Windows 10: MEG x570 ACE MOBO with Ryzen 9 CPU Windows 10 Install Problems

Hi all,



After a few days of chugging at this problem, trying bios tweaks and following guides, I still cannot seem to install windows on this machine.



Using both the MCT from windows itself and Rufus with a ISO image of windows 10 nets a windows blue screen error 0xc000000f.







This is just testing the board with the m.2 ssd inside of it / RAM / cpu etc / boot flashdrive / keyboard. No other USB input is being used.





System time was correct in BIOS

Tried using known working RAM no change

Tried using known working SSD no change



Still getting error 0xc000000f

A required device isn't connected or can't be accessed







Any and all help would be greatly appreciated!



System Specs:

MOBO: MEG x570 ACE

CPU: Ryzen 9 3rd Gen

SSD: Corsair MP 600

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Changing my MOBO and CPU a

I'm doing PC upgrades and changes entirely for my new mini-itx build.

I'm not sure about how the process would work, but what are the appropriate steps I need to undertake before making my changes?

• My personal data and files are backed up to my Onedrive, and have nothing to lose in terms of data.
• I have an additional copy of Windows 10 (but would prefer not to use it in-case I do another PC build).
• My MOBO and CPU upgrades are polar opposites of my current hardware:
  • OLD HARDWARE
    • Intel i5 6500
    • AsRock Killer MOBO
  • New Hardware
    
  • • AMD Ryzen 7 2700x
    • Asus Strix X-470

This is my first time doing a particular change so guiding steps would be greatly appreciated! Things like how to wipe my hard-drive and reinstall Windows, etc.

 

Changing my MOBO and CPU a

You will have to buy windows license if you change the motherboard, unless you made the computer originally in the first place, or bought a license key.

 

Windows 10 installation failure on Ryzen 9 cpu

I am trying to install windows 10 on my computer that I had recently upgraded to the ryzen 9 cpu with. My system has a 1tb nvme ssd (hp 920) and 2 4tb hdds (a barracuda and an ironwolf) and I do not use raid. I want to install a 2.5 tb windows partition on the barracuda drive and leave the rest for my primary os, fedora. For starters, I have installed windows on the computer with a ryzen 1700x in order to install the bios updates to the motherboard (gigabyte aorus x470 gaming 5) and got it bios version f41, so that it could now be compatible with the ryzen 9 cpu.

After that I installed the ryzen 9 cpu and when I tried to boot the computer, windows BSOD instantly, which I was fine with because it was a fresh install anyway. So I used the USB that I had made to install windows previously to reinstall it thinking maybe I just had to use the new spu on the install, but that didn't work, still got BSOD and was told the install didn't work. I then tried to look online and saw that the 2019 May windows update broke windows on certain ryzen cpus so I tried to install the 2018 october update version (I got the iso from the microsoft website and used rufus to make a bootable usb drive), but BSOD again.

I read a little more about the issue and it was apparently due to issues with the nvme and raid drivers and that it would work if you installed the updated drivers at the windows install, so I tried to do that. However, I don't use raid, so the only driver the windows installer would say was compatible with my system was the nvme bottom device driver and since I didn't use raid, I thought it would be fine and that it would be a bad idea to install the raid drivers. However again windows BSOD on me again. So then I installed every driver that AMD provided for raid and nvme disregarded compatibility, but that didn't work either. Also I checked the motherboard to see if any leds that indicated any issues lit up, and none of them did, and so my hardware must be fine then. How the hell am I supposed to install windows?

EDIT: I got the nvidia RAID drivers here and it also provided the instructions to install them: https://www.amd.com/en/support/chipsets/amd-socket-tr4/x399

I read about the May update break here: https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/w...s-for-some-amd-ryzen-pcsfix-in-this-item.html