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Win 10 load new machine after 1st login stalls at Win logo spin dots
Having exhausted all answers in Google search, please can someone help.
2 weeks ago rebuilt my main machine with 4 new SATA drives (Barracuda 1 Tb), mobo (Gigabyte GA AB350), Crucial DDR4 Dimms as 2 x 8gb, and Ryzen 5 1600 CPU and Asus Vid card (GTX 1050 T1 Phoenix). Loaded & registered my spare Win 10 licence from latest ISO with only one SATA drive connected. All booted up fine 3 or 4 times after connecting other 3 drives.
3 days ago went to boot and it stalled at spinning dots with Win logo, tried clear CMOS, tried re-installing Win to one of the other drives with first one disconnected, still stalls. Can't get to safe mode. Can get to BIOS, made sure legacy mode enabled and secure boot disabled. All other settings correct, still stalls. I can't access any function or utility on the machine, Windows or any other. I follow all correct procedures, earth strapping etc. It is my 8th machine rebuild, never had a problem before.
Tried my current Win 10 version EasyRE rescue disc, that stalls in any mode. Their help desk looked at picture I took of screen at stall, only suggestion was make sure legacy boot enabled and secure boot off. I clear CMOS before each new effort. EasyRE is the only one that after stall the drive activity light remains solid, all other efforts the HDD light goes out.
I have tried every rescue utility disc I have, Acronis and others, same result.
When I tried reinstalling Win10 to a different drive using a fresh ISO download, the install got as far as completing loading the initial files then dropped back to the spinning dots, 3 dots appeared then it stalled.
The only thing that changed between pre Xmas switch off and the stalled boot is that I fitted a 4 port USB 3.0 to the old floppy drive bay, and correctly connected it to the USB 3 header. After it started stalling I disconnected that and every other USB attachment bar the dongle for the mouse/keyboard
As I have a work crisis for the work the machine is built for (architectural 3D rendering), I have ordered another board, Asus Prime B350 Plus, But, I would like to/need to see if I can recover this new Gigabyte board and sell it to recoup cost.
I see that others with similar prob ended up buying a new board. If it is a board failure, I can get refund (Novatech). Their tech have no solutions.
It is as if some boot corruption has got hard coded into CMOS that a reset does not remove. I have not tried flashing BIOS in case it renders board unusable for definite.
Regards Jonathan
Last edited by nextenso; 05 Jan 2018 at 09:05. Reason: add para about reinstalling Win 10