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Topic: Cannot boot from USB anymore
Posted By: paulneedshelp
Subject: Cannot boot from USB anymore
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2018 at 4:11am
Hey,

today I saw that my windows installation doesn't boot anymore because of a update problem. To solve the problem I tried to boot from an Windows installation USB-Drive but I can't get my PC to boot from it. I have two options in the boot menu a "usb" one and a "uefi" one. I have tried both and each time the PC tried to boot from it but then just booted from my main drive.

Some solutions I have tried:
- Test other USB slots
- Recreated the usb installer with the Windows Media Creation Tool
- Recreated the usb installer with rufus
- MBR for BIOS and UEFI
- GPT for UEFI
- NTFS and FAT32
- Tried anther usb drive
- Disconnect the sata drives from the PC
- Disconnect all usb devices besides Keyboard and Mouse (and installer)
- Reset bios configuration

PC specs:
ASRock Killer SLI x370 BIOS version 3.40
AMD Ryzen 1700x
Corsair Vengeance ddr4 (normal @ 2933, tried also 2133)
Palit GTX 780
NO DVD-DRIVE

Something I have noticed is that the leds of the usb devices (keyboard, mouse, usb-installer) turn off for a short time after the post-screen.

I have tried every possible solution I know and googled alot already. I hope some of you can help me out.
Thanks



Replies:
Posted By: MisterJ
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2018 at 4:41am
" rel="nofollow - paulneedshelp, have you tried F9 and F10?  Or Clear CMOS?  What USB port(s) are you using? What version of Windows are you using?  What kind of update problem set this all off?  What is the capacity of the USB stick?  Please do some research on BIOS/UEFI versions - lots going on there right now.  Good luck and enjoy, John.


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Fat1 X399 Pro Gaming, TR 1950X, RAID0 3xSamsung SSD 960 EVO, G.SKILL FlareX F4-3200C14Q-32GFX, Win 10 x64 Pro, Enermx Platimax 850, Enermx Liqtech TR4 CPU Cooler, Radeon RX580, BIOS 2.00, 2xHDDs WD


Posted By: paulneedshelp
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2018 at 4:49am
MisterJ,
I have cleared the cmos with the jumper method.
I have tried the usb ports on the back (only usb 3 ones) and the ports on the case (usb 2 and 3).
I use the latest Windows 10 iso directly from Microsoft.
The last Windows update did this (looks like the MBR is broken).
I have tried a usb3 drive from sandisk with 16gb and a no name usb2 one with 8gb.

Thanks.


Posted By: datonyb
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2018 at 4:57am
" rel="nofollow - have you tried to boot into bios and then the usb ?

eg set first boot to usb


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Posted By: paulneedshelp
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2018 at 4:58am
datonyb, yes I have tried that.

When I try to boot from the installer the windows logo appears than the loading icon spins and than the screen goes black and the cpu fans go to 100%. After that nothing happens


Posted By: MisterJ
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2018 at 5:15am
" rel="nofollow - paulneedshelp, I'm also running 248 which is the latest and so are many.  We need to know more about your system.  Please post your specifications as I have in my signature.  Please include power supply.  Have you considered updating your BIOS.  datonyb, can you comment on that?  Enjoy, John.

EDIT: Maybe new BIOS/UEFI is not applicable but I cannot tell what board you are using.


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Fat1 X399 Pro Gaming, TR 1950X, RAID0 3xSamsung SSD 960 EVO, G.SKILL FlareX F4-3200C14Q-32GFX, Win 10 x64 Pro, Enermx Platimax 850, Enermx Liqtech TR4 CPU Cooler, Radeon RX580, BIOS 2.00, 2xHDDs WD


Posted By: datonyb
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2018 at 5:57am
try a clear cmos


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Posted By: paulneedshelp
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2018 at 5:58am
MisterJ,
I have now updated my signature with my specs.
I did update the BIOS to 3.50 and than to 4.50. Now when I boot from the windows installer the windows logo appears and than the loading indicator is spinning but after 1 second the whole system freezes.
The board is a ASRock Killer SLI X370 (not the wifi/ac version).

datonyb, I have cleared the cmos already.


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Posted By: MisterJ
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2018 at 6:17am
paulneedshelp, let's get back to basics.  Remove all HW not needed to boot.  Use one stick of memory, video card, no SSDs, no HDDs.  I have trouble with installing from 16 GB USB sticks and suggest using no larger that 8GB.  Enjoy, John.

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Fat1 X399 Pro Gaming, TR 1950X, RAID0 3xSamsung SSD 960 EVO, G.SKILL FlareX F4-3200C14Q-32GFX, Win 10 x64 Pro, Enermx Platimax 850, Enermx Liqtech TR4 CPU Cooler, Radeon RX580, BIOS 2.00, 2xHDDs WD


Posted By: paulneedshelp
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2018 at 6:29am
MisterJ, I have tried now the 8gb stick and the same thing happend (freezes at the spinning loading indicator). Honestly I don't want to remove one (of two) memory sticks because I would have to remove the entire CPU heatsink. And I don't think thats the problem because it worked already in that configuration.

