u/Inevitable_Movie_452

Need help, first PC build is running into a lot of issues with booting an OS.

Hey y'all, I'm back with some more problems with my first PC. I got a new motherboard as my grandfather who is a computer scientist said my previous problems of the BIOS freezing and not booting an OS was likely due to a defective motherboard. The new motherboard isn't freezing in BIOS, but is having other issues. For example, I tried booting Windows PE which failed. I then updated the BIOS from 3611 to 3636 in the hopes that Windows PE would boot but to no avail. I've turned off CSM and set the Secure Boot to Windows UEFI. The USB drive I am using for the Windows PE boot is formatted properly and works on other devices, just not mine. My single stick of 16GB RAM also wouldn't work until I put it in slot A1 instead of B2, which my grandfather said could be due to either a warped motherboard on account of the CPU fan being to tight, or a dead connection to the B2 slot. However, the main thing I'm concerned with is that both the old and new motherboards of the same model, no operating systems will boot. My specs will be listed below, and I welcome any advice you may have.

Specs:

Motherboard: ASUS TUF Gaming A520M-PLUS WIFI

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 6-Core, 12-Thread

RAM: A-Tech 16GB DDR4 3200MHz (single stick)

SSD: Crucial P310 1TB SSD, PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 2280

GPU: ASUS Dual NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti OC Edition

Power Supply: ARESGAME AGV Series 650W, 80 Plus Bronze, Non Modular

Case: CORSAIR 3200D RS ARGB Mid-Tower

Monitor: 1080p Acer monitor from Costco (I'm not sure of the actual model but I doubt the monitor is very relevant)

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u/Inevitable_Movie_452 — 26 days ago

Hey yall, I just finished my first ever PC build and the whole thing works just fine. It boots to BIOS, the fans run, it registers my SSD and my HDD, but it won’t install windows no matter what I do. I’m attempting to install windows 11 from a USB stick. I’ve tried 2 separate sticks with 3 redownloading attempts between them, but neither will boot. Every time I try, it always blue screens, either saying there was not system registry file or that the kernel was missing. (This would change even if using the same USB stick). Does anyone have any advice for me? I’m starting to get worried that I threw away over 1000 USD for nothing.

Specs:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5500
Motherboard: ASUS A520M Plus WiFi
GPU: RTX 3060 Ti OC Edition
SSD: Crucial P310 1 TB M.2 NVME
HDD: Samsung 2TB HDD
RAM: 1x A-Tech 16GB DDR4 3200 MHz
PSU: ARESGAME AGV Series 650W 80 Plus Bronze

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u/Inevitable_Movie_452 — 1 month ago