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Hello, I earlier had issues with shutting my pc down so I tried restarting it. After I restarted it I got stuck in a Infinite boot loop. What I tried: - Turning it off and removing the Power cable for 1min - Restarting 3 times until it says: Automatic Repair (also get stuck in a Boot loop) - Reinstalling Windows / Booting from USB Drive (can't even get that far, I get stuck aswell)* *I set my USB Drive as a Boot priority and Disabled the other Hard Drives from the boot Priority. Then tried to restart but I still get stuck in the Boot loop. My Boot Options: Boot Option: LEGACY+UEFI AUTO CLR_CMOS: Disabled 1#UEFI USB Jey: UEFI JetFlashTranscend 8GB 1100, Partition 1 2#USB Key:JetFlashTranscend 8GB 1100 3#UEFI Hard Disk: Windows Boot Manager (P4: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB) My Specs: I7-6700k GTX 1080 16GB 3000mhz Corsair Ram (16384mb Detected) Motherboard: MSI Z270 SLI Plus (MS-7A59) Thank you in advance.

Computer is a MSI GP62 6QF Laptop. When installing updates and then restarting, or whenever I restart it in general, it hangs on the MSI boot screen and will not continue reboot no matter how long I leave it. So now, I have updates pending and can't install them, as when I select shut down it tries a restart and gets hung up at the same point again...

I've a system with the bellow mentioned components. CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 Mobo: Asrock B450M Pro4-F R2.0 RAM: PNY XLR8 8GBx2 HDD: WD blue 1TB SSD: Lexar 256 GB PSU: Corsair CV 450W OR Thermaltake Litepower 450W GPU: Amd Radeon RX 550 4GB OR Nvidia GTX 960 2GB I bought the system in February 2021 and it was working great w/o any issues. However, recently I started facing random pixelation, freezes, crashes, and rebooting in both windows 10 and linux ( archlabs linux). I was using an Amd Radeon RX 550 4 GB at that time. I thought it might be a GPU issue. I reinstalled my GPU driver using DDU w/o resolution of the issue. I switched to a Nvidia GTX 960 2GB but the problem persisted. I changed my PSU from the Corsair one to the Thermaltake one but the issue still persisted. I was booting from my HDD at that time. I installed a new SSD and installed windows 10, windows 11, and linux on it. The issue still persisted in any given hardware combo. Once I uninstalled all of my drivers using DDU in windows or in linux didn't install nvidia or amd grahics drivers, I didn't have any issue at all. I've been using my PC w/o installing any vendor graphics drivers since then w/o any issue but the downside is that I can't play any games at all. Can you guys/girls please help me to find out which of my component might be causing the issue. I'm guessing this might have something to do with the PCIE slot or something. I've warranty of all of my parts. So, if I cant find the issue, I can claim warranty. Thanks a lot in advance for your help.

I recently purchased an RTX 3070 that was mining for less than 3 months for 350€ (~370$). It was running just fine after my RX 5700xt and installing up to date drivers with DDU. I played for 4 hours after that without any issues and then my PC rebooted. At this point I could only be 1min max in the desktop before It'll turn off and on again. I reinstalled the same driver with DDU after reseating almost everything in my pc, thinking it was a faulty install. I could use the PC for 2 hours before encountering the same behavior plus now I have, some BOSD: video scheduler internal error. After the first crash the GPU was hot to the touch but nor burning. Tere is no funny odors or fumes or anything like that. my specs: ryzen 5 2600 (it'll be replaced with a Ryzen 7 5800x in a week) asus prime B450M-A 2 x 8Go hyperX fury 2666MHz cas 16 EVGA 750w alim what I tried so far: reseating GPU, cables and ram Reinstalling gpu driver with ddu disabling DOCP removing the side panel and putting a fan blowing air into the case I'm using an old 1660ti to avoid using ddu to reinstall my rx5700xt Is the gpu faulty or is it just the cpu / motherboard too old for supporting it correctly? Why could it run fine for 4h and then just crashing?

