PC randomly double boots

[Tech Reprise]

I have noticed that sometimes my PC boots into BIOS popup screen and then immediately restarts and boots normally again. I have heard that this is a kind of memory training but shouldn't memory training happen once during memory install. Bios is as it was from Factory FB.

The sequence of events is as follows:

• Press power button.
• PC gives a single beep and boots on the BIOS popup screen.
• PC restarts and then boots normally again.

Recent changes to my PC include a new memory kit of TridentZ Neo 3600CL16 that was sent as a replacement of my EOL TridentZ Royal 3600CL16 one of whose sticks died. Everything else is same as before. Bios was reset using CMOS Jumper after new memory install. 

Detailed specs in Signature.

Also another thing. I have a Antec EAG Pro 750W which I am using since fall of 2020, it's working well so far. It was a Tier A Seasonic built unit back then and still is Tier A. Should I keep using it?

[Vishera]

In some motherboards that's how they work, coincidentally i have the same CPU as you, My motherboard is a GIGABYTE one as well, though my motherboard is a B450 one.

But i don't have this issue, maybe if i do something i don't usually do i might make this happen, also BIOS updates could also cause such a thing to happen.

For example I had a BIOS update bork the automatic CMOS reset when the BIOS settings cause the system to be unbootable.

[Mumintroll]

You could try to force it to train the memory again. Go into bios and search for Memory Context Restore, or MRC boot, or Memory Reference Code or something like that and enable it. The motherboard manufacturers could name it differently.

 

Once it has trained with the memory and booted up, reboot and go into bios again and disable that setting, and reboot.

 

Does it post and boot normally after that?

[Tech Reprise]

8 hours ago, Mumintroll said:

You could try to force it to train the memory again. Go into bios and search for Memory Context Restore, or MRC boot, or Memory Reference Code or something like that and enable it. The motherboard manufacturers could name it differently.

 

Once it has trained with the memory and booted up, reboot and go into bios again and disable that setting, and reboot.

 

Does it post and boot normally after that?

Isn't this option only for AM5 and up?

[Mumintroll]

3 hours ago, Tech Reprise said:

Isn't this option only for AM5 and up?

No I don't think so? I haven't heard about it that it's only from AM5. Googling about it doesn't seem to mention it.

I'm using Intel and on a B760 motherboard, and I have that option.

 

Have you searched for it?

[YoungBlade]

Another way to force the board to retrain memory is by clearing the CMOS.

 

However, you may want to consider updating your BIOS to the latest version. Not just because it might fix this, but because the last two BIOS updates for that board are both to address security issues, including Sinkclose. 

 

[Tech Reprise]

9 hours ago, Mumintroll said:

No I don't think so? I haven't heard about it that it's only from AM5. Googling about it doesn't seem to mention it.

I'm using Intel and on a B760 motherboard, and I have that option.

 

Have you searched for it?

Didn't find anything in Bios related to similar memory settings.

[Tech Reprise]

8 hours ago, YoungBlade said:

Another way to force the board to retrain memory is by clearing the CMOS.

 

However, you may want to consider updating your BIOS to the latest version. Not just because it might fix this, but because the last two BIOS updates for that board are both to address security issues, including Sinkclose. 

 

Is there any specific order I should do BIOS updates or should I jump to the latest one?

[YoungBlade]

24 minutes ago, Tech Reprise said:

Is there any specific order I should do BIOS updates or should I jump to the latest one?

You'd generally be able to just jump to the latest one. If you are supposed to go to an intermediate update, that would be listed in the notes for the following BIOS update.

 

You can skim through the notes on the BIOS update list to confirm, but I'm not seeing anything that says something like "Please update to BIOS version X before applying this update" in any of the notes.