Windows install stuck

[ChubbyChainsaw]

Hello all,

 

I've just recently upgraded my computer. I've gone from intel to AMD and the follow specs. 

 

CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 3600 with Wraith Stealth

Motherboard - MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk Motherboard

GPU - MSI GeForce GTX 1060 OC 3GB

RAM - Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16GB (2x8GB) 3200MHz CL16 DDR4

PSU - Corsair CX850 850W Power Supply

SSD - 1x 256gb Samsung 850 Evo (OLD OS) 1x500gb Samsung 850 Evo (Games) 1x500gb Samsung 860 Evo (New)

 

Once I installed everything, I turned the PC on and everything seemed fine, loaded up nice and smoothly, however the desktop was extremely laggy. I rebooted a few times and thought reformatting the drive and reinstalling windows could help. (I was planning on doing this anyway). 

 

Whilst trying to reinstall, it all seemed to work well, copying/getting files ready etc. etc works. Then it reboots a couple of times and gets stuck at the motherboard screen with the 4 or so dots. I am able to move my mouse around after it gets stuck, and every 20 or so seconds the mouse gets the blue spinning circle (thinking circle) above it. 

 

I've done the following to try and fix it. 

 

- Installed 3 different windows .iso from Rufus

- Installed windows using the windows media creator 

- Downloaded windows directly in the troubleshooter 

(I am deleting all partitions when reinstalling windows)

All of these have got stuck at the same spot. 

 

I have swapped my old ram in, taken ram out, put it in different slots

Taken out all peripherals

Tried different USBs

Tried new SSD and old SSD

Updated BIOS

Changed RAM profiles 

 

A few other things that I can't remember off the top of my head. 

My friend just recently got the same board and CPU and is having no issues with his. 

 

I have recently tried to install Linux with rufus and that worked perfectly first go with no errors. 

 

ANY HELP APPRECIATED!!! 

[homeap5]

Desktop was laggy not because system was not installed after hardware change - it's not needed. Something is for sure wrong with hardware (especially that you have problem with other installations). I had problem like that once on motherboard where usb has broken - new Windows was extremely lagging. And only new one (8.1 and 10). Windows 7 (with different USB support) works fine. That was happen after lighting hit that apparently broke motherboard (the same system works fine before, but after nothing works, even restored system that for sure works before). That may explain why in your case Linux works.

 

I would replace motherboard.

[ChubbyChainsaw]

1 hour ago, homeap5 said:

Desktop was laggy not because system was not installed after hardware change - it's not needed. Something is for sure wrong with hardware (especially that you have problem with other installations). I had problem like that once on motherboard where usb has broken - new Windows was extremely lagging. And only new one (8.1 and 10). Windows 7 (with different USB support) works fine. That was happen after lighting hit that apparently broke motherboard (the same system works fine before, but after nothing works, even restored system that for sure works before). That may explain why in your case Linux works.

 

I would replace motherboard.

Thanks for the response, yeah I've had a feeling it was the motherboard.. Just tried the .iso file on a friends computer and it worked first go, put it in my computer and cannot boot from my computer. Will RMA motherboard and see how it goes with a new one.