Hey everyone! I'm facing some serious trouble with my PC, which seems to be completely non-functional now. Here's a chronological rundown of what happened:
I have an AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D (with an ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 GPU) and recently got a warning about my power settings due to pin 6 on the GPU exceeding 9.2A (it was around 9.5A). I tried reseating the power cable and changing the GPU adapter, and eventually, I played around with some minor undervolting which seemed to help temporarily. To be cautious, I ordered a new Corsair HX1200i PSU that's still on the way.
Then, after what seemed like a Windows update, my PC completely shut off and wouldn't turn back on properly. It got stuck in BIOS showing "preparing automatic repair." I tried various BIOS adjustments following online guides, but while I could get back into Windows briefly, things weren't working well (couldn't even open CPU-Z).
After updating the BIOS to F39, I attempted reinstalling Windows, but now I face the "DRIVER_PNP_WATCHDOG (0x1D5)" error, and I can't even get the reinstall started from my USB flash drive. I'm trapped in a never-ending loop at the BIOS screen. I'm really lost here and would appreciate any advice on how to move forward!
1 Answer
First, try booting your PC into recovery mode using your USB install media. From there, attempt to remove the last two Windows updates that may have caused the problems. I won't provide step-by-step details, but a quick Google search should guide you through the steps!
I already did remove the old installation of Windows, but I'll try that again. Thanks for the suggestion!