Hey There, I'm having trouble with my computer when I boot it up. For a good month or so now when I have been booting up my PC my BIOS settings always get reset, my PC doesn't post, and then I have to press the reset button to get it to post and I have to put them back in every time and then my PC then goes through into windows. Now this week, the problem has been getting worse, where I get up to the point where I have to put my BIOS settings back in, then sometimes it just goes through to a black screen (no error codes), sometimes it posts and is loading into windows then shuts itself off again and boot cycles, sometimes the PC has to repair itself, sometimes it just doesn't post at all. I have tried resetting windows 10. My motherboard is an Asus Crosshair VIII Impact, and I have windows installed on 2x Corsair MP510 480gb SSD's in RAID 0 (I know its stupid but I only use my computer for games and I wouldn't be too bothered if they kick the bucket and they lose everything). My problem then becomes two-fold. I understand that my BIOS settings not being saved is a CMOS battery issue and needs to be replaced, however in this particular board, the battery is heat shrinked into a plastic cover, when I cut the cover off, the battery connectors have been like soldered onto them and I'm not sure how to replace the battery, therefore does anyone know how to replace the battery on this motherboard. I have attached photos of CMOS battery. I have submitted an RMA to see if they can change the battery. Then my booting issues, why do I have to press the reset button to get it to post, why do I boot cycle and it shuts itself off randomly after it has posted, and why is my computer just being dank really lol. Would love to hear any suggestions or if anyone has had these problems before. Thank you

Hello, I am getting a BSOD and the error is CRITICAL PROCESS DIED. I can’t seem to be able to reset or do anything the the advances options menu. Safe mode does not work, I will not launch. Is there any fix? I have no data on the drives so if I have to format or us cmd to reset it that is ok.

So, I have upgraded my pc to a R9 7950x with Gigabyte X670E Aorus Master and Corsair 32gb (2x8) DDR5 During initial build/upgrade (2 weeks or so ago). I found that I have ran out of thermal paste. There was a bit left, but I didn't feel like it was enough, despite that I decided to apply what's left and buy some new thermal paste later. PC worked fine, temps ware a *normal for that CPU* at 100% it was at 95c while boosting to 5.35 GHZ (Running with AIO), had some issues with AMD's EXPO mode, to get RAM running at 5600mhz. After I have enabled it, It booted showing only 24gb instead of 32gb. After I did a reboot (It was long, around 5 - 15 min) and re-enabled EXPO, and it was working correctly at 5600mhz. (I did hear a low pitch noise from RAM sticks under load and sometimes in idle) So a few days ago finally ordered well described Noctua NT-H2 paste. It arrived yesterday, today I woke up, I booted up the PC for around 10 min and turned it off again. Waited for about 30 min for it to cool down (just in case). Removed the AIO cooler, cleared old thermal paste, applied new one, assembled everything back, turned it on, and immediately noticed that I didn't plug power & data cables for AIO Pump. Quickly powered off the system (it was running like that for less than 5 seconds). Made sure everything is plugged in. Turned it on again, fans started spinning, everything looked normal, but there wasn't any post codes (I do not remember, if there was any during first "aborted" boot) Onboard numeric display did not show any POST codes, and Q-LED was switching from DRAM to CPU for 1 second, every 10 - 20 secs. After a few minutes in this loop, it goes back to DRAM and stops switching. I was careful when applying thermal paste, I'm sure I did not over tightened the AIO, I have tried using every single DRAM slot with both ram sticks, (except 1st one, AIO pipes covers it), I have q-flashed the BIOS to latest version, I have made sure all the connectors on RAM and ram slots are clear, I have made sure all other connectors are connected properly, I have tried using clear CMOS button & jumper, I have tried unplugging the GPU, I have tried booting completely without any ram sticks, (Same Q-LED indication as booting with ram). I have pulled the board out of the case, and tried booting outside (Not sure what I was expecting, but yea..) I have even gone to disassembling the board's backplate, to gain access to the CMOS battery, but the backplate have tones of thermal compound between it and the actual board, and I thought I might lose warranty if I started pulling that apart despite none of the screws having any "Void if removed" stickers. Tried booting without any coolers attached, so I could feel the CPU, but it wasn't even warming up (I have touched it on the sides, and it was only running for less than 30 sec) USB devices do light up, if trying to run the board completely without CPU, it doesn't even attempt to start. I still think, it might be dead RAM. I did have problems with it, and I did hear low pitch noise when it was working, that noise was really noticeable when under load / stress testing. But I didn't think much of it, since DDR5 has a voltage controller thing on the actual stick that might have been emitting that noise So, what should I do, other than going through RMA? Or what have I done wrong, what could have possibly killed it? P.s. This is way far from my first time upgrading components, replacing thermal paste etc... But never had anything similar.

