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Blinking Underscore whenever i boot my pc

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2 hours ago, Sanchit_technogeek said:

Whenever I boot my pc , just right after the motherboard logo splash screen it shows blinking underscore which blinks twice then moves to the next line does the same there then after that windows logo shows up loading which stops midway and flashes a black screen then starts again and loads to the lock screen/sign in page.

What's with the underscores blinking?

It's just prepping the next command in the pre-windows environment.

If you were using PC's over 10 years ago, you'd have a lot more going on in between the UEFI/BIOS and the Windows loading screen, there used to be a WHOLE LOT more.

 

 

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Whenever I boot my pc , just right after the motherboard logo splash screen it shows blinking underscore which blinks twice then moves to the next line does the same there then after that windows logo shows up loading which stops midway and flashes a black screen then starts again and loads to the lock screen/sign in page.

What's with the underscores blinking?

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 CPU - i7-4790k @ 4.7ghz (overclocked) at 1.328v
 Ram - 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 (overclocked)
 Motherboard - Asus Republic Of Gamers (ROG) Maximus VII Hero
 Cpu Cooler - Corsair H100i GTX Liquid cooler, Noctua NH-D15 Air cooler
 Case - Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 5
 PSU - Corsair Rm1000 Gold Certified
 SSD - Samsung 850pro 256GB SSD
 HDD - 1x WD Black 4TB/256mb cache, 2x Seagate Barracuda 2TB HDD
 GPU - Zotac Gtx 1080Ti Amp! Extreme! edition
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You're probably catching a glimpse of the command line that is constantly in the background of your computer.

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My main PC:

OS: Windows 11

CPU: Ryzen 9 9950X

Cooler: Noctua NH-D15

Mobo: Asus ProArt X670E Creator WiFi

RAM: 96GB Trident Z Neo @6400 CL32

GPU: RTX 4090 Founders Edition, Radeon Pro WX 5100

PSU: Corsair RM1000e

SSDs: Samsung 990 Pro 4TB NVME, Samsung 970 evo plus 1TB NVME, 2x Samsung 870 evo 2TB, Samsung 860 evo 1TB, Samsung 970 evo 500GB NVME

Case: Fractal Design Define R5 Black w/ Tempered Glass Side Panel Upgrade

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unRAID server (Plex, Backups, NAS, Duplicati, game servers):

OS: unRAID 7.1.4

CPU: Ryzen R9 3900X

Cooler: Noctua NH-U9S

Mobo: Asus ROG Strix X470-F

RAM: 64GB G-Skill Ripjaws V @ 3200MHz

PSU: EVGA G3 850W

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Case: Fractal Define 7 XL

Other: Added 3x Noctua NF-F12 intake, 2x Noctua NF-A8 exhaust, Inatek 5 port USB 3.0 expansion card with usb 3.0 front panel header

 

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2 hours ago, Sanchit_technogeek said:

Whenever I boot my pc , just right after the motherboard logo splash screen it shows blinking underscore which blinks twice then moves to the next line does the same there then after that windows logo shows up loading which stops midway and flashes a black screen then starts again and loads to the lock screen/sign in page.

What's with the underscores blinking?

It's just prepping the next command in the pre-windows environment.

If you were using PC's over 10 years ago, you'd have a lot more going on in between the UEFI/BIOS and the Windows loading screen, there used to be a WHOLE LOT more.

 

 

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