One-off boot failure

[eZGraviity]

Build details:

 

Intel Core i7-10700k

Gigabyte Aorus Pro AX Z490 mobo

64gb RAM (Corsair LPX Vengeance, 4x16gb)

1tb samsung NVME SSD

2tb WD HDD

Nvidia GTX 1080 GPU

750W PSU 

 

I don't have any custom overclocks on the CPU, the only setting I've ever changed is the XMP profile on the ram. Default is 2133mHz, and XMP took it to the sticker value of 3200mHz. Setup has been working beautifully since I built it just over a year ago. Suddenly when I went to turn it on this morning (a cold start, if you will) I had a boot failure. No display at all, just nothing. Waited a while and eventually it displayed a BIOS message saying it failed to boot and if I wanted to reset to default settings and reboot. I did and it booted just fine. It reset me to the default RAM speed (again, the only setting I ever changed...) and has been stable since. Does this error sound familiar and should I be worried? Or is it a symptom of a greater hardware failure that could be on it's way? I had some GPU issues though later on, a game crashed mid way through and I needed to update the drivers, which were over a year overdue. Latest install was from June of last year. Not sure how that could have affected it but you never know...

[bmx6454]

31 minutes ago, eZGraviity said:

Build details:

 

Intel Core i7-10700k

Gigabyte Aorus Pro AX Z490 mobo

64gb RAM (Corsair LPX Vengeance, 4x16gb)

1tb samsung NVME SSD

2tb WD HDD

Nvidia GTX 1080 GPU

750W PSU 

 

I don't have any custom overclocks on the CPU, the only setting I've ever changed is the XMP profile on the ram. Default is 2133mHz, and XMP took it to the sticker value of 3200mHz. Setup has been working beautifully since I built it just over a year ago. Suddenly when I went to turn it on this morning (a cold start, if you will) I had a boot failure. No display at all, just nothing. Waited a while and eventually it displayed a BIOS message saying it failed to boot and if I wanted to reset to default settings and reboot. I did and it booted just fine. It reset me to the default RAM speed (again, the only setting I ever changed...) and has been stable since. Does this error sound familiar and should I be worried? Or is it a symptom of a greater hardware failure that could be on it's way? I had some GPU issues though later on, a game crashed mid way through and I needed to update the drivers, which were over a year overdue. Latest install was from June of last year. Not sure how that could have affected it but you never know...

i wouldn't be worried, not unless it becomes a reoccurring issue.

as far as the gpu issues, that very well could have been unrelated seeing as the drivers were that out of date, i also wouldn't worry too much about that unless it happens again.