Need help troubleshooting gaming pc

[SoulutionA]

So to give some context, my after upgrading my cpu for my editing rig (5600x to 5950x) and going from all air cooling to a kraken z73,

I have recently been getting black screens + failed windows repairs on boot. I'm thinking my windows boot files were shot so i moved my important data to another SSD and i purged the old copy of data (including old windows partitions and original data) and did a completely fresh windows install. The install went smoothly and the computer started to post without issue but as soon as i booted up Elden Ring for about 5 minutes that black screen came back with a vengeance. Mouse and keyboard were unresponsive, CPU temp went to zero, and pc would not power off unless I hit psu's switch. That last sentence i typed was the usual reaction to the blue screen error and old black screens prior to installing windows all over again. And now I'm scared it might be a software + hardware issue. 

My system specs will be listed down below to help anyone identify the issue and I'm open to any questions/ suggestions that'll help me solve the problem.

 

Cooler : NZXT Kraken Z73 RGB

 

CPU : Ryzen 9 5950x 

 

Mobo : MSI MEG B550 Unify

 

Ram : G.Skill Trident Z NEO Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin SDRAM DDR4 4000 (PC4-32000) CL18-22-22-42 1.40V (Two sets so 64 GB running at 3800mhz)

 

PSU : PowerSpec 850 Watt Gold Plus+ 

 

GPU : PowerColor Red Devil RX 6800 XT 

 

Boot Drive :  SAMSUNG 970 EVO Plus SSD 1TB 

Storage :  x3 SAMSUNG 970 EVO Plus 2TB

                 Seagate Baracuda 2TB + 8TB 

                 SAMSUNG 860 EVO 2TB 

 

 

OS: Windows 10 Pro

 

 

 

 

 

 

[An0maly_76]

Did it ever boot properly with the 5950X? If not, did you update the BIOS prior to the upgrade? I should think a 5600 would already have had the latest BIOS to work, but it's possible it wasn't needed, I guess. Lots of people going to Zen3s without updating BIOS and getting stuck dead in the water like this. May have to put the 5600 back in, update the BIOS, then try again. Mine seems to be the only one recently that fired off without a hiccup.

Edited March 13, 2022 by An0maly_76
Revised, more info

[--SID--]

2 hours ago, SoulutionA said:

Two sets so 64 GB running at 3800mhz

Remove OC when there are issues.

Test with two dimms in A2 and B2 @3200 MT/s.

[SoulutionA]

26 minutes ago, An0maly_76 said:

Did it ever boot properly with the 5950X? If not, did you update the BIOS prior to the upgrade? I should think a 5600 would already have had the latest BIOS to work, but it's possible it wasn't needed, I guess. Lots of people going to Zen3s without updating BIOS and getting stuck dead in the water like this. May have to put the 5600 back in, update the BIOS, then try again. Mine seems to be the only one recently that fired off without a hiccup.

I'll try that later. My mobo's description said it was compatible with the processor but you can never too sure i guess

[SoulutionA]

57 minutes ago, --SID-- said:

Remove OC when there are issues.

Test with two dimms in A2 and B2 @3200 MT/s.

I'll make sure to lower it when i reattempt fixing it later 

[An0maly_76]

7 hours ago, SoulutionA said:

I'll try that later. My mobo's description said it was compatible with the processor but you can never too sure i guess

Compatible and ready out-of-the-box are two different things, as some of the more unfortunate here have found. Seems like mine was one of the few that was ready out-of-the-box. Some have dedicated USB ports for BIOS flash, check to see if yours does.

[SoulutionA]

2 hours ago, An0maly_76 said:

Compatible and ready out-of-the-box are two different things, as some of the more unfortunate here have found. Seems like mine was one of the few that was ready out-of-the-box. Some have dedicated USB ports for BIOS flash, check to see if yours does.

M flash isn't detecting the contents of the zip file i extracted with the latest bios update on my flash drive. Any suggestions?

 

[An0maly_76]

21 minutes ago, SoulutionA said:

M flash isn't detecting the contents of the zip file i extracted with the latest bios update on my flash drive. Any suggestions?

 

Does your board support BIOS flashing? It may not, but if it does, you may still need to install a processor supported by the current BIOS version to even do that. I've never had to do this, you understand, I'm just going from what I've been told by the Asus support when I called to register my board before I fired it up. I got lucky and didn't have to deal with all that.

Edited March 13, 2022 by An0maly_76