Stuck in a boot loop. A few minutes after i login even rho theres no issue the windows will keep on restarting. All i did was try to install the nvidia driver.... my computer can only boot cinsistantly into the recovery menu. It blue scrreened and restarted while i installed the driver. Theres no way to boot into desktop and even if i could its not like ubuntu where i could do "sudo apt remove *nvidia* && purge nvidia. I use linux. I only swapped to this os to try to use the drivers for my p102-100. Not to have a broken pc.

Hello I had a problem for 3 weeks now When i boot it goes to The windows logo but 1 second later the pc reset with no circle spinning Just restarts to where i can Access the bios Again (I use a ASrock Bios) And even though it restarts 3 times, It restarts before it gets a chance to boot Win RE I don't know what to do Please help (Edit) RE Stands for Recovery environment

After doing not much research, it will become obvious to you that a large number of early X99 Gigabyte motherboards had some faulty bios versions, resulting in boot loops. My setup's boot loop used to happen every 25 seconds or so but now it is every 3-4 seconds if left alone. (CPU pins and motherboard socket seem perfectly fine to me) Setup I am trying to get working: i7-5820k Gigabyte X99-SLI Corsair Vengeance LPX 4x4GB 24000mHz [I have also been testing with a 2x8GB 3000mHz version] GTX 780 (definitely works) Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB SSD (definitely works) Corsair RM1000 PSU (definitely works) [I have also been testing with a ~2012 OCZ 700W unit] I have tried the following, none of which post (no display output, at least): - Booting with/without RAM - Booting with different amounts of RAM (1-4 DIMMs) - Booting with different RAM kits (different frequencies and capacities) (note: I am prioritising the manual's recommend slot if only 1 is to be used) - Booting with/without secondary storage attached (have only tried SATA) - Booting with/without a graphics card - Booting with different power supplies - Booting with/without anything in the USB ports - Booting after clearing the CMOS (holding screwdriver between pins) - Booting after removing the CMOS battery for 10 minutes - Booting after trying a CMOS battery from a different, working motherboard I have recently been attempting BIOS updates: When updating to BIOS version F24c (latest, released 2018/06/15), here is my method: 1. Remove all RAM DIMMs 2. Downloaded latest BIOS on another machine 3. Put just the BIOS file on a FAT32 flash drive (I have also tried placing all three files) 4. Renaming the BIOS file to GIGABYTE.BIN (I have also tried not renaming it) 5. Putting the flash drive into the machine and turning the power on 6. The machine then does one of its 3-4 second boot loop restarts and then realises a flash drive is in, resulting in an orange light turning on. - This is the only way the machine remains powered on 7. The orange light then flashes, as does the light on the flash drive. 8. I leave this until the lights become solid and do not flash. 9. I then turn off the machine, install 1 RAM DIMM and power on. 10. This does not result in any display output. To recreate the conditions of the tutorial I followed for this, I have also tried the above method with the F20 BIOS (released 2016/01/12). Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Tom

Hey everyone! I just built my pc recently, and not long ago I enabled XMP as well for some extra performance, and it works perfectly fine... until I power off my pc or put it to sleep. And it's not just for XMP, it's for any ram speed setting other than the stock 2133mhz. After changing the speed, the pc boots into windows and everything works, but when I restart it, it won't boot ever again until I reset my cmos. What could be the problem? My specs are: ASrock B450M PRO4-f 1x8 G.skill Aegis 3200mhz because of budget reasons AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF

