Is PC acting super slow or crashing with blue screens right after I turn it on?
Is PC acting super slow or crashing with blue screens right after I turn it on?
Hey, I have had some weird problems with my PC ever since I put it together. When I start up the computer after turning on the BIOS, things go really slow. The old PC was running Windows 10 when I first built it, and that made moving windows and typing text very sluggish. Now I upgraded to Windows 11, and the problem is worse. It takes 3 to 6 minutes just to start up into Windows, freezes a few times during this process, and sometimes causes a blue screen while trying to boot. This slow startup/blue screen thing only happens when I boot into Windows right after hitting BIOS; if I turn it on normally without BIOS changes, the PC works fine. This also only happens when my graphics card is plugged in. It does not happen when I start up in Safe Mode. While this isn't a big deal for me usually, it's really annoying and stops me from changing BIOS settings properly. What other checks should I do before figuring out if the problem is with my graphics card? Here are my computer specs: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Motherboard: ASRock B650E Taichi Lite RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 2x16GB DDR5-6400 CL32 Storage: HP EX920 256GB M.2-2280 PCIE 3.0 X4 NVME SSD (Windows installed on this drive) Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2TB M.2-2280 PCIE 3.0 X4 NVME SSD Graphics Card: XFX Speedster QICK 319 Core Radeon RX 6750XT Sound Card: Asus Xonar DGX PSU: Corsair HX850 Platinum OS: Windows 11 Home Version 24H2
You got a high-performance gaming PC, but maybe some problems keep stopping you from having fun with it? Maybe your OS SSD is breaking down? Did you run a drive sanitization and do a clean install of Windows 11? Did you reset the CMOS to default settings on the motherboard and update the BIOS before starting up Windows 11? Once the operating system is installed, make sure to apply all Windows 11 updates. When you are at the Windows 11 desktop screen, download and install your Motherboard Chipset drivers and GPU drivers in the Windows 11 environment. Please reply because there are people here who can help you solve these problems. I'm just sharing some old-school tips from a gamer and PC builder. Good luck to you!
Thanks for your message. I cleaned up my computer completely with a fresh installation of Windows 11. But I also used an autounattend.xml file to get rid of some apps and set up a new user account. I'm not sure if I wiped down the hard drive properly, so instead of using standard tools, I deleted the old partitions and made a brand-new one in the setup menu. Neither did I reset my CMOS button nor update my BIOS before I started. My BIOS is already at the newest version (3.20). I installed all Windows 11 updates and got my graphics drivers working too. Finally, I just tried installing chipset drivers, but that didn't fix anything either.
Look at the temperature on your CPU and GPU. Which cooler are you using? Please take a picture of your whole computer with the side panel taken off (you can upload this to imgur.com and tell me where). Also, please share a photo of the BSOD screen that happens after the crash. That page usually has all the important details about why it broke down.
The CPU is probably around 45 to 50 degrees, but it gets a bit hot with some spikes when Windows starts loading. My GPU is pretty cool, staying near 45 degrees. I'm using a Noctua D-15S. Here are pictures of my PC without the side panel: https://imgur.com/a/GAasxeg The view is here: https://imgur.com/a/GAasxeg I don't have any photos of the error screen, but I do have the backup files. First Dump File Second Dump File Third Dump File
Idle temps are okay. What temp do you get when you hit the load? Can I show you some screenshots from CPU-Z for memory and speed sections? Run memtest86 to check your RAM. Diagnose your hard drives too. For Samsung drives, use Samsung Magician software. If HP doesn't have a tool, just look at what CrystalDiskInfo tells us about it.
The CPU heat feels like 77 degrees. The GPU is at 62 degrees, but the hotspot goes up to 85 degrees with Furmark 2. Memtest86 says no mistakes found. Here are some pictures from CPU-Z: https://imgur.com/a/UQGV3nJ If you open them, view link is https://imgur.com/a/UQGV3nJ Samsung Magician says the drive works well and the test found nothing wrong. CrystalDiskInfo also says the HP drive is fine. The problem keeps happening even if I turn off my XMP setting.
It seems that switching my SSDs to different slots resolved the issue. Before, I had my boot drive in M2_1 and my storage drive in M2_2, and today I swapped my SSDs around such that my boot drive is in M2_2 and my storage drive is in M2_1. I'm still not sure if this is a platform issue or if it's an issue with my boot drive, but I will probably keep the SSDs in this configuration as I don't notice much a performance impact with this new configuration.