My mainboard seems to be possessed | random shutdowns while installing

[onlyguarddog]

Whenever I try to install Windows 10 on my SSD, my PC crashes randomly somewehere in the process. Sometimes even before the installation, sometimes right in the process and sometimes just when its about to finish. I tried a lot to resolve this issue, the spec-list can be found below:

 

• installed the newest BIOS-version (7B17vA5)

To exclude the installation media as a source of malfunction:

• generated a new version of the USB-installer using the Windows Media Creation Tool
• tried a different USB
• used both USB after another in each USB-slot (3.1 Gen2, 3.1 Gen1, and 2.0)

To exclude wrong installation of the components:

• reseated CPU&RAM

To exclude mass storage:

• put my M.2 NVMe in the other slot
• tried a SATA HDD instead

To exclude Windows as a source of failure:

• tried to install Ubuntu Bionic beaver

However, the issue still persist. When I am booting a live Linux, the system just boots fine and I can even stresstest it without failing.

 

SPECLIST:

• i5 9600k
• beqeuit! Dark Rock Slim
• MSI Z390 EDGE AC
• 1x 8GB Corsair Vengeance 2666MHz
• some bequiet PSU
• some old ATX case

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Please help me Obi-Wan Kenobi LTT-forum, you are my last hope.

Edited August 24, 2019 by onlyguarddig
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[Spakes]

How exactly does it crash?

[onlyguarddog]

5 minutes ago, Spakes said:

How exactly does it crash?

It just turns of - the lights go out, the fan stops spinning, the monitor turns off - then it reboots. When it boots to the (corrupted) windows it shows a BS and says [...] file missing /system32/windows/winload.exe [...]

[Spakes]

1 minute ago, onlyguarddig said:

It just turns of - the lights go out, the fan stops spinning, the monitor turns off - then it reboots. When it boots to the (corrupted) windows it shows a BS and says [...] file missing /system32/windows/winload.exe [...]

Tried to do everything w/o case and/or with no front I/O things connected?

[onlyguarddog]

1 minute ago, Spakes said:

Tried to do everything w/o case and/or with no front I/O things connected?

Why should the case be the issue? I only got the front power switch connected for now, since the mainboard doesnt have a own switch.

[TrigrH]

39 minutes ago, onlyguarddog said:

Why should the case be the issue? I only got the front power switch connected for now, since the mainboard doesnt have a own switch.

if this is a new build, something might be shorting out.

[onlyguarddog]

3 minutes ago, TrigrH said:

if this is a new build, something might be shorting out.

It is a new one, how to diagnose? I also reinstalled the Motherboard.

[TrigrH]

Just now, onlyguarddog said:

It is a new one, how to diagnose? I also reinstalled the Motherboard.

install windows outside the case would be what i would try first.

[onlyguarddog]

Just now, TrigrH said:

install windows outside the case would be what i would try first.

I'll do that in a few moments, then I am coming back.

[onlyguarddog]

34 minutes ago, onlyguarddog said:

I'll do that in a few moments, then I am coming back.

Motherboard outside the case on it's packaging - issue persists

[Spakes]

If you can, try swapping some parts with your friends/coworkers and see if their MoBo (or some other part) can work (swap one part at a time). That will mean that the fault in that part that was swapped.

[onlyguarddog]

Seems like the last measure I can take - I also contacted the 3rd party distrbutor about that issue. At this point I justt think my motherboard is a faulty piece of shi.. shake.