So I recently installed a new SSD (Sandisk) and formatted it using Disk Manager. Initially, everything seemed to be working fine. I even managed to install a game that I really wanted to play. However, while I was watching YouTube and chatting on Discord, my PC froze unexpectedly when I stepped away for a moment. I had to restart it, but when I turned it back on, I was greeted with just a black screen and an 'open BIOS' message. After a few moments, it did boot into Windows, but then it froze again during my download. Now, it won't even reach the BIOS screen; it's just black. I've tried booting without the SSD, checked the RAM installation, used the onboard graphics instead of my dedicated GPU, and even reset the motherboard's battery, but nothing has worked. What are my next steps?
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Have you tried just putting your old disk back in to see if your computer boots normally? Sometimes, new hardware can cause issues with booting if it’s not set up correctly.
First, if you can get into Windows, try checking for any crash dump files in C:WindowsMinidump. These files can really help pinpoint what’s going wrong. If you find any, zip them up and share them on a file hosting site like catbox.moe since Reddit tends to block others. If you don’t have any dump files, it’s a good idea to follow a guide online to change the settings so Windows creates small memory dumps on crashes. That will help in figuring this out more precisely.
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