The Asrock 970 Extreme 3 fails to upload after a reboot.
The Asrock 970 Extreme 3 fails to upload after a reboot.
I have an old gaming machine running as a server with Windows 10 but it won't restart properly sometimes. When I restart, shutdown and turn on, unplug and replug, or hard restart (power button 4 sec), theres about a 30% chance my computer actually posts, the rest of the time the fans run and no video out. I can't figure out what the pattern is and I get weird errors. One time it put me into the CMOS time and date setup, once Windows tried to "recover" and went into a disc check, and sometimes it goes into Windows safe start. I have a MB speaker and it almost never chirps and theres no indication of anything being wrong in the BIOS (when I can get to it). I set the BIOS to defaults and no change. Any ideas? Asrock 970 Extreme 3 AMD FX 8350 4x 4 GB 1333 Mhz G.Skill Ripjaws Samsung 850 evo 120 GB GTX 1070
It's an older SSD, a Samsung 850 EVO. It's still possible it was my first SSD from about six years ago.
I just tested my RAM by taking it out in half, no change was noticed. I don’t have any additional components to examine for self-quarantine purposes.
SSDs fail not because of age but due to write limits. It makes sense to run a diagnostic check. The Samsung version seems reliable, and these compact drives usually come with an HDD as well.
I could attempt that, but right now I suspect it's an MB failure. I might go ahead and replace the rest of the machine.