BSOD Loop after updating BIOS

Vyrrian · February 7, 2023

Hello everyone! So the motherboard in question is a Gigabyte B450M DS3H Wi-Fi V2. Since this board doesn’t show up on their website I followed this video exactly to update it and afterwards it seemed to have worked but as soon as I got into windows it BSOD’d and now just consistently blue screens and reboots! I can’t even get to windows. I have tried taking out the CMOS battery and that didn’t work. I don’t know how to exactly explain what I did but I will link the video I followed.

Radium_Angel · February 7, 2023

Can you get into Safe Mode?

191x7 · February 7, 2023

Is that a CyberPower PC?

Look, the new bios probably has Secure Boot on by default and your Windows was probably installed without.

Enter the bios, turn off Secure boot and enable CSM Compatibility Support Module. Enter Windows.

Set windows to next boot into Safe Mode

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/start-your-pc-in-safe-mode-in-windows-92c27cff-db89-8644-1ce4-b3e5e56fe234#WindowsVersion=Windows_10

Change the bios settings back (secure boot on, csm off), enter the Windows (safe) and reboot into regular Windows.

Vyrrian · February 11, 2023

Sorry for my lack of reply, I ended up putting the old CPU in and reinstalling Windows so I could at least use my PC and that worked.

I got a new motherboard and installed it with the new CPU and same issue - turns out the whole time it was overheating due to my shitty CPU fan and the motherboard may have not even been the issue! So now I have a Z53 on the way and hopefully all will be well. If it keeps blue screening after that I'll be back for some help!