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43615

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Registered: 2022-01-19

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(SOLVED) Complete freeze ~30 sec after booting the live image

The system freezes completely a short while after booting the live image, the delay seems to be random.

HW:
MSI MEG X570 UNIFY
AMD R9 5950X
4x32GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3600
Nvidia RTX 3090 FE

I have used the system for a bit over a year, with Windows. It started freezing like that during normal use and during 95% of boot attempts. I thought this issue was caused by Windows, hence the switch to Arch.
I have confirmed that neither the GPU nor the RAM are to blame (exact same issue with different GPU; completed the entire memtest86 suite without errors).
I am able to use the UEFI settings interface and simple utilities like Ventoy and memtest86 without issues. The crash only seems to happen when booting a proper OS.
Any help would be appreciated.

Last edited by 43615 (2022-05-22 11:30:12)

Slithery

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Re: (SOLVED) Complete freeze ~30 sec after booting the live image

completed the entire memtest86 suite without errors

How many passes?
You really need to leave it running at least overnight to pick up any sporadic errors.

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43615

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Registered: 2022-01-19

Posts: 30

Re: (SOLVED) Complete freeze ~30 sec after booting the live image

One, took >5h on one core. Will do 4 passes in parallel and report if anything occurs.
Though I think it should've already picked up on an issue that happens every time?

jonno2002

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Registered: 2016-11-21

Posts: 684

Re: (SOLVED) Complete freeze ~30 sec after booting the live image

try:
-re-seat ram sticks
-re-plug all psu connectors
-re-seat cpu
-reset/clear the cmos
-try with only 1 stick of ram
-update bios or downgrade if using the latest.
-try with another psu if available
-try different cpu
........ you get the idea

pretty much just trial and error till you find the culprit

EDIT: also see this thread https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?thre … ze.344085/ , sounds sort of similar to your problem and cant hurt to try

Last edited by jonno2002 (2022-05-22 02:40:10)

43615

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Registered: 2022-01-19

Posts: 30

Re: (SOLVED) Complete freeze ~30 sec after booting the live image

Holy crap, setting the clock manually worked! Really thought I had to RMA the CPU...
Assuming it's MSI jank and it somehow wants to set the clock to 0?...

You saved me a long and potentially costly process, thanks!

Last edited by 43615 (2022-05-22 10:20:06)