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Question

Some games take 10mins to bootup and some dont even start

Apr 24, 2019 5:30AM PDT

So for the past month I have been having a problem of my games taking a long time to start (there is only 2 so far that wont boot at all) monster hunter world takes over 10mins to start up but once it's up it works great, final fantasy xiv takes about 3 mins and than games like resident evil remake and zero wont boot. Now not all games have this problem like dead by day light starts instantly. i tried uplay games like assassins creed ody and seige and those work just fine as well.

Now the weird part when I change OC for my ram to anything let's say 2600mhz it will work for a day and than the next day or start up it wont work and I switch it to stock and same thing will happen. Only fix it after every restart I have to switch the timings or remove the ram and put it back in. So last night i bought a new pair of corsair vengeance pro rgb ram (2x8gb) and at first it worked but now today it's doing the same thing with the new ram.

So far on what I have done is did a fresh install of windows (windows and basic programs are installed on a SSD) my games are on a raid 0 spin drive and also my main played games are on a Samsung 960 evo NVME M.2 I tried uninstalling my games and moving them between drives but still same problem. I also noticed steam likes to freeze or wont start when I start my computer (this is how I know I need to change my timings)

My hardware i have is

Ryzen 1700x Msi x370 gaming pro carbon 16gb of corsair vengeance pro rgb (my old set is 32gb of corsair vengeance led non pro)

Evga 1080ti



also just bought a new motherboard a Asus rog hero 7 x470 and i am STILL having this problem... i mean everything else runs fine besides games. i blew my money on buying new ram and the motherboard and don't have enough to buy a 2700X until next month.

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Clarification Request
Sounds like some motherboard, RAM or BIOS issue.
Apr 24, 2019 10:27AM PDT

I'd post in your motherboard maker's forum as what you wrote about no start until you pull RAM points to a hardware issue and not software.

In short I always get these AMD/Ryzen BIOS up to date and google that motherboard to see if others are complaining.

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Apr 24, 2019 12:21PM PDT

That's why I bought a new motherboard and ram and have the most updated bios on both motherboards and they still did the same thing. So I know for sure it's not those 3 things.

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Here's where you have me convinced it's hardware.
Apr 24, 2019 12:41PM PDT

"Only fix it after every restart I have to switch the timings or remove the ram and put it back in."

That's a hardware issue. Talk with the motherboard maker directly or on their forum and get that fixed.

If you want, share a Web Speccy and userbenchmark.com test results. These are URL LINKS and not screenshots or text dumps. Read how at https://www.piriform.com/docs/speccy/using-speccy/publishing-a-speccy-profile-to-the-web

Having to pull memory sticks out to get a PC to work is not a software issue.

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Apr 24, 2019 1:14PM PDT

Guess I'll talk to both different motherboard makers forums about the same problem *shrugs* but I'm 100% sure its not a motherboard or ram problem since they are different branded boards and even different chipsets and different ram. I mean I guess I can buy a 3rd set of ram and motherboard.

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If you are going to do that.
Apr 24, 2019 2:09PM PDT

My advice is to stick with builds that are done by thousands of others.

Read https://www.reddit.com/r/PCMasterRace/wiki/builds

I'd RMA what board that requires pulling memory sticks to get it to boot. That's not normal at all and since Windows isn't running when off, power up issues are not a Windows issue.

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Make it smaller
Apr 24, 2019 5:29PM PDT

One stick of ram.
One ssd.

Install windows.
Get the latest bios and drivers for the mobo.

Install a game and test.