Regretting $1000 PC

[Redrooster]

Everything was fine until I replaced the Mobo, the ram, and the CPU. Now it won't boot into Windows 10. I'm honestly at a breaking point. All Thursday I was working on it and I came to the conclusion that I needed to order a new boot drive. It took a day longer than it should have to get here, and after being able to finally get into Windows 10 on the new boot drive, my screen cut out and now it won't boot to the bios. This has been the most frustrating thing I've ever experienced in my life

 

Should I just go pay someone to look at it?

[Redrooster]

Just now, Arika S said:

If you didn't set windows up to accommodate for the new motherboard, then yes, it won't work. Windows will be trying to load drivers for the old chipsets, which is now incompatible with your current motherboard. 

 

You will either have to Reinstall Windows, or put the old hardware back in, boot up and run sysprep to get it ready for the new motherboard. 

 

Sysprep instructions can be found gere

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-8.1-and-8/hh825209(v=win.10)?redirectedfrom=MSDN

 

 

I put a fresh install of Windows 10 on a brand new SSD

[Lurick]

1 minute ago, Arika S said:

If you didn't set windows up to accommodate for the new motherboard, then yes, it won't work. Windows will be trying to load drivers for the old chipsets, which is now incompatible with your current motherboard. 

 

You will either have to Reinstall Windows, or put the old hardware back in, boot up and run sysprep to get it ready for the new motherboard. 

 

Sysprep instructions can be found gere

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-8.1-and-8/hh825209(v=win.10)?redirectedfrom=MSDN

 

 

Untrue. I've swapped motherboards several times and done nothing else and had Windows 10 detect the changes, update the drivers, clean up, and boot just fine. Heck I went from x99 to x299 without reinstalling and just recently went to x570 with a Ryzen CPU on that same image and all went off without a hitch. You should still backup your data but to say that it won't work is just wrong.

[TomvanWijnen]

3 minutes ago, Lurick said:

Untrue. I've swapped motherboards several times and done nothing else and had Windows 10 detect the changes, update the drivers, clean up, and boot just fine. Heck I went from x99 to x299 without reinstalling and just recently went to x570 with a Ryzen CPU on that same image and all went off without a hitch. You should still backup your data but to say that it won't work is just wrong.

The chance of it not working or havnig issues is considerable. When I went from Z77 to Z170 it worked (with a registry trick (not sure if that was needed as I didn't try as it just HAD to work due to component limitations)), but had some untracable and irregular crashing issues and I believe some other issues too. Either way, this is not the case here so let's try something else.

 

Do you still have the old components? Do they work? Do you have a different drive to test? Does the bios still work? Did you reset cmos? Are you sure the power connectors (those stupid fiddly things) are connected properly? All cables in correctly?

[Ravendarat]

Possible issues with a incorrectly seated cpu maybe?

[Redrooster]

9 minutes ago, Ravendarat said:

Possible issues with a incorrectly seated cpu maybe?

Would it even boot if that were the case? I gave my PC a gentle shake (to test your theory) and it seems to be fine

[Ravendarat]

If it wasnt seated properly and a pin got bent or similar then it can cause all sorts of different issues. There are a lot smarter people than me on these boards so hopefully one of them chimes in but if I was in your spot I would take the cpu out and check the pins and socket for any anomalies then re install it and try again. Shaking the case would definitely not solve anything

 

Also was the new gear all brand new or did you buy any of it used?

[Redrooster]

1 hour ago, Ravendarat said:

If it wasnt seated properly and a pin got bent or similar then it can cause all sorts of different issues. There are a lot smarter people than me on these boards so hopefully one of them chimes in but if I was in your spot I would take the cpu out and check the pins and socket for any anomalies then re install it and try again. Shaking the case would definitely not solve anything

I (GENTLY) shook the case lol. But I will give it a go once my driver's are fully installed

 

1 hour ago, Ravendarat said:

Also was the new gear all brand new or did you buy any of it used?

Brand new, 0 parts were second hand