnessed in the video.
I thought a lot of people who are big into computers/technical issues have always said only update if there's an issue?
Completely agree, that's like using the drivers that came on a CD with your graphics card.
I think this type of error had to do something with security patches (spectre bug), thus they had to change a lot architecturally that needed a BIOS update too. Very specific.
In most cases, if you have a 3-5 month older bios than the launch (version 1) bios, you might be pretty much fine for the rest of lifetime.
Every motherboard I've owned, an MSI and two ASUS stated in the manuals that they don't recommend updating the BIOS unless you are having issues. Page 3-25 of the user manual for the CH7 if you were wondering.
@Brandon, no, that is and has always been the wrong advice. Anyone who believes what you wrote is faking being big into computers. Technology moves fast and you have to move fast with it.
A motherboard can take a multitude of different parts all of differing specifications. As the individual parts keep improving, so does the operating system (OS) because the OS has to be updated to work with these ever changing parts. It will then get to the point where everything has been updated BUT the board BIOS, it is still creaking along on V1.0 while everything else has surpassed it till eventually it gives out.
People who are 'Big' into computers are very pro-active. They make sure everything in their system is constantly updated to prevent any issues occurring. Those who are re-active, (wait for an issue to occur) they are the lazy computer enthusiasts. They wait for a fault/issue to occur then spend hours/days fault finding the problem, only to find it to be something they should have done weeks/months ago.
It's the same problem I'm having thanks for the trouble shooting Jay!!! I was trying to find a video on how to fix it!!!
Very educational, as always! ❤️
I had an issue with the Ryzen 1800X + MSI X370 motherboard last year. It basically couldn't detect the CPU at all, I tried RMA'ing both the CPU and motherboard and the issue still persisted regardless of getting a different motherboard and even BIOS updating it. I ended up getting a 8700K + Z370 swap without any additional payments as the Intel setup was more expensive. And this Intel setup worked out of the box. What a 4 day headache of troubleshooting that was.
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
I got my PC fixed from the help of @RYANSROOM617 on instagram
He’s a pro and legit...
Great video Jay and one of the reasons i bought a ASUS Crosshair VI Hero when i went Ryzen 7
Dad
I bought 3 separate SSDs because every single one I had did this exact thing to me, only now after watching this video did i realise it wasn't the SSDs that were bad or a motherboard hardware issue, it was just the bios that needed updating. I just plugged one in, reset the CMOS and it loaded up no problem. wow. (Gigabyte Mobo btw, not even ASUS)
3:47 “BIAS” never heard of BIAS,only ever heard of BIOS
Never heard of BIAS? You don't seem to follow Western media my guy.
Clean your ears BIOS out.
Note, Only the top tier ASUS boards have that Bios update thing, the lower end AM4 boards all lack the Bios Flashback thing. Caused major probs with the AMD Zen 2k APU launch.
ok, I'll bite, lol. I've had a chronic GPU driver crash ever since MS insisted on installing a newer driver than the one that had worked fine before, and an update will NOT let me roll back the driver without putting the new one back in on the next boot up, grr. I've tried ALL the drivers after the problematic win update enforced driver, all with the same Driver crash prob. The last Bios Update, however, was in October 2012 (ASUS M5A97 Rev 1.0) only 5 months newer than the BIOS on this board, this is not encouraging, lol. It's worth a try tho.
Great vid, and thanks for the idea for a fix Jay and Crew. B)
P.S. Yes, I need this antique, cuz there is stuff I need to do, that can only be done on Win7, that you simply can Not do on win10.
What it happens to me is very strange, sometimes when i turn on my pc for some reason it tries to boot on my external HDD which is weird because i dont have the external as an optional booting device, and therefore it says bootmanager not found, but i know how to fic it and is by restarting my pc and disconnect the external HDD.
if i have my external hdd connected to my pc it keeps boot looping, don't know why, don't care, don't need it that often anyways, and for a silent pc it's too loud for that too, still weird.
