PC will only boot into Bios, can only boot to windows after forced shutdown in bios.

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Randomly after I restarted my computer it booted into bios, I thought that was strange but I just clicked on exit and hoped for the best. It booted back into bios...

I figured out that if I press the power button on my PC while in bios and restart my computer, it boots up just fine, but when I restart or shut down again, I need to repeat the process again if I want to boot into my OS.

I don't understand why it boots into bios, all my drives are recognizable and shown in the bios, my OS has boot priority as well, I haven't changed any settings within the bios.

The only two things I did prior to having this problem:

Big windows update
enabled overclocking of my 1440p monitor through it's monitor settings, did not work, so reset it back to default and carried on.

I'm not sure if either of those had anything to do with it, just supplying as much information as I can.
 
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It sure sounds like a motherboard issue. I would try flashing the bios, maybe you are running an older version that is causing problems with the windows update.

You could also try removing the battery from the motherboard. Remove it for about 10 min and then put it back in. Something is up with the motherboard and I am curious what it could be.

If that does not work, then I would look at the RAM. I would test all of your RAM one at a time to see if there is a problem with one of the sticks. But I dont think that is it because if it was the RAM it should not post at all.
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Did not work, any other ideas?
 
It sure sounds like a motherboard issue. I would try flashing the bios, maybe you are running an older version that is causing problems with the windows update.

You could also try removing the battery from the motherboard. Remove it for about 10 min and then put it back in. Something is up with the motherboard and I am curious what it could be.

If that does not work, then I would look at the RAM. I would test all of your RAM one at a time to see if there is a problem with one of the sticks. But I dont think that is it because if it was the RAM it should not post at all.
 
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