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Jeremy Falcon27-Jun-23 2:50

Jeremy Falcon

27-Jun-23 2:50

Thanks man.

Jeremy Falcon

Nelek25-Jun-23 5:14

25-Jun-23 5:14

English question from a non native here...

Jeremy Falcon wrote:
Anywho

Anywho? Or Anyhow?

M.D.V.

If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

FreedMalloc25-Jun-23 5:31

FreedMalloc

25-Jun-23 5:31

Anywho (or anyhoo) is a mostly US colloquialism for anyhow or anyway. Usually meant to be humorous.

Nelek25-Jun-23 6:36

25-Jun-23 6:36

Thanks for the explanation

M.D.V.

Jeremy Falcon26-Jun-23 4:21

Jeremy Falcon

26-Jun-23 4:21

The question was already answered, but yeah it's just me being silly trying to keep this chat somewhat lighthearted. Not successfully though. Laugh | :laugh:

Jeremy Falcon

Nelek27-Jun-23 1:39

27-Jun-23 1:39

Jeremy Falcon wrote:
it's just me being silly trying to keep this chat somewhat lighthearted

Sorry... to be effective has to be understood Wink | ;)

M.D.V.

Jeremy Falcon27-Jun-23 2:54

Jeremy Falcon

27-Jun-23 2:54

I’m on mobile so can’t easily toss out an emoji response. So, I’ll just say….

Daaaaaayyyyyyyyuuuuuummmm lol

Jeremy Falcon

honey the codewitch24-Jun-23 6:40

honey the codewitch

24-Jun-23 6:40

I've always and only bought ASUS motherboards because they are known reliable, with a catch.

Always update the bios before you do anything. I had to for it to even recognize my CPU last time - using flashback because i couldn't get to setup without a CPU.

That might be your issue.

ASUS boards are rock solid. If it's not a bad bios, that is probably not your issue. Could be your NVMe. Could be your RAM.

Check out my IoT graphics library here:
https://honeythecodewitch/gfx

Roger Wright24-Jun-23 7:08

24-Jun-23 7:08

I'll give the BIOS update a try next week. For now, I'm taking a weekend away from this thing. I used to buy only SuperMicro boards, but they've gone to selling only server boards and complete workstations. That's a shame, because they've always been the gold standard for quality to me. I wish there was some visibility into what the setup process is doing... it would make it so much easier to diagnose things. Why does it crash at 4% - what's it doing???

Will Rogers never met me.

Gerry Schmitz24-Jun-23 7:19

Gerry Schmitz

24-Jun-23 7:19

Did your motherboard make the list?

ASUS Motherboards Ready for Windows 11

"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I

Roger Wright24-Jun-23 7:33

24-Jun-23 7:33

Yes. And all required features (TPM 2.0, Secure Boot, DirectX 12 support) are installed and enabled.

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Nelek25-Jun-23 5:17

25-Jun-23 5:17

My current one is a MSI and I am pretty happy with how it works.

My systems is
MSI Board, AMD 7 CPU, Viper RAM, Crucial NVME SSD, and the rest is from BeQuiet (Case, PowerUnit, Fans, CPU Fantower...)

Running smooth since the very beginning.

I know it doesn't help you a lot right now, just wanted to name some alternatives.

Good luck solving your issues Smile | :)

M.D.V.

dandy7225-Jun-23 5:28

25-Jun-23 5:28

Try disconnecting everything that's not 100% necessary. Only keep the boot media (you mentioned it's on DVD?), the mouse, keyboard and monitor. Disconnect every other physical wire, including LAN. If prompted during install, skip Wifi setup.

This worked for me the few times I've seen this sort of thing happen. Once the OS is up, I reconnected everything, one device at a time, and let the OS detect it/install the drivers as/if needed.

Roger Wright26-Jun-23 7:11

26-Jun-23 7:11

A good plan! I'll give it a try. I think I'll try easter-egging the RAM, as well, removing half of it at a time and rebooting. If there's a memory problem, that should help to isolate it.

Will Rogers never met me.

dandy7227-Jun-23 4:44

27-Jun-23 4:44

Yep, I've done that too. A memory tester might also help (memtestx86? whatever its name is...)

If you don't mind, post a follow-up - I'd be genuinely curious to know if/how you got this resolved.

Roger Wright27-Jun-23 5:21

27-Jun-23 5:21

Having removed half the RAM, it now runs MemTest86 with no errors through multiple passes, and Windows 11 installed without a glitch. Well, almost. At the point where Setup wants to check for updates, it doesn't recognize the built in WiFi adapter on this MB. So I spent an hour or so rummaging around storage to find a 100' Cat5 cable to reach the router. Once Setup was done, an ASUS program kicked in and downloaded drivers for the MB. After that, the WiFi adapter was recognized and usable. So, all is good for now, and the excess RAM will be set aside.

Will Rogers never met me.

dandy7227-Jun-23 10:03

27-Jun-23 10:03

Interesting.

Have you retried MemTest86 with only the suspect stick? Odds are, it'll confirm there's something wrong with it.

Or maybe it's not identical to your other one(s), and they have problems running in sync.

Either way - good news. At least you found the culprit.

Roger Wright27-Jun-23 10:22

27-Jun-23 10:22

Interesting you should mention that. As part of the process, I tried booting with just one stick installed, despite the fact that I've always been told by the manual to install them in pairs. This manual showed installing one as an available option, so I went for it. The PC went nuts! Start, stop, LEDs go on then off... then on again. Crazy stuff, so I figured the manual was wrong, and traditional instructions to install them in pairs must be correct. But if that's no longer a requirement, I must have plugged in the one bad stick first! Oh well, I'll save them both of that set for the next build.

Will Rogers never met me.

sasadler26-Jun-23 7:04

sasadler

26-Jun-23 7:04

Have you tried resetting the CMOS RAM? I had a system a few years ago that had similar issues. All the BIOS setting appeared to be correct but the system couldn't complete a Windows install. I reset the CMOS RAM and then adjusted the settings and it started to work correctly.

Roger Wright26-Jun-23 7:09

26-Jun-23 7:09

Yes, that was the first thing I tried. But now I'm wondering if I have too little capacity on the PSU. The recommended power from the vendor was 650W, I bought a 750W unit. But this processor and the video card can get greedy. Perhaps a 1000W would be a better choice.

Will Rogers never met me.

dandy7227-Jun-23 4:47