Stumped on this odd issue I ran into about two weeks ago on my home PC. On power cycle the PC fans will start to spin up; my motherboard (An Asus Maximus Hero XI WiFi) predominately show 7F for it's Q-Code (A reserved code so no help there) as it flickers between several and then seemingly shuts back down & repeats this two more times before the BIOS splash screen is displayed. The first attempt to start takes awhile, the second is on & off within a second, the third is also quick and when finally hitting the BIOS Windows takes awhile to launch. This is the standard case; occasionally 1 or 2 loops will do it. I think the record was 7. Nothing has really changed with my PC other than I've been keeping it on more often over the past few months in sleep mode rather than powering it off completely at night. After ~1.5 months of putting the PC to sleep each night I noticed this after shutting it off completely due to wanting to clean out some dust. I moved house March 1st but carried the PC in it's original box with original packaging material with the GPU moved separately. The cooler is air and fairly heavy so I supported it with a non conductive fishing line across the inside of the case. The issue didn't present itself until awhile after moving so it may not be related. I have no PC issues other than this; RAM / drives / GPU are all showing up as expected. I have tried: Cycling my 4x RAM sticks (from 2 2x packs of identical model sticks) across my 4 slots; no affect across the 16 attempts. Removing all hard drives to see if BIOS is posted more quickly; had no affect. Removing my GPU in case of a power draw issue; no affect. Checking my power cables to my motherboard & drives; all seem well in place. Updating my BIOS; updated successfully but no affect. Checking boot order; Windows SSD is top billing & the issue presented with no drives in place. Replacing my MB's CMOS battery (stock Newsun 2032 to a Duracell 2032 rated until 2029) I've tried these in a few combinations; the bare-bones of no GPU, 1 RAM, & no drives also has no affect. My hunch is that it is a PSU or Motherboard issue as my CPU temps hover between 30-70 from passive-load and 4 defective sticks of ram is unlikely to say the least. It also sounds like it could be a RAM training issue; but all my sticks seem to be fine. Anything I can try sort of buying a new PSU / MB & cycling them out? My specs are: CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black MB: Asus ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO (WI-FI) Memory: 4x G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4 (I have two of these for 4x8 ) Storage: 2x 4 TB 5400 RPM Western Digital HDD; 1x 3 TB 7200 RPM Seagate Varracuda HDD; 2x 1 TB Samsung 860 Evo GPU: 1x Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 TI 11 GB ROG Strix PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 850 W (This is ~5 years into it's 10 year expected lifespan; a carry-over from my last PC)

I just recently upgraded my AMD fx 6300 to a Ryzen 7 3800x. Doing so I had to also upgrade my motherboard and RAM. My new motherboard is an ASRock x470 Taichi and my new RAM is 32gb of Gskill Ripjaws V DDR4-3200(I also have a GTX 1050 TI) I put the whole system together and went to start it and all the fans spin up and lights come on then after about 30 seconds everything turns off and the system try’s again. Effectively “boot looping”. Not even the Dr. debug screen is lighting up. I have tried everything to get the system up and running, I’ve tried using one memory stick. Running the system out of the case and with nothing but the cpu and one ram stick installed and the same result. I have also cleared CMOS multiple times and still no prevail. Does anyone know of any tips or anything that I can try to get my system up and running. I need to get it running ASAP because I do freelance video editing and I have projects due very soon. Thank you in advance to anyone who can help.

So let me begin, I am currently stuck on a windows 7 32 bits system. It's obviously not really good, because it can only access 3gb ram. I then saw a YouTube video saying that a patch called "PaePatch2" can make the access to all the RAM. The video seemed legit and it got 100k+ views, and with a good like/dislike ratio. So I downloaded the patch and follower the steps carefully. There was a weird thing though, because in the video, the command prompt was saying "patch carefully done" but on my pc, it was written "failed". Anyways, it still said "-done -restart the computer" so that's what I did.. In the video, it was booting from Windows 7 PAE PATCHED, and it did show on my boot menu, then I clicked on it. The problem now is that the computer doesn't seem able to reconfigure my hard drive data. It show a loading windows for a VERY long time and then it show me this: (A little precision, I am now booting with the normal Windows)

Hey, today my phone got a boot loop, I already tried to reset it but It shuts down in the middle of the process. Already tried to install firmware but it also shuts down! Please help! It's a Meizu M3S.

So I built a new pc today and my friend wired everything correctly I think but it just restarts every 5 seconds and just black screens. Oh it's also kaby lake i5 7600k. Please help!

Hi! I was given a Blu Studio 5.5 C for use at work. However, it is stuck in a bootloop. I have tried almost everything. Please let me know if you have any ideas!