You need to go into BIOS and disable secondary and third boot devices otherwise every PC will look for that at boot. Just disable it and problem solved.
that just means that usb removable device is at the first priority in boot order. that's why it's trying to boot from it
There is also usually an option "other boot devices" or similar. Turn that off.
But then, I still got my DVD as 1st in the list, just in case I need to boot from it.
@@toddsimone7182 nice evo x
I don't know how many rigs I've repaired by replacing the cmos battery right off the bat. It's one that can drive you crazy if the thing has enough juice to almost work properly.
Amazing , Just yesterday I've encountered this exact issue !!! , already ruled out psu and sata drive , I guess if we both got it at the same time it must be a windows update issue - Great find and thanks for sharing Jay!
The same issue on the old sandforce chipset of SSD's was there SSD firmware, and required updating. In the SMART log it reported Power shutdown on the SSD.
Yea like mine i thought GPU was broke cause GPU turnin off when i pluged my phone to pc but it was the power supply wattage too low only 500 watts. Must switch to 700 watts or 800 watts one.
I had similar funny stuff happen with a 520W psu, I had to disconnect an old DVD drive and HDD to free up enough power for remaining system to run properly. I will stick to 650W psu and up from now on. Fun stuff.
Seems more like a poorly build PSU.
Got a OC'ed 120W CPU and a OC'ed 150W graphics card on my old 530W unit.
Runs just fine. (But draws >480W under full load and even simply watching youtube will easily bring it above 180W for 1080p60)
I love the troubleshooting videos, thanks for always sharing them
I assumed ram
I had that same issue. I just ended up buying a new z370 tuf motherboard and it was okay after that.
It’s a slight down grade but it works well
where is the Post Malone build? You said it would out after the album came out and b&b came out almost a month ago.
if you were into his content you would already have an answer to your question, but I guess not lol
Ian C. Damn nigga not everyone watch’s ever fucking video so chill the fuck out
LMAO WTF it's not that he doesn't watch every video, it's that it's been in multiple videos and streams; he's also mentioned it on social media too so the information is readily available if you take 10 seconds to search
Ian C. Can you just tell us?
How about instead of you all replying about watching his content you would already know bullshit just answer his question. smh
I had years ago very similar problem with my old motherboard after 1 week from buy (DFI x38 t2r, C2D 8400), same symptoms, windows freeze + apps, but it was unfrezzeing after like 1 min(only mouse and clock was working), HDDs disappearing. But problem was not BIOS, but broken south bridge on motherboard... It took about 9 visits in big PC shop (the problem was persistent) and many pc parts replacement
(on warrinty), before they found the issue :D
Had a similar incident but found it was the controller having intermittent connection with the substrate on some of the pins. Have since swapped it out and moved my GPU away so it's not blowing hot air directly onto the SSD (M.2)
Good luck updating your bios is the MB is more than a year old. Mine is three years. My computer keep going into a reboot loop. Cleared the CMOS a bunch of times and would end up doing the same thing. Checked the SSD, was fine. Thought it might be a power supply (cheap ass Antec 400 watt), but then started pulling ram modules. Found the problem would go away when I removed one particular stick. Was the ram. Returning ram is costly and slow as I'm in Canada (shipping cost and they ship back on horseback, it's been month). Didn't think it would be the ram because I've been using it for three years but it was. Or maybe the most recent Windows updates brought out the problem like with yours. The recent Windows supplied Spectre update hasn't helped either. Been doing this for thirty years (building and fixing my own computers)...there's always something going wrong.
My PC is at least 8 years old. Do you know what helped me fix many of the problems I had with it? I just decided I wasn't going to install *anymore Windows 7 updates* , not even 'critical' updates. In fact right now I'm not even running SP1 for Windows 7 Home Edition. Crazy I know, but it's true. BSODs, gone. Lockups, gone. Driver conflicts , gone. I've since had years of problem-free computing, it still runs pretty good. I dont even rememeber the last time I had a serious virus. And the only occasional BSODs I get are TDRs from my old graphics card. The moral of the story is take a chance and don't believe the scare stories. Sometimes computing is simpler than we make it out to be.
