Windows freezing after upgrading CPU, RAM, or MOBO?
Windows freezing after upgrading CPU, RAM, or MOBO?
After a short period (or instantly), the windows will freeze completely and sometimes restart, but remain stuck. A shutdown is still necessary. The system struggles with updates and feels very slow, especially with low download speeds ranging from 50kb/s to 500kb/s, often exceeding 10mb/s.
I have tried various solutions: updating BIOS, chipset, LAN drivers, refreshing Windows, changing RAM modules in different slots, disabling EXPO, clearing CMOS, using the CMD prompt for scan, and even reinstalling Windows from a USB drive. The last attempt was unsuccessful.
For those wondering why reinstalling failed, I used a USB to reinstall Windows 11 on the original boot disk. The system proved so unstable that during the download it would randomly restart the whole computer and reset the setup process.
Another issue is that after each restart during installation, my peripherals aren’t recognized unless I plug them back into the USB ports. This started after upgrading to a Gigabyte B850m chipset, R7 7700x, and DDR5 7600 cl36. I’m currently facing a continuous cycle of trying to install Windows, restarting, reinstalling again, etc.
System details:
R7 7700X
GIGABYTE RTX 3080 10GB
DDR5 7600 cl36 32GB (operating at 5200)
GIGABYTE B850m gaming x wifi6e
Welcome to the forums, newcomer!
If you're interested in understanding why reinstalling Windows failed, I tried using a USB drive to reinstall Windows 11 on the original boot disk. The system proved extremely unstable; while downloading Windows, it would unexpectedly restart the whole computer and reset the setup process.
I saw a tag mentioning 23H2, but we’re currently at 24H2. To create a bootable USB for Windows 11, consider using a donor system. Remove the discrete GPU from your build and use the integrated graphics instead. If you don’t face any issues, it’s likely the power supply unit is faulty or malfunctioning.
Here are my specs:
R7 7700X
GIGABYTE RTX 3080 10GB
DDR5 7600 cl36 32GB (operating at 5200)
GIGABYTE B850m gaming x wifi6e
When sharing a troubleshooting thread, it’s helpful to list your full system details. Please include the following in your build description:
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Also mention the age of the PSU and the current BIOS version for your motherboard.
DDR5 7600 cl36 32GB (running at 5200)
Do you have a link to this RAM kit? I noticed the RAM frequency suggests it’s intended for an Intel platform.
The updated spec list is available, along with the F3b bios, AMD AGESA 1.2.0.3a PatchA, and the chipset driver 7.01.08.129. Windows is proving challenging; after a fresh install, it refuses to install the specified update for Windows 11 version 24H2 on x64 systems (KB5051987). The system insists on restarting to apply changes, but this action only triggers another prompt without success.
You just messed with the system and now it won't boot properly. The BIOS settings are disabled, and I've replaced the RAM, which gives me hope it's a hardware issue. I'm still wondering if simply having faulty RAM could prevent Windows from installing updates or functioning correctly.
For anyone following or trying to assist, I believe I've finally understood why it was freezing. I ran memtest64 and saw no errors, which made me think it wasn't related to the RAM. Then I checked the NVME drive where Windows was installed, and after reseating it in a different slot, the system booted again. I tried installing updates that didn't download on their own, but after restarting, they applied successfully. My Windows is now up to date and stable. 2 hours later, everything works fine. Thanks everyone for your help.
It might be beneficial to reposition the CPU within the socket.
Yesterday I uploaded a forum regarding random freezing and crashes in Windows here: https://forums. Since then I was confident the issue was resolved by moving my NVME SSD from the main slot to a secondary slot on my motherboard, but the damn freezing still persists. Although the system is still unstable, the stability has greatly increased through slight tweaking and PBO curves in the BIOS, hardware reseating, and even more driver updates. For anybody wondering what is actually happening here is a quick explanation: Cursor stops reacting, keyboard doesn't work, ctrl+alt+dlt doesn't work, and after some time the system will restart and boot back into windows, rarely does it need a full restart ever since I did those slight tweaks and troubleshooting. Occasionally when I'm in BIOS the system will restart, not sure if that's related in any way. Here is a list of all the things I can remember doing to the system to try and remedy the stability issues: *Reseat CPU *Reseat all RAM slots, including exchanging each DIMM in each individual slot *Reseat GPU *Un-plug and Re-plug every SATA/DATA connection *Fresh install of Windows 11 *Windows repair through settings *Remove ALL unnecessary USB connections *Update BIOS to latest (F3b, AMD AGESA 1.2.0.3a PatchA) *Update Chipset to latest (7.01.08.129) *Update Audio, WIFI, Bluetooth, and LAN drivers *Clearing CMOS *Turning off EXPO (running at 5200mhz jedec speed) *Scannow in cmd prompt *On/off hybrid mode on my PSU *NVIDIA driver installation (572.70-desktop-win10-win11-64bit-international-dch-whql) *Disable Global C-State Control in BIOS *Turn off Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling in Windows settings *Move my NVME around to the other slot Full spec list: CPU: R7 7700x stock CPU cooler: NH-D15 Motherboard: Gigabyte B850M Gaming x Wifi6e Ram: FFXD516G7600HC36FBK (running at 5200 jedec) SSD/HDD: Crucial 1TB NVME boot drive, 2TB HDD, 1TB HDD, 1TB SSD GPU: Gigabyte RTX 3080 10GB PSU: Seasonic focus 750w 80+ gold, 2 years old Chassis: some cheap M-ATX case OS: Windows 11 Monitor: Gigabyte M27Q X1440p 240hz and ACER XB241H 144hz 1080p My old system was a Ryzen 7 3700x, B550-vc chipset, and DDR4 corsair vengeance LPX cl18 80% of the crashes occur when playing in file explorer, browsing the web (Opera GX), and 70% of that 80%, downloading apps/files/anything. The other 20% are trying to load up benchmarking software or stress testing (rare.) The BIOS settings I've touched on earlier were the Global C-State Control, and a -30 offset to my PBO curve, and 85C temp limit to the CPU. Everything else is default/auto. None of these things ever happened to my system prior to installing the R7 7700x, Gigabyte MOBO, or new RAM, all drives are <4 years old and have NEVER given me issues and come back healthy with crystaldiskmark and windows format software. I ran furmark and prime95 for roughly 30 minutes together and zero crashes after BIOS tweaks, Cinebench for 25 minutes and zero crashes after BIOS tweaks, crystaldiskmark for a few tests on each drive and one crash on the C drive during write, but never happened again after 2-3 more tests, memtest64 for 30 minutes and zero crashes. In short, I have zero clue what's happening, I thought it could be my PSU, but it was sitting at full load for 30+ minutes without a crash. The RAM could still *maybe* be a culprit, but probably not? The GPU worked fine in the last build so no reason it would cause any problems here. The CPU never errored in prime95. I don't know. The system froze once just writing this with few things in the background. EDIT: My temps are normal, 40c CPU idle and 30C GPU temp idle