Hello all, I recently built a new PC a few days ago and everything worked fine up until last night when I downloaded the GSKILL TridentZ RGB beta software. My specs: MOBO: Gigabyte Z270N Gaming 5 CPU: Intel i5 7600k with a Corsair H1115i RAM: 2x8GB G.SKILL TridentZ RGB 3000 MHz STORAGE: 480 GB BPX NVMe SSD and 1TB Samsung 850 EVO PSU: Seasonic Snow-Silent 750 GPU: PNY XLR8 GTX 1070 OC Everything worked fine until I decided I wanted to try and explore the RGB capabilities of my shiny new RAM. I originally had the Gigabyte Fusion Lighting software installed and saw somewhere that it may conflict with the G.SKILL software, so I uninstalled the Gigabyte software. After I installed the G.SKILL software I was cycling through some of the color options and I noticed the RAM was no longer responding to what I was telling it to do via software. I figured maybe I should reset my PC and see if that fixes it. As soon as I did this I was stuck in a boot loop for about 15 minutes. Nothing would show up on any of my monitors, and I could not access the BIOS. I ended up unplugging the power and then reseating my GPU which oddly enough fixed it. (I'm in a mini ITX case, so I tried the easiest thing first. I can't pull the RAM out without removing my radiator). So I'm a little confused, could this be a GPU problem, a motherboard problem, a RAM problem, or the software just isn't playing nice with something? NOTE: I've had this GPU several months before I built the PC without any problem, so I don't really think it's that. I would appreciate any help, thanks! -E EDIT: One thing I forgot to say, is that my PC is working fine right now. It seems to happen when I'm trying to mess with my RAM lighting. If I see the RAM is a static color and wont respond to the software and I reset my PC it will boot loop. (This has happened 2 or 3 times, and unplugging everything and reseating GPU seems to fix it).

I recently replaced my psu with an evga g3 550w unit. My specs are: i7-6700, Gigabyte b150n, Gigabyte gtx 1070 mini, CCL choice 16gb ram (2x8gb), stock Intel cpu cooler, Seagate 2tb hdd, Kingston 240gb ssd, thermaltake core v1 case My pc worked perfectly with the cooler Master B500 V2 power supply. The pc powers on, all leds, fans mobo lights work for about 10-15 seconds, then there is a click like it shuts down, and re boots continously. No beeps. Noting on my monitor, and I can't use the keyboard or mouse to get into the bios. I've checked all cables are seated, no metal is touching the case or mobo, the mobo display output wont show anything, and no ram configuration works either. Any ideas? I may have a warranty for it to be inspected, but it will likely cost me money and that won't be until next week

Hello everyone! I don't know if I'm in the right place, but I'd be needing some help with a customer rig. It's a 2009 AMD dual core (if you need the specs, I'll update it tomorrow) and when I cleaned it, it began doing this boot loop. I took off the battery, changed it, reconnected everything, tried to change the RAM sticks in different places and I don't know how to fix it. PS: I did that because at first it will stay at the POST screen and while I waited the 15 minutes to put the battery again, I cleaned it.

After upgrading to a new system with an i7 4770k and ga-z87x-d3h I keep getting a boot loop after a cold boot. No mater what I do this continues until I swap out the memory. It came with corsair vengeance which I thought was the issue when I swapped it out for my old g.skill kit. But then next cold boot I experienced the same issue until I changed back to the vengeance. So to fix the issue I have tried the following and had no luck. I have: Swapped memory with different kits ( corsair vengeance lp) and (g.skill ripjaws) Flashed bios to the latest version (f9) Tried different configs of memory. 1 stick, 2 sticks, three sticks, etc. I also tried each slot with each config. I tried using the intel on-board graphics instead of my gpu. Reset all bios settings. I replaced the cmos battery with a known reliable and working one. Removed all peripherals Removed all sata and phi-e connections. Sometimes it will boot then get the windows 10 error "inaccessible boot device". But not always. Here are my specs: CPU i7-4770k @ stock speeds Motherboard Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H RAM 8GB Corsair Vengeance LP GPU Asus GTX770 DirectCUII Case Antec Three Hundred Storage 60GB OCZ Vertex, 1TB Seagate Barracuda PSU Corsair TX650M Cooling Corsair Hydro H45 Operating System Windows 10 Pro Also an LG DVD/ drive. Please help!