Had a issue a while ago with a similar resolution. Random hangs for 2-3 seconds, audio de-sink and static on my audio. Issue was the windows spectre and meltdown patches (Intel 6600K). I had to install new intel chipset drivers, audio drivers, and a bios update before the issue was resolved.
I had exact the same problem but instead of the SSD not showing up was my hard drive not showing up. Every time I tried to move files from the SSD to the HD it will never finish and had to do a hard reset and then it wont boot. I move the cables to another SATA port and it will work fine but then it will do the same if i try again. Thanks for the video to give me other idea of how to fix it. Gonna check it later.
Not long ago, a pc of a friend started to activate the cutouts of his house, we figured it must be the psu because even with everything out of the case except of the psu, it still caused it to activate. So what we did was to switch out the psu for my old one I had lying around and all was good for about one week. After that it was fried and didn't work anymore. In the meantime the replacement psu arrived and we inserted it into the case. Boom, new psu and still the same problem. Since we tested his computer in his house and mine and it worked fine at my house, we concluded that it must be something at his house which caused the psu's to not work correctly. We called an electrician who told us that everything was fine..... Now the end of the story(hopefully) is, the psu made somehow contact with the case, we removed all screws but one that connects the psu with the case and this seemed to be the culprit. How is this possibe? By leaving the screw and only using three of the four, it works up until now, fingers crossed. It worked at my place only because in the cellar we tested it, we didn't have a GFCI.
That would be a hair tearing out type of experience to be sure. Patience is key for these types of things.
I got my PC fixed from the help of RYANSROOM617 on instagram
He’s a pro and legit...
Had the same problem with an older p.c. installed linux 19.1 all problems vanished. I agree Windows update does it again.
with all the spectre and meltdown issues , i can understand having to update the microcode .
I had the exact same problem but I swapped out the drive and it never happened again...It used to disappear from BIOS but recently it made my other HDD to disappear...PC troubleshooting is frustrating but fun and puzzling at the same time
Process of elimination is the key to good problem solving. If that fails... hit it, if that doesn't work?... hit harder.
Forums can be a real help, they told me how to fix PulseAudio in a somewhat overkill way. never had to deal with hardware troubleshooting except when my friend bought a pc from eBay, I found out that it contained two hard drives that can kill computers, one makes it so that when you turn on your computer it'll get stuck at the uefi/bios action menu, and the other doesn't let your computer boot at all, but when they're unplugged it works fine, great for pranks like if you want to mess with a co-worker at the office.
Dang Jay, this might be what my problem is, I was updating my windows 7(all the updates)
so i could install my AMD graphics drivers(kept getting error 1603 partial install) and then BAM!
My ssd was still recognized but it would jump right into the bios... even forcing it to boot from the
ssd wouldn't do anything, had to go back to my old HDD and boot from it(it doesn't have the optional updates)
Gonna try updating the bios on my Asus Crosshair V formula Z mobo, hopefully that fixes my problem!
Thank you, this has plauged me for awhile
Info I found a proplem of a thermostake 900 tover and asus extreem VI to check the mother's straightness with gums twisting the parent to the circumference.
When I build this 7700k system stock 1.0 bios was working, but having some memory issues. So went on and updated to latest 1.3 bios and BOOM in 5mins system would crash just by watching a video. IF I had updated bios right from the get go I wouldn't have had any clue that that bios was absolutely garbage. Luckily there was also earlier 1.2 bios that fixed all issues when installed.
Check you 3.3v line on you power supply. SSD's use is but but HDD's don't. I had a ps intermittently dropping below the threshold. Acted just like that. After a couple reboots it would be fine. I finally put meter on it an watched it a for a couple weeks. every time i started having problems, i had low 3.3 voltage. Now I have a Frankensteined power supply with one handling the 24pin and sata (where the 3.3 volt lives), and a 2nd powering the 12v stuff. Hasn't locked up since, also boots faster.
