Help! My PC Won't Boot After BIOS and Driver Updates
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Techie_56Frog
Hey everyone! I recently upgraded my storage with an M.2 SSD and had to move my Elgato 4kPro capture card to a different slot. The SSD works fine, but I noticed issues with the capture card; it had an error in the device manager and crashed my computer when I tried to start OBS Studio. To get around this, I disabled the capture card.
I then updated the BIOS without any issues, but after booting into Windows 11 Pro, the capture card still didn't work. I installed some chipset drivers hoping to fix the problem, but now my computer won't boot into Windows at all. It keeps rebooting into a repair mode and won't even load in safe mode. I'm really stuck here and think something in my Windows installation broke. Does anyone have any ideas on how I can fix this without having to reinstall Windows?
Here are my specs:
- Mainboard: MSI X570A-Pro
- PCIe1-Slot: Elgato 4kPro
- M.2_1-Slot: Kingston SA2000M8100
- M.2_2-Slot: Samsung SSD 990 Pro
- PCIe x16-Slot (PCIe_E1): Nvidia RTX 3070
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What CPU are you using? I get that it's tough right now, but could there be a conflict with those chipset drivers or a Windows update? Sometimes rolling back the BIOS update can help. Have you tried that? Let me know if you’re getting any blue screens with error codes!
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Techie_56Frog: I'm using an AMD Ryzen 7 5800X. When I startup, it gets stuck on the mainboard boot screen and then reboots, saying "automatic repair is being prepared." Eventually, I see a blue screen that says "Your PC didn't start correctly." I've tried rolling back the BIOS, but it didn’t help.