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ASRock Killer SLI X370 | AMD Ryzen 1700x | Corsair Vengeance LPX | Palit GTX 780 | SanDisk 240gb SSD | Seagate Barracuda 2TB | Thermaltake Berlin 630W | Noctua nh-d15 se-am4


Posted By: MisterJ
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2018 at 9:10am
" rel="nofollow - I don't blame you, but I suspect something broke and I am trying to narrow it down.  Can you go to another machine and try your USB stick?  You can let it boot to the "Where do you want to install Windows" screen and quit (X in upper right) with no fear of corrupting the machine. Have you used the Rufus full format and/or check for bad blocks options?  Enjoy, John.


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Fat1 X399 Pro Gaming, TR 1950X, RAID0 3xSamsung SSD 960 EVO, G.SKILL FlareX F4-3200C14Q-32GFX, Win 10 x64 Pro, Enermx Platimax 850, Enermx Liqtech TR4 CPU Cooler, Radeon RX580, BIOS 2.00, 2xHDDs WD


Posted By: paulneedshelp
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2018 at 9:37pm
" rel="nofollow - Yes I have tried the usb-sick on my notebook (Lenovo y50) and i could start the installer without a problem. (I had the bios set to uefi and legacy).

Are there some BIOS settings I can check?


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ASRock Killer SLI X370 | AMD Ryzen 1700x | Corsair Vengeance LPX | Palit GTX 780 | SanDisk 240gb SSD | Seagate Barracuda 2TB | Thermaltake Berlin 630W | Noctua nh-d15 se-am4


Posted By: MisterJ
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2018 at 2:18am
paulneedshelp, I would suggest UEFI Default, which you have done.  You could try Disabling CSM.  It looks like to me something has broken - need to figure out what.  Enjoy, John.

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Fat1 X399 Pro Gaming, TR 1950X, RAID0 3xSamsung SSD 960 EVO, G.SKILL FlareX F4-3200C14Q-32GFX, Win 10 x64 Pro, Enermx Platimax 850, Enermx Liqtech TR4 CPU Cooler, Radeon RX580, BIOS 2.00, 2xHDDs WD


Posted By: paulneedshelp
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2018 at 2:32am
Ok, I have tried with disabled CSM but nothing changed.

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ASRock Killer SLI X370 | AMD Ryzen 1700x | Corsair Vengeance LPX | Palit GTX 780 | SanDisk 240gb SSD | Seagate Barracuda 2TB | Thermaltake Berlin 630W | Noctua nh-d15 se-am4


Posted By: MisterJ
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2018 at 5:36am
paulneedshelp, I did not have much hope for CSM.  Please try Beta BIOS/UEFI 4.53 and let us hear.  Enjoy, John.


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Fat1 X399 Pro Gaming, TR 1950X, RAID0 3xSamsung SSD 960 EVO, G.SKILL FlareX F4-3200C14Q-32GFX, Win 10 x64 Pro, Enermx Platimax 850, Enermx Liqtech TR4 CPU Cooler, Radeon RX580, BIOS 2.00, 2xHDDs WD


Posted By: paulneedshelp
Date Posted: 04 Mar 2018 at 12:55am
Ok, the strange thing is that the PC boots from a Ubuntu installer without a problem but it can't boot from the Windows installer.

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ASRock Killer SLI X370 | AMD Ryzen 1700x | Corsair Vengeance LPX | Palit GTX 780 | SanDisk 240gb SSD | Seagate Barracuda 2TB | Thermaltake Berlin 630W | Noctua nh-d15 se-am4


Posted By: MisterJ
Date Posted: 04 Mar 2018 at 3:12am
" rel="nofollow - paulneedshelp, what happens besides not working?  Did you boot the UEFI or the other USB entry?  What is the state of CSM?  Tell us again how you created the installer, please.  Enjoy, John.

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Fat1 X399 Pro Gaming, TR 1950X, RAID0 3xSamsung SSD 960 EVO, G.SKILL FlareX F4-3200C14Q-32GFX, Win 10 x64 Pro, Enermx Platimax 850, Enermx Liqtech TR4 CPU Cooler, Radeon RX580, BIOS 2.00, 2xHDDs WD


Posted By: paulneedshelp
Date Posted: 04 Mar 2018 at 11:05pm
Windows Installer: tried USB and UEFI entry, at both the same happens: PC starts from USB, Windows logo appears, the loading indicator turns for one round and than the whole PC freezes.

Ubuntu Installer: PC starts from USB, Ubuntu installer appears and I could install Ubuntu.

The Windows Installer was created with the Windows Media Creation tool. I installed with it yesterday Windows on my Notebook, so it is definitely working.

I think I will contact the ASRock Support...

EDIT: I tried the new Beta BIOS 4.53 but nothing changed.


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ASRock Killer SLI X370 | AMD Ryzen 1700x | Corsair Vengeance LPX | Palit GTX 780 | SanDisk 240gb SSD | Seagate Barracuda 2TB | Thermaltake Berlin 630W | Noctua nh-d15 se-am4



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