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Poroniec
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Hello,

I upgraded my PC roughly 2 months ago, and ever since I did this, my PC won't POST 3/4 times, and when it does, the BIOS time is between 23 and 25 seconds.

 

Pre-Upgrade Specs
CPU - Ryzen 3 2200G

GPU - MSI GTX 1660 Ti Gaming X

MOBO - MSI B450M

RAM - Patriot 16GB kit (don't remember the speed)

PSU - Corsair CX650M

Drives - Boot drive is a Corsair MP510 M.2 SSD

 

Post-Upgrade Specs

CPU - Ryzen 5 3600

MOBO - MSI X470

RAM - Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (Again, don't know the speed. I believe it's 3200mhz though)

 

All components were bought brand new. I have already ensured my BIOS is up to date, I have tried factory resetting my PC, and I have also formatted my drives and reinstalled windows. Other than that, I'm not entirely sure what to do. Any and all suggestions are appreciated!

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Maybe it's RAM related. Did you reset CMOS?

CPU: Intel Core i7 8086K, Delidded with Der8auer Custom Nickel-Copper IHS and Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra CPU Cooling: Scythe Ninja 5 with Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Thermal Paste Motherboard: ASRock Z370 Taichi RAM: 2x16GB Kingston Predator DDR4 3200 MHz 15-17-17-36 GPU: Gainward RTX 2080 Phoenix GS with Raijintek Morpheus II Core Black Heatpipe VGA Cooler, Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Thermal Paste and 2x Scythe Kaze Flex PWM 120mm fans Case: SilentiumPC Regnum RG4T Pure Black TG Storage: Samsung 960 EVO 250GB, Samsung 970 EVO 500GB, Seagate ST4000DM 4TB HDD, Toshiba HDWD240 4TB HDD PSU: SilentiumPC Supremo FM2 Gold 750W Case Cooling: 6x Scythe Kaze Flex PWM 120mm fans Keyboard: Corsair Strafe Mechanical Keyboard Mouse: Trust GXT845 Tural Display: Sharp LC-50LD265E Operating System: Windows 10

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Yeah, I've used the button on the board, and I've also completely unplugged my pc, removed the CMOS battery, and gone that route. I tried loading default BIOS settings, even with XMP disabled. No luck.

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9 minutes ago, Poroniec said:

Yeah, I've used the button on the board, and I've also completely unplugged my pc, removed the CMOS battery, and gone that route. I tried loading default BIOS settings, even with XMP disabled. No luck.

Once I had problems with booting when the HDD mode was set to RAID in BIOS. When I changed it to AHCI I experienced an improved boot time.

Note: You actually need to change HDD mode to AHCI and reinstall the Windows, I almost forgot that.

CPU: Intel Core i7 8086K, Delidded with Der8auer Custom Nickel-Copper IHS and Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra CPU Cooling: Scythe Ninja 5 with Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Thermal Paste Motherboard: ASRock Z370 Taichi RAM: 2x16GB Kingston Predator DDR4 3200 MHz 15-17-17-36 GPU: Gainward RTX 2080 Phoenix GS with Raijintek Morpheus II Core Black Heatpipe VGA Cooler, Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Thermal Paste and 2x Scythe Kaze Flex PWM 120mm fans Case: SilentiumPC Regnum RG4T Pure Black TG Storage: Samsung 960 EVO 250GB, Samsung 970 EVO 500GB, Seagate ST4000DM 4TB HDD, Toshiba HDWD240 4TB HDD PSU: SilentiumPC Supremo FM2 Gold 750W Case Cooling: 6x Scythe Kaze Flex PWM 120mm fans Keyboard: Corsair Strafe Mechanical Keyboard Mouse: Trust GXT845 Tural Display: Sharp LC-50LD265E Operating System: Windows 10

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3 minutes ago, H6NS said:

Once I had problems with booting when the HDD mode was set to RAID in BIOS. When I changed it to AHCI I experienced an improved boot time.

Well I wanna figure out the issue with my PC not POSTing before I worry about boot times. Lol

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1 minute ago, Poroniec said:

Well I wanna figure out the issue with my PC not POSTing before I worry about boot times. Lol

It wasn't just the boot time, sometimes is wasn't booting at all while in RAID mode. Try booting into safe mode.

