PC freezes at the Bios/Aorus icon during startup, appearing only during the initial power-on sequence.
PC freezes at the Bios/Aorus icon during startup, appearing only during the initial power-on sequence.
I typically power off my computer before going to bed. About 6 to 8 hours later, when I wake up, I turn it back on. Lately, I've observed that the PC freezes at the AORUS logo and stops beyond that point, until I manually shut it down and restart it, after which it functions properly.
It could relate to the computer, such as a flash drive causing the hang during startup, but the recent power cycle fix doesn’t fully resolve it. It might help to verify you’re using only essential devices—keyboard, mouse, and monitor—to determine if that resolves the issue. Also consider checking the condition of the boot drive, as poor health could indicate failure; back up any important data immediately before proceeding with further troubleshooting.
The issue occurred again. I verified the status LEDs and confirmed the VGA is active. This might indicate a problem with the graphics card.
If the mainboard struggles to recognize a GPU sporadically, it could lead to instability and crashes. The best way to verify this is by using an additional GPU for evaluation.
Occasionally my 8086k runs differently, I don’t understand the cause. I frequently switch peripherals and hardware, which might lead to driver conflicts. After restarting, it seems to boot again.
I looked into the drives and found that my HDD isn’t the problem—it only fails when disconnected. The PC starts up normally after removal but crashes when booted with the HDD connected. I swapped in another HDD to rule out the SATA port or cable issues, which resolved the problem. If fixing the HDD isn’t possible, I’ll need a replacement.
Heat... Or rather lack of heat.. You have something at the hardware level that's having trouble from a cold boot.. I've experienced it many times with old motherboards that sat for years.. The caps age, the circuits age, stuff has trouble until it warms up.. I've also seen that happen with 4 stick of memory.. It's like the motherboard isn't providing enough juice from a cold start and the memory controller fails.. You could try bumping memory controller by a tiny tiny bit.. Turn it up one notch and one notch only..