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PC requires a BIOS reset to start up every week or ten days

PC requires a BIOS reset to start up every week or ten days

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Defrac_Nic
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11-01-2020, 05:48 AM
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Hello everyone, I'm experiencing an unusual problem with my Ryzen 5000 setup after rebuilding it in December. It was originally built on an Intel Z170 platform running at 6700MHz. After replacing the motherboard, CPU, RAM, and main storage with a 1TB NVMe drive and installing a fresh Windows installation, I notice something strange. Every 7 to 10 days, roughly once a week, I turn on the PC and nothing happens—no power indicator lights up, no fans spin, and it doesn't boot at all. The motherboard LEDs remain active and display RGB effects. The only way to get it running again is to press the reset BIOS button on the back panel, which then boots immediately. This is frustrating because it erases all the BIOS settings I made for overclocking. It usually occurs when the system has been off for just a few hours, yet there are no other signs of failure when it powers up.

Below is a detailed list of all components and drives in my system. I hope someone can help explain why this happens—especially since I expect it to occur when the system is active.

Specs:
- Motherboard: ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Hero X570 (latest BIOS)
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X @ 4.5GHz
- RAM: Trident Z Neo RGB 64GB
- GPU: EVGA Superclocked GTX1080
- Power Supply: Corsair RM850x 850W
- Drives: Sabrent Rocket PCIE 4.0 1TB (Boot Drive)
- Samsung 850 EVO 250GB (old boot drive)
- Samsung 750 EVO 250GB (Kingston SSD)
- Sandisk SSD 500GB (for footage archive/offload)
- HDD: 2TB for archiving, 500GB for game storage

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I really want to avoid having to repeatedly troubleshoot this every few days just to get it running smoothly. Thanks in advance, Craig!
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Defrac_Nic
11-01-2020, 05:48 AM #1

Hello everyone, I'm experiencing an unusual problem with my Ryzen 5000 setup after rebuilding it in December. It was originally built on an Intel Z170 platform running at 6700MHz. After replacing the motherboard, CPU, RAM, and main storage with a 1TB NVMe drive and installing a fresh Windows installation, I notice something strange. Every 7 to 10 days, roughly once a week, I turn on the PC and nothing happens—no power indicator lights up, no fans spin, and it doesn't boot at all. The motherboard LEDs remain active and display RGB effects. The only way to get it running again is to press the reset BIOS button on the back panel, which then boots immediately. This is frustrating because it erases all the BIOS settings I made for overclocking. It usually occurs when the system has been off for just a few hours, yet there are no other signs of failure when it powers up.

Below is a detailed list of all components and drives in my system. I hope someone can help explain why this happens—especially since I expect it to occur when the system is active.

Specs:
- Motherboard: ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Hero X570 (latest BIOS)
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X @ 4.5GHz
- RAM: Trident Z Neo RGB 64GB
- GPU: EVGA Superclocked GTX1080
- Power Supply: Corsair RM850x 850W
- Drives: Sabrent Rocket PCIE 4.0 1TB (Boot Drive)
- Samsung 850 EVO 250GB (old boot drive)
- Samsung 750 EVO 250GB (Kingston SSD)
- Sandisk SSD 500GB (for footage archive/offload)
- HDD: 2TB for archiving, 500GB for game storage

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I really want to avoid having to repeatedly troubleshoot this every few days just to get it running smoothly. Thanks in advance, Craig!

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