CPU: Intel Core i7 8086K, Delidded with Der8auer Custom Nickel-Copper IHS and Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra CPU Cooling: Scythe Ninja 5 with Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Thermal Paste Motherboard: ASRock Z370 Taichi RAM: 2x16GB Kingston Predator DDR4 3200 MHz 15-17-17-36 GPU: Gainward RTX 2080 Phoenix GS with Raijintek Morpheus II Core Black Heatpipe VGA Cooler, Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Thermal Paste and 2x Scythe Kaze Flex PWM 120mm fans Case: SilentiumPC Regnum RG4T Pure Black TG Storage: Samsung 960 EVO 250GB, Samsung 970 EVO 500GB, Seagate ST4000DM 4TB HDD, Toshiba HDWD240 4TB HDD PSU: SilentiumPC Supremo FM2 Gold 750W Case Cooling: 6x Scythe Kaze Flex PWM 120mm fans Keyboard: Corsair Strafe Mechanical Keyboard Mouse: Trust GXT845 Tural Display: Sharp LC-50LD265E Operating System: Windows 10

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So, update. My new mobo has a second CPU power 8-pin, and my old mobo only had one. I didn't notice, and don't have the second 8-pin plugged in, nor do I have another cable handy to plug into it. Could this be my issue?

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10 minutes ago, H6NS said:

Once I had problems with booting when the HDD mode was set to RAID in BIOS. When I changed it to AHCI I experienced an improved boot time.

Note: You actually need to change HDD mode to AHCI and reinstall the Windows, I almost forgot that.

Just checked, my HDD mode is already AHCI

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2 minutes ago, Poroniec said:

Just checked, my HDD mode is already AHCI

Okay, so you are writing from this computer right now? 

CPU: Intel Core i7 8086K, Delidded with Der8auer Custom Nickel-Copper IHS and Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra CPU Cooling: Scythe Ninja 5 with Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Thermal Paste Motherboard: ASRock Z370 Taichi RAM: 2x16GB Kingston Predator DDR4 3200 MHz 15-17-17-36 GPU: Gainward RTX 2080 Phoenix GS with Raijintek Morpheus II Core Black Heatpipe VGA Cooler, Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Thermal Paste and 2x Scythe Kaze Flex PWM 120mm fans Case: SilentiumPC Regnum RG4T Pure Black TG Storage: Samsung 960 EVO 250GB, Samsung 970 EVO 500GB, Seagate ST4000DM 4TB HDD, Toshiba HDWD240 4TB HDD PSU: SilentiumPC Supremo FM2 Gold 750W Case Cooling: 6x Scythe Kaze Flex PWM 120mm fans Keyboard: Corsair Strafe Mechanical Keyboard Mouse: Trust GXT845 Tural Display: Sharp LC-50LD265E Operating System: Windows 10

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1 minute ago, H6NS said:

Okay, so you are writing from this computer right now? 

No, I'm on my phone while I troubleshoot. However, once my PC actually POSTs, it does work normally. (Other than the boot times, obviously.)

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It can also be the PSU.

There is a ton of "PC won't boot up, sometimes. Please help!!" discussions on the internet.

CPU: Intel Core i7 8086K, Delidded with Der8auer Custom Nickel-Copper IHS and Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra CPU Cooling: Scythe Ninja 5 with Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Thermal Paste Motherboard: ASRock Z370 Taichi RAM: 2x16GB Kingston Predator DDR4 3200 MHz 15-17-17-36 GPU: Gainward RTX 2080 Phoenix GS with Raijintek Morpheus II Core Black Heatpipe VGA Cooler, Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Thermal Paste and 2x Scythe Kaze Flex PWM 120mm fans Case: SilentiumPC Regnum RG4T Pure Black TG Storage: Samsung 960 EVO 250GB, Samsung 970 EVO 500GB, Seagate ST4000DM 4TB HDD, Toshiba HDWD240 4TB HDD PSU: SilentiumPC Supremo FM2 Gold 750W Case Cooling: 6x Scythe Kaze Flex PWM 120mm fans Keyboard: Corsair Strafe Mechanical Keyboard Mouse: Trust GXT845 Tural Display: Sharp LC-50LD265E Operating System: Windows 10

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A week ago I watched JayzTwoCents video where the PC wasn't posting because of a faulty GPU. But since you don't have an iGPU, it is quite difficult to try booting without it.

CPU: Intel Core i7 8086K, Delidded with Der8auer Custom Nickel-Copper IHS and Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra CPU Cooling: Scythe Ninja 5 with Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Thermal Paste Motherboard: ASRock Z370 Taichi RAM: 2x16GB Kingston Predator DDR4 3200 MHz 15-17-17-36 GPU: Gainward RTX 2080 Phoenix GS with Raijintek Morpheus II Core Black Heatpipe VGA Cooler, Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Thermal Paste and 2x Scythe Kaze Flex PWM 120mm fans Case: SilentiumPC Regnum RG4T Pure Black TG Storage: Samsung 960 EVO 250GB, Samsung 970 EVO 500GB, Seagate ST4000DM 4TB HDD, Toshiba HDWD240 4TB HDD PSU: SilentiumPC Supremo FM2 Gold 750W Case Cooling: 6x Scythe Kaze Flex PWM 120mm fans Keyboard: Corsair Strafe Mechanical Keyboard Mouse: Trust GXT845 Tural Display: Sharp LC-50LD265E Operating System: Windows 10

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