My pc restarts automatically and shows american megatrands menu

Utkarsh Sahu · Feb 14, 2018

Hi toms Hardware, as my title says i am facing this problem every time i use my pc and i start it usually shutdowns instantly and restarts itself and shows this american megatrands menu and it says press f1 for any error but i cant see any error, well this is happening form last 3 years its hell as annoyin pls help someone (Note -- after 2 3 times of restaring my pc starts normally but it still shows american megatrends menu and this happens every time now 2 3 restart fail and pop up of american megatrands menu and i dont know until when it can go like this)
My pc specs - Cpu i7 4770k
hdd - western digital 2tb x 2tb
ssd - samsung pro 128 gb
motherboard - asus maximus 6 hero
ram - corsair vengance 8 x 4
psu - rm1000x
gpu - gtx 970
water cooler

Darkbreeze · Feb 14, 2018

Sounds like a memory training error, without knowing more. The behavior of restarting several times and then finally getting past the POST process is usually due to unstable memory configuration. If nothing in the memory configuration has been changed recently and this just started out of the blue, then it's highly possible you have a bad memory module or the motherboard is beginning to have issues.

I would first try resetting the bios to it's default, factory configuration, by unplugging it from power, removing the motherboard CMOS battery or jumping the CMOS clear reset pins on the motherboard, for about two minutes, then put it all back like it was, plug it in and power on. Go into the bios and select the option for "optimal default" or "setup default" settings. Next, reset any custom fan settings you may have had, save settings and try to boot. It might initially do the same thing again, but once you get into Windows, restart or shut down and see if it still does it again the next time.

If that does not help the issue, the next thing I would do is download and run Memtest86 or 86+, and run it for at least five passes.

http://www.techfleece.com/2013/07/01/how-to-test-your-ram-sticks-using-memtest86/

Utkarsh Sahu · Feb 14, 2018

Darkbreeze :

thanx dark breeze to be quick enough and giving u r time to reply me, i will give it a try whatever u have suggested me hope this helps me man i really dont want my pc to explode like that lol its annoying to see my machine doing force restart evrytime, anyways i will try this asap and i will let u know ty again..

Darkbreeze · Feb 15, 2018

Ok, let me know. I'm sure we'll figure out something eventually and I wouldn't think it's likely that your PC will "explode".

Utkarsh Sahu · Feb 15, 2018

Darkbreeze :

explosion was a joke sry and also sry for posting this in wrong section due to lack of knowledge of error , i havent yet tested what u have suggested but i tested something that i want to share - I turned off my pc and waited for 10 min and restarted it again but this time my pc starts normally no wonder why but this is not the prblm i noticed that this prblm occurs when the gap is between hours like last night i turned it off than today morning it turned it on (restart failure) day before last night same thing

Darkbreeze · Feb 15, 2018

I knew what you meant. I was joking too.

Make sure you have the bios up to date as well.

Utkarsh Sahu · Feb 17, 2018

Darkbreeze :

Hii darkbreeze I tried what u had suggested me in the first step, i removed cmos battery and placed it back after 10 min and loaded optimized defaults in bios settings but that didnt help me, today that force restart bug has appeared once again it was like my pc tried to load windows then suddenly restarts itself and after that it loaded windows 7 f9 however this time it only restarted 1 time, i remember previsously it was like 2 to 3 times restart what should i do nxt ? Should i check my ram now?

Darkbreeze · Feb 17, 2018

What bios version do you have installed?

Utkarsh Sahu · Feb 18, 2018

Darkbreeze :

American Megatrends Inc.1603, 8/15/2014
SMBIOS version 2.7

Darkbreeze · Feb 18, 2018

That IS the latest version, so no extra love coming there.

I see you have two hard drives installed. Did the drive that does not currently have the OS installed on it every have windows installed on it in the past?

Have both these drives had windows installations on them at some point, whether previously or now?

Utkarsh Sahu · Feb 18, 2018

Darkbreeze :

Nope i bought them all togather so from the first day i was using my operating system in ssd never ever installed it on hdd although previously i was using 3 hdd i mean total of 6tb but one day my one hard drive crashed permanently..

Darkbreeze · Feb 18, 2018

I see, ok, well it was worth a shot. Sometimes people leave the hidden boot partition on there if they install a new drive and it ends up causing issues, but obviously that's not the case, in this case.

You might try also going into the advanced power options in control panel and disabling fast startup, hibernation and hybrid sleep. Sometimes these can interfere with a variety of things on the OS. I've even seen them cause a system to fail to restart altogether.

[video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcBuiMAPCAA&feature=youtu.be"][/video]

Then check to be sure that fast startup is disabled, which it should be after you've done that.

You can also just turn off fast restart but I recommend turning off hybrid sleep and hibernation regardless.

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-disable-windows-10-fast-startup

Utkarsh Sahu · Feb 19, 2018

Darkbreeze :

Thanx darkbreeze for helping me out in the dark. Although u wont believe me how i fixed it and i m gonna share it may be it helps someone, from the day i bought my gtx970 it was year 2015 they gave me a software with that its name was Firestorm its kind of a overcloaker and that was doing this nasty work from 3 years i was facing this prblm and i remember u were mentioning some memory leaking prblm now when i relate it with firestorm it does makes sense. Finally uninstalled that shit and i didnt face any restarts m glad its gone for good, Also i tried what u suggested me that's why i picked it a solution anywayz thanx again for giving u r precious time and helping someone in need.

Darkbreeze · Feb 19, 2018

Probably a good idea to do this then too.

*Graphics card CLEAN install tutorial using the DDU*

Utkarsh Sahu · Feb 21, 2018

Darkbreeze :

Definately i will do that for asap coz many times i'hve installed nvidia drivers update without doing a clean uninstall, i was used to overwrite them but recently i knew that its a wrong method so it will come in handy for sure

Utkarsh Sahu · Feb 25, 2018

Darkbreeze :

Hii Sry to bother again but it seems like my never ending problem returned once more no idea why, uninstalling firestorm does seems to work though, that problem was gone literally but no idea how it came back again yesterday was my first restart failure and today once more any suggestions pls ?

Darkbreeze · Feb 25, 2018

I'd start by trying a different power supply. Try a different graphics card. Borrow them if you can. You don't have much information to go on so it's hard to say.

Utkarsh Sahu · Feb 28, 2018

Darkbreeze :

Ohh ok it looks like i will need a technitian, coz m not experienced enough to check it myself i mean hardware part software part i can tackle a little bit, although i know how to attach and deattach gpu but psu is too much for me a lot of wires to handle. :hihi:

Utkarsh Sahu · Apr 30, 2018

Just came here to update my situation, I faced this very problem all due to dried cmos battery once i replaced it with a new battery it all went well my problem solved..end of thread

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