Bios update question

Fancygg

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Hi this are my specs
i3 6100
8 gb ram (2x4) crucial sport lt ddr4
Motheboard: gigabyte ga-b150-hd3
GPU: asus radeon hd 7850
PSU: cooler master gx 650w 80+
Case: cooler amster haf 922
hdd and ssd: 2 western digital 500gb hdd and 1 pny 120gb ssd

so i been having this issue where when my pc boots it gets stucked in the bios sreen and i cant do anything, even turn on or off my keyboard lights if i restart my pc with the case button it gets me to windows fine but still its annoying.
I heard somewhere that maybe i should update my bios and see if that works, but i have this doubt about if i update my bios to a newer version (in this case the skylake bios update that adds support to kabylake proccesors) my proccesor will stop working due to the new bios version only supporting kabylake processors or something like that
 
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Well, no need to worry about the issue you mentioned concerning the system not working if you update the BIOS. That is not going to happen, unless you somehow corrupt the BIOS update mid process. So if you feel you want to do that, there should be no problem.

But one of your memory sticks could be bad. Try one only and see if the issue is still present.

Another possibility is the oldish gfx card. Might try disabling the driver and removing the card. Then use the iGPU for awhile and see if that makes any difference.

clutchc

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I doubt your issue is going to be a BIOS update fix. Sounds more like a software conflict occurring at boot. I try a couple of things first...
1) once into Windows, disable any stuff you have in your tray that starts at bootup that you can live w/o. Run those things on an as-need basis for awhile.
2) Run CCleaner and do the Clean and Registry portions bot to clean up software conflicts, junk files, registry errors and other junk that can be causing issues.
3) run Malwarebytes and have it scan your machine for crapware, bloatware, PUPs, and other malware that can cause that kind of issue.
 

Fancygg

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I did what you told me but I still have the same problem, i check my motherboard manual and i discover that my memory sticks were put into the wrong slot, i switched the modules to the right position but it doesnt work the pc freezes again
 

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Well, no need to worry about the issue you mentioned concerning the system not working if you update the BIOS. That is not going to happen, unless you somehow corrupt the BIOS update mid process. So if you feel you want to do that, there should be no problem.

But one of your memory sticks could be bad. Try one only and see if the issue is still present.

Another possibility is the oldish gfx card. Might try disabling the driver and removing the card. Then use the iGPU for awhile and see if that makes any difference.
 
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Fancygg

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and if there is a posiblity of my primary bios being corrupted? this shit is driving me crazy, i tried to boot my pc like an hour ago and the system freezes complete in the POST sreen and i wont let me reset it either now, then i got a no POST like 3 times and then i cut the power form the pc, establish it againg and the system boot fine
 

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I would try the above first. And if no joy, try removing as much peripheral stuff as possible and still be able to get to the desktop. Extra drives, etc. My suspicion is that there is a device not interfacing well with the OS when it tries to boot.

Unless you are unlucky and got a defective board.
 

Fancygg

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yeah, today i tried to test this things, remove each ram stick and tried to boot with one but the real problem here is that i cant make a tipical trobleshoot, my pc boots fine when i turn it off and on right away, the problem here is that when i try to boot my pc after a long time like 5 hours of so, is when my pc freezes, when i turn it right away it boots normal, i also tried disconnecting one hdd at a time but it boots fine, i have noticed thought that when my pc is going to boot normally the hdd light flashes during the POST screen and then it wakes fine, when this pc freezes that same light doesnt flashes, also if i do nothing to the pc while it freezes the pc reboots and when reboots it turns on fine
 

clutchc

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You might be at the point where you will have to start swapping out parts. I'd start with the PSU. It could occasionally start out strong and then loose voltage enough to cause the issues you speak of. But it is always hard to troubleshoot from afar...
 

Fancygg

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i found the issue, one of the memory sticks was defective, i tried to change my bios battery and see if that works when both of the sticks were installed and when i out back in the battery the pc started to boot loop, i made the traditional troublesoothing procces and came to the conclusaion that one of the sticks was deffective, i bought this sticks like 7 months ago and i dont kwon how to return my warranty cuz i live in Mexico but yeah, thanks for helping me out