I recently upgraded most of my PC components, but I'm still using my 2070 SUPER RTX GPU. Now, whenever I try to power it on, it crashes to a blue screen of death instead of booting into Windows. I reinstalled Windows and updated all the necessary drivers, and everything was fine for about a week. Then, after shutting it down, it just wouldn't load into Windows anymore. Could the GPU be causing this issue?
4 Answers
It sounds like you might have some leftover drivers or software from your old setup that are causing the system to crash when booting. This can definitely happen after changing so many parts.
What were your old specs and the new ones? And you mentioned reinstalling Windows; how old was your previous installation? If you still have the 'windows.old' file, should I get rid of that?
Have you tried accessing the BIOS? Sometimes you can check the boot settings there to troubleshoot further.
Yeah, I can get into the BIOS. Do you think updating it could help? I had similar issues with my previous build, so I'm wondering if it's related to the GPU.
Since you replaced almost everything except the GPU, it's likely it’s trying to boot using drivers from your old hardware and running into conflicts. That could definitely cause the blue screen issue.
Oh, I see! Is there a way to fix that?
Should I delete my old Windows files to clear that up?