Lock screen question

If this is what initially happened from the beginning of this post hanging like this at startup with those dots for too long again a good chance this maybe a driver issue. Running in a clean boot may then determine this, but finding which can be a bit difficult. Does it happen on restarts to ? As said graphics card driver or network driver are first i would think of.
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4...conflicts.html
If happens on restarts try safe mode see how it reacts.
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2...dows-10-a.html

jds63 said:

Checkdisk was done on a next restart with this command in the admin command prompt ?
type chkdsk c: /f /r chkdsk /f c:

You said it goes to the login screen after a long time stuck on those circled dots, wasn't this happening before when it bypassed the lock screen ? So at the logon screen no box to input your password ? Just making sure i understand all. Only sometimes it goes into the blank login screen, most of the time it gets stuck when still installing the windows.

Now i know PC is running and no blank screens it may eliminate hardware issues. See any windows logos or ASUS logo say from BIOS ?

No logos, you mean on startup? I'm afraid to restart the darn thing

jds63 said:

Might be a driver issue why i asked before about any installed even display adapter or network adapter drivers.
Basically hanging at boot. What types of drives on the PC, HDD or SSD ? Hard drive, WD Velociraptor 1TB

Did you try DISM after a SFC as asked to again ? Post # 32

No, I'm just running a bare essentials right now, only did the scannow.

There's an update waiting for me to schedule, I'm afraid to do that cause before I had it set to automatically download and install, well when I did one the other day that's when the pc wouldn't boot, it went through all the updates steps and on the last reboot it froze. I wasn't sure that was a real microsoft update, that's why I thought I h ad a virus.

Basically i was also asking if anything like this issue now was happening at the beginning when you made this post with the lock screen not showing where you having any of these symptoms that you are having now ? You said you tried SFC again but showed no integrity violations, but never tried a DISM Command after that SFC Command.

You can only Defer an update to a later time on certain version of Windows, Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise. You can only reschedule a restart of an installed update. You can see what was and is being downloaded.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2...dows-10-a.html

So this happened while doing a clean install and needing to restart the PC then it hangs at boot ? Or and after updating a windows update ? Getting a bit confusing on this issue to understand, from this statement " Only sometimes it goes into the blank login screen, most of the time it gets stuck when still installing the windows ".


I felt you a driver was installed that might be causing an issue from Windows update, this happened during the install and updates are installed then sometimes not only for Windows (Microsoft) but hardware.

Try looking for updated drivers for your AMD Graphics card and remove the existing driver now and install new one. I was saying before this can be a driver issue since now no other third party software has been put on. Your original issue could of been caused by the same, driver or software.
Still a chance of a hardware issue if screen goes blank.

I think I might have narrowed it down. First I can't upgrade my grade my driver anymore it's consider legendcy well I know I spelled that wrong, well anyway, I thought I would try what someone said about resetting the ram, well I took them out and and put back in and the pc just kept restarting, not even getting to MB logo screen. I took, one out and try, still nothing, then I just left the 2 in the grey slots and it started, well to rule out if it's the RAM, I swapped out the other with the one that the pc would start up with, they both worked, but anything put in the blue slots would not let the pc start, so it is the MB.

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jds63 said:

Basically i was also asking if anything like this issue now was happening at the beginning when you made this post with the lock screen not showing where you having any of these symptoms that you are having now ? You said you tried SFC again but showed no integrity violations, but never tried a DISM Command after that SFC Command.

You can only Defer an update to a later time on certain version of Windows, Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise. You can only reschedule a restart of an installed update. You can see what was and is being downloaded.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2...dows-10-a.html

So this happened while doing a clean install and needing to restart the PC then it hangs at boot ? Or and after updating a windows update ? Getting a bit confusing on this issue to understand, from this statement " Only sometimes it goes into the blank login screen, most of the time it gets stuck when still installing the windows ".


I felt you a driver was installed that might be causing an issue from Windows update, this happened during the install and updates are installed then sometimes not only for Windows (Microsoft) but hardware.

Try looking for updated drivers for your AMD Graphics card and remove the existing driver now and install new one. I was saying before this can be a driver issue since now no other third party software has been put on. Your original issue could of been caused by the same, driver or software.
Still a chance of a hardware issue if screen goes blank.

If the PC kept restarting the RAM was most likely not properly seated.

As far as the Ram A1 and B1 show as black and A2 and B2 being Blue. When using one Dimm (RAM) you use A2 Blue, When using 2 DIMM's you use A1 and B1 Black.



Least what is shows in manual. I kind of lost you a bit at the beginning, but if meant being an older board and no new drivers for it ?

Nice motherboard and for the newer Intel Processors.
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/H170-PRO-GAMING/overview/

Since going for an upgrade i would of went with an Intel i7 Processor, in my opinion.

A good Graphics Card. Good RAM brand for the price GSkill i use the same series Ripjaw 4 DDR4 although you can go higher on the speed of the RAM for this board, but it is fine at 2133. Your missing a PSU and a good idea of a SSD.

Doing all this are you still wanting to then try to fix the older PC ??

On the MB the slot are really dark grey and blue, only the grey work, putting anything in the blue the pc won't start. I had them in right, I tripled checked each one. I couldn't go for i7, because of money availability. My psu is still good 750watt, and my WD is only 2 years old, I have 2 other drives and their old but have no problems with them. I look into getting a SSD maybe next year, right now money is an issue.

jds63 said:

Doing all this are you still wanting to then try to fix the older PC ??