Game killed computer? Stuck in boot loop even with windows USB

[logitechbro]

I was playing cyberpunk 2077 when my desktop crashed. Not the first time and I thought no big deal, I'll restart the computer.

Sadly the PC now boots only to the bios, where the NVME drive is not selectable as a boot option.

Thinking the NVME drive was corrupted, I tried to boot a windows 11 USB to get to the command line. I had to disable secure boot and enable CSM but eventually I was able to get the windows logo to show up.

Unfortunately it keeps restarting at the windows logo after a moment and I cannot access the installer let alone the command line.
Any ideas?
Thanks!

 

[Shrek]

Disconnect the NVME drive and trying booting from the USB drive again.

 

[StefanM]

Check out:

Recovery options in Windows - Microsoft Support

Learn about the recovery options in Windows. Find out how to reset your PC, go back to a previous version of Windows, or use media to reinstall Windows.

support.microsoft.com

 

[logitechbro]

Yes great thought, I removed the NVME drive and tried to reboot to the USB - still didn't work! It will start to load up the Windows installer for a split second and then it reboots and loops.
The recovery options don't apply since I cannot get the computer to actually boot a USB drive...

This is very strange and makes me wonder if there is somehow now an issue with the CPU...

Thank you for the suggestions

 

[Shrek]

I'm wondering about the power supply.

Can you fill out your system specs?

 

[Beginner Macro Device]

Cyberpunk 2077 is a game of a very poor technical condition but no, it doesn't kill computers. Something in your PC died on its own.

Try resetting BIOS settings, replacing the CR2032 battery, testing different CPU/RAM/GPU.

 

[logitechbro]

I reset the BIOS settings. I removed all sticks except one stick of ram which didn't seem to help things. I don't have an extra CPU or GPU on hand right now unfortunately.

My power supply is a Seasonic PRIME TX-750 from 2020. The mobo is an Asus Dark Hero X570 updated to the latest bios 4805. The CPU is a 5800x3d running on default bios settings. The GPU is a Gigabyte 4090 also runnin stock.

 

[jsfitz54]

I reset the BIOS settings. I removed all sticks except one stick of ram which didn't seem to help things. I don't have an extra CPU or GPU on hand right now unfortunately.

My power supply is a Seasonic PRIME TX-750 from 2020. The mobo is an Asus Dark Hero X570 updated to the latest bios 4805. The CPU is a 5800x3d running on default bios settings. The GPU is a Gigabyte 4090 also runnin stock.

Try another power supply and check the coin battery is close to spec.

 

[logitechbro]

I have a sinking feeling this is related to the CPU.
I read this post https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...o-bios-but-will-not-boot-into-any-os.3825946/
which is exactly what I'm experiencing.
I'm going to see if I can find another CPU to test.
Thanks again everyone.

 

[LabRat 891]

I have a sinking feeling this is related to the CPU.
I read this post https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...o-bios-but-will-not-boot-into-any-os.3825946/
which is exactly what I'm experiencing.
I'm going to see if I can find another CPU to test.
Thanks again everyone.

That was how my R5 5600 went out. Enabling core leveling was how I verified it got a bad core.

On the bright side, AMD's RMA was reasonable (all around), and I got a BNIB retail 5600 back. (Extra cooler, extra sticker )

 

[logitechbro]

I've been playing around with the core leveling but still haven't been able to get things to stay stable.

Glad to hear the RMA wasn't too rough, will probably be going down that route soon...