Windows fails to load during the post-loop in Windows 11 only after hard resets.
Windows fails to load during the post-loop in Windows 11 only after hard resets.
When the PC is powered down, I can restart it and it will display a post message. Once the screen loads, the PC turns off and the beep sounds, then it attempts to boot again but fails. It doesn’t work properly if I perform soft resets, though it functions normally after a hard reset. The problem consistently occurs on the Windows loading screen every night after a full shutdown. There are no other issues with the system, such as blue screens or other malfunctions.
I have tried various solutions: reformatting and reinstalling Windows 11 multiple times, reinstalling different Nvidia drivers repeatedly, updating the BIOS to the latest non-beta version (which has been ongoing for about a year), reseating the RAM and running memtest without errors, reseating the SSD, disabling or enabling memory context restore in the BIOS, and adjusting XMP profiles.
Despite these efforts, the PC still fails at the same location every time I restart. It seems there might be a recurring hardware problem rather than a software one. A recent reformat four days ago has not caused any issues so far, but now it’s happening again. I’m unsure what’s causing this persistent issue.
Motherboard : MSI B650
RAM: 64GB Trident
CPU: 7800X3D
GPU: 4090
SSD: Crucial T705
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Reformat or reinstall Windows 11 multiple times
Did you recreate the bootable USB installer for your OS to eliminate corruption? Did you install the OS in offline mode, installing all necessary drivers manually with the latest versions via an elevated command, such as Right-click installer > Run as Administrator (while offline)?
-Update BIOS multiple times to the latest non-beta version (the issue has persisted since I built it about a year ago; I updated BIOS twice or three times so far)
After updating the BIOS to the newest version, did you clear the CMOS?
Talking about BIOS, since MSI offers several B65 chipset boards, which one are you using?
Reseat SSD
Are you using a single drive on your system?
Did you recreate the bootable USB installer for your operating system to check for corruption?
Not this time, but several times over the past year I had to start from scratch because I needed to rebuild the USB. My thought is that I should try again using a fresh media copy, though I’m not sure if that’s the real problem since it worked for four days before stopping. Wouldn’t that suggest something else?
Have you installed the OS in offline mode? Did you install all necessary drivers manually for your system?
Yes
After updating the BIOS to the newest version, did you erase the CMOS?
In previous troubleshooting steps I removed the battery and cleared the CMOS without success. This time after the latest BIOS update, I selected the option to revert to all default settings in the BIOS menu because completely removing the battery never resolved the issue before.