Sometimes you really have to come to your own conclusions when troubleshooting hardware. You're not always gonna get what you're looking for online. Honestly, having a backup of every component is ideal if you wanna make sure you're always gonna get your answers fast. It doesn't cost that much to get spare parts for cheap online, just gotta know where to look.
BUT DON'T BUY A USED POWER SUPPLY. PLEASE DON'T SET YOUR RIG and/or HOUSE ON FIRE
I got Windows 7 and hated it because my computer would hard lock. Sometimes it would be hella slow, sometimes I'd habe hours of glorious speedy playing and browsing...and then the next day I'd spend an hour trying to make it run for more than 30 seconds before locking.
So I gave up and went back to Windows XP and it worked absolutely fine. I stuck with XP for a year and didn't have a single issue. So I tried W7 again assuming it would have been patched and all that good stuff. The problem came back. Downloaded W7 in case my CD version was borked somehow. I'd started running hardware tests in XP since W7 wouldn't run long enough to do any. Everything was fine. Eventually I played some Starcraft 2 in W7 and got a blue screen with a stop code.
I had previously run Memtest with all three sticks, so I tried running them one stick at a time over night on a continuous test. The third night, the third stick started throwing up errors within a minutes and I'd found my problem. XP had been fine because it never used the third stick because it is maxed out at 4GB when I had three 2GB sticks. It only ever used the two good ones.
Once I got the RAM replaced (twice, because the replacement Corsair sent me had a dodgy third stick again) the system was smooth as butter and never had a problem since.
Having problem? Just an other win10 f@k up.....
Wow, you decided to take the long route to update the bios... Why not just power off at use the bios switch. MUCH QUICKER!!! ;)
If there is one on the board to begin with.
Windows is fucking aids, its making my games crash since the last update
When I have wacky things happening and I can't figure it out, I'll sometimes install Linux and dig into the logs. They will sometimes have some pretty good info regarding hardware issues.
I'm pretty sure Windows can do the same thing, so you don't have to install an entirely different OS just to read logs.
He shaved the beard! Are we going retro JayzTwoCents?
@JayzTwoCents
is because of the Windows 10 update (Creators Update probably), try: System/System Proprieties/Performance (options)/Advanced/Virtual Memory/Change/Unselect Automatically manage paging file size for all drives/Custom Size and put 4gb/8gb allocated..
JayZ,you just a saint!
I got the same trouble,had to replace m-board.
And it happened after bios update.....
We were also getting same issue in asrock a320m pro 4 with and ryzen 2200g. Having 8 gb of Corsair Ram. But upgrading bios also didn't got any solution. Probably a bad board. USB also losses the power and then hangs up completely.
Anthony
My pc keeps rebooting. I have turned off reboot upon system crash so it's not a crashing issue. Is it stuck on a reboot cycle?
Bro I got my PC fixed from the help of RYANSROOM617 on instagram
He’s a pro and legit...
reverted back to 1709. 1803 disabled the brightness buttons on the laptop.
I had years ago a similar problem that windows was crazy and could even not reinstall it. It crashes always half install -> the problem was dust on the memory connections!
In your case it cloud also be bad SATA channel on your motherboard.
I like the smashy strat it’s we’re you hit the system and 50/50 it breaking and being fixed. It’s fun when it works.
I think Jay is the only dude who I enjoy knowing he broke his computer. It makes me feel better about my dumb mistakes lol.
I got my PC fixed from the help of RYANSROOM617 on instagram
He’s a pro and legit...
well, my first guess is that the AHCI ( Advanced Host Controller Interface ) in UEFI was conflicting with its own windows counterpart due to the newly updated Windows, i would have changed its settings in UEFI to IDE to see if the problem still insists before trying to Update the BIOS ver.
Happened to me with Corsair, the SSD locked up and bricked my drive. According to Corsair it's a security lock up feature....I ended up trying to recover it with some bizarre steps they provided me and it didn't work (obviously). They ended up replacing it for free... so annoying.