Following this thread (specs in signature, please look at previous link for context as ive explained my troubleshooting there) Where I had a boot loop issue that first appeared after months of use with no memorable changes apart from an windows update triggering this boot loop without post or output then again after a few days of use with my replacement motherboard, Im at a loss at what to do. 5 Points: Only 5 components were connected outside of the case (PSU,CPU,CPU cooler,Motherboard, Hdmi monitor from integrated graphics hdmi port). I have tried another psu I have that worked before also and my current psu worked fine for months before the motherboard started boot looping and worked after I got a replacement till it started boot looping as well, so It makes me think the psu is not at fault. My cpu has worked for the same amount of time without failure. It has always ran cool with my aftermarket heatsink mounted as per the instructions with an appropriate amount of thermal paste (top mostly covered with none leaking over the side and definitely none in the socket. Speaking of the socket, now the second time, unlike the first, I took pictures of the inside of the socket and found it to be immaculate, both with the backside of the cpu and the socket itself. No visible bent pins or burn markings on either. This is of course to go with all the trouble shooting tried in the previous thread. Gigabyte said my previous rma board tested fine (as in it worked for them) despite the continuous bootloops for me. My thoughts so far, are that I firstly, would love to be playing Battlefield 1 right now, and secondly, I have no idea what to do and cant afford to just buy random parts with the hope that they are the culprit. My first plan of action is to call a local computer store (a store where I bought my graphics card (1070 ftw) and ask to use some of there test parts to see whether or not my cpu or motherboard are at fault, though Im not sure how willing they would be to do that. Another option, likely done after the first, is that I could take the shipping pre paid RMA Gigabyte support have offered me, which will likely take 2-3 weeks to arrive, and if they are correct, will end up with the same problem. I know that cpus failing are extraordinarily rare, and I think they fail differently than this (like they just stop working completely, so Im utterly confused, as like I said in the linked thread, there are no beeps from the motherboard speaker( I specifically bought to test this (there were beeps when I got it first a few days earlier)) no matter what I try (ram here, ram there, no ram (supposed to get a beep but nothing). Ive now been without my computer for more than a month and I just dont get it.

I got an update today on my zte blade q lux and installed it. when it failed it took me to the bios so i selcted reboot. Now everytime i turn on the phone it goes to the bios even after wiping the cache and phone from the bios. Id apreciate any ideas on how to fix this

Hi there ;> I was asked to recover the data from LG G4 smartphone which is now in a boot loop. Any ideas how to got it work, even only for a while long enough to transfer the data to PC? There is 2 solutions i found on the internet: Resothering connections on the board with heat, Second is removing EMMC Memmory chip and puting it to specialized device to transfer a data to pc. Both of that solutions is rather extreme and none is perfect. I need to get it work fo like 10 minutes nothing more. BTW. is there really no way to acces the memory while phone is off ?

I recently built a new pc with a few old parts. Parts list CPU: Ryzen 5 1600 Motherboard: Asus B350-Prime Ram: 2 sets of 2x4GB 3200Mhz Corsair Ram. (2x Corsair CMK8GX4M2B3200C16) to be exact. I got one pack and then amazon accidentally sent another for free so i just put that in my system too. PSU: TX650W GPU: GTX 970 HDD: 1X2TB. Seagate. So on booting up the pc quickly switches off and then back on and then off again and then back on where it will take me to a screen saying that i need to press F1 to go into setup, once it takes me to the bios i never change another just press save and exit, with no changes, and the pc will continue and boot fine. Anyone have an idea what this is, i'm guessing its some sort of bios of memory issue the pc is fixing or changing when its doing the restarts/boot loop. Sometimes it doesn't happen if i turn the pc back on within say 5 hours of using it last. But if i leave it for like 8 hours it will boot loop 2 times, sometimes 3 then boot fine. I'm running a stable overclock at 3.8Ghz with 0.1375 addon voltage and running the default xmp 3200mhz profile for the ram. I don't think the ram is on the QVL but once in windows everything works fine, its just that initial boot that is the problem, guessing its just some bios setting i need to change. Any help is welcome, thanks.