I recently updated the BIOS on my Asus Rog Strix B450F motherboard, and now my computer is bricked. I tried reverting to the previous BIOS version, but my PC is still not functioning. I've reseated the RAM, but when I do, it gives me an orange light and doesn't post. Right now, I'm using a single 8GB RAM stick, which allows me to access the BIOS, but when I attempt to boot from a USB media disk, I encounter BSODs. I even tried using Hiren's Boot CD, but it also leads to a BSOD. Just to give you some context, I converted my drives from MBR to GUID and enabled secure boot, but I faced some issues related to a missing 100MB partition which I managed to fix. Now, when I installed the latest BIOS version, my PC stopped working completely. I'm getting multiple BSODs with different stop codes, and I'm wondering if my PC is totally cooked or if there's something else I can do. I can't even change software settings at this point, and I'm unsure if a fresh install is possible since the media tool won't boot either. Here's an update: I managed to boot into Hiren's Boot CD briefly but got a BSOD with the error message 'SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION.' My current specs are: BIOS version 4602, CPU: Ryzen 7 5800x, GPU: RX6750xt, and I'm using a single 8GB DDR4 RAM stick.
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Sounds like this could be a hardware issue. You should check for any dump files in your system. If you can boot into Windows or Safe Mode, navigate to C:WindowsMinidump and see if there are any crash logs there. If you find them, zip those files and upload them to a file-sharing site. It'll help us figure out what's going wrong. Also, make sure you're using Small Memory Dumps so we can get better data.
I tried to get the dump files, but as soon as I dragged them to my USB in Hiren's, I got another BSOD. I'm starting to think it might be the RAM. Any tips on how to test whether it’s the RAM stick or the slot?