ASUS Prime B460 Plus (bios problems)

[Nena Trinity]

No matter what settings it boots into safe mode, so I have so far tried the following:

 

* reset back to default (still safe mode) 

 

* re-install windows (can use it again now when manually booting into windows, despite jedec RAM speeds & resizable bar not working) 

 

* reset CMOS did nothing. 

 

* tried installing a older BIOS going from 1620 to 1605 which it allowed me to do but still no improvement. 

 

Did I fuck it up or is something else going on? Should I try to remove RAM sticks or other devices and see if the issue goes away? I suspect it might be TPM related.

Edited February 22, 2022 by Nena Trinity
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[Frizz]

7 hours ago, Nena Trinity said:

No matter what settings it boots into safe mode, so I have so far tried the following:

 

* reset back to default (still safe mode) 

 

* re-install windows (can use it again now when manually booting into windows, despite jedec RAM speeds & resizable bar not working) 

 

* reset CMOS did nothing. 

 

* tried installing a older BIOS going from 1620 to 1605 which it allowed me to do but still no improvement. 

 

Did I fuck it up or is something else going on? Should I try to remove RAM sticks or other devices and see if the issue goes away? I suspect it might be TPM related.

So just to be clear, your system defaults to run only in safe mode?

When you reinstalled windows, did you delete all partitions and start fresh via USB?

 

Also please list your specs in your original post

[Nena Trinity]

10 hours ago, Frizz said:

So just to be clear, your system defaults to run only in safe mode?

When you reinstalled windows, did you delete all partitions and start fresh via USB?

 

Also please list your specs in your original post

No the old windows nuked itself after the bios update, suspect the drives old install was faulty?

 

I did reinstall Windows on same partition.

 

Case: Cooler Master HAF XB Evo Black / Case Fan(s) Front: Noctua NF-A14 ULN 140mm Premium Fans / Case Fan(s) Rear: Corsair Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition (red) / Case Fan(s) Side: Noctua NF-A6x25 FLX 60mm Premium Fan / Controller: Sony Dualshock 4 Wireless (DS4Windows) / Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo / CPU: Intel Core i5-10600 (Base: @3300MHz | All-core Turbo: @4400MHz | 1-core Turbo: @4800MHz) Hexa-Core (Intel 14nm++ FinFET) / Display: ASUS 24" LED VN247H (67Hz OC) 1920x1080p / GPU: Gigabyte Radeon RX Vega 56 Gaming OC @1501MHz (Samsung 14nm FinFET) / Keyboard: Logitech Desktop K120 (Nordic) / Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B460 PLUS, Socket-LGA1200 / Mouse: Razer Abyssus 2014 / PCI-E: ASRock USB 3.1/A+C (PCI Express x4) / PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G2, 850W PSU / RAM A1, A2, B1 & B2: DDR4-2666MHz CL13-15-15-15-35-1T "Samsung 8Gbit C-Die" (4x8GB) / Operating System 1: Windows 10 Home / Sound: Zombee Z300 / Storage 1 & 2: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD / Storage 3: Seagate® Barracuda 2TB HDD / Storage 4: Seagate® Desktop 2TB SSHD / Storage 5: Crucial P1 1000GB M.2 SSD / Wi-fi: TP-Link TL-WN851N 11n Wireless Adapter (Qualcomm Atheros)

[Frizz]

4 hours ago, Nena Trinity said:

No the old windows nuked itself after the bios update, suspect the drives old install was faulty?

 

I did reinstall Windows on same partition.

 

Case: Cooler Master HAF XB Evo Black / Case Fan(s) Front: Noctua NF-A14 ULN 140mm Premium Fans / Case Fan(s) Rear: Corsair Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition (red) / Case Fan(s) Side: Noctua NF-A6x25 FLX 60mm Premium Fan / Controller: Sony Dualshock 4 Wireless (DS4Windows) / Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo / CPU: Intel Core i5-10600 (Base: @3300MHz | All-core Turbo: @4400MHz | 1-core Turbo: @4800MHz) Hexa-Core (Intel 14nm++ FinFET) / Display: ASUS 24" LED VN247H (67Hz OC) 1920x1080p / GPU: Gigabyte Radeon RX Vega 56 Gaming OC @1501MHz (Samsung 14nm FinFET) / Keyboard: Logitech Desktop K120 (Nordic) / Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B460 PLUS, Socket-LGA1200 / Mouse: Razer Abyssus 2014 / PCI-E: ASRock USB 3.1/A+C (PCI Express x4) / PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G2, 850W PSU / RAM A1, A2, B1 & B2: DDR4-2666MHz CL13-15-15-15-35-1T "Samsung 8Gbit C-Die" (4x8GB) / Operating System 1: Windows 10 Home / Sound: Zombee Z300 / Storage 1 & 2: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD / Storage 3: Seagate® Barracuda 2TB HDD / Storage 4: Seagate® Desktop 2TB SSHD / Storage 5: Crucial P1 1000GB M.2 SSD / Wi-fi: TP-Link TL-WN851N 11n Wireless Adapter (Qualcomm Atheros)

So I'm confused, what exactly is the problem now?

[Nena Trinity]

3 hours ago, Frizz said:

So I'm confused, what exactly is the problem now?

Cannot save bios settings, it just uses forever to boot then boots into BIOS in safe mode. I can from there not do anything, even loading default settings will only give me same error! I can boot into windows but TPM and resizable bar is not active. I think the last install when it died might have screwed up with the TPM? Not really sure. 

[Nena Trinity]

Status update: Okay it seems my RAM sticks post BIOS update refuse to co-operate when all 4 is in the system? They worked just fine before and all four is Samsung C-DIE so what the fuck? The BIOS update say it was suppose to improve stability and compatibility!!! Worse yet all 4 sticks are on the QVL so why?!! Why you do this ASUS?! ;o;

[Nena Trinity]

Okay to FIX this I had to do the retarded thing and set 1 pair of sticks in 1 and 2 while second pair in 3 & 4 because BIOS is dumb!

 

You are suppose to set it 1 & 3 and 2 & 4 but not anymore NOOOOOOOOO!