Windows 11 Failed after NVMe and nVidia 5090 install

I built a new PC and installed Windows with just 1 NVMe drive and using the onboard Gfx of the Intel 285K chip. It detected internet during install on only one port (The Realtek port) and installed fine. I did this because because I have had issues with installing Windows when there is more than one drive to select from.
Next day I installed the second NVMe drive and the nVidia 5090 card. Fired the machine up and got a display from the card but them Windows stopped with the loading circle frozen and would not go further. I reset and Windows loaded to checking the drives which it completed and then went onto the recovery screen. Decided to recover it to the initial restore and then each time it booted it came up with a Blue Screen with the details of it DIED.

In the end I rebooted with the Windows install USB, wiped out the drive partitions and started from fresh. This time it would not detect the Internet although it was connected. I made it use a local login and finished installing. Installed the drivers from the Asus MB USB and Internet discovered. Switched back to my MS account and it has been running fine since.

Not sure why just installing a NVMe drive and video card would cause Windows so much issue. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
The Windows 11 install USB was freshly loaded from the MS web site and put on the USB stick with Rufus with only the allow local accounts ticked.

Blue Screen of Death (also known as a blue screen or BSoD) is an error screen displayed on a Windows computer system after a fatal system error, also known as a system crash: when the operating system reaches a condition where it can no longer operate safely. BSoDs can be caused by poorly written device drivers or malfunctioning hardware, such as faulty memory, power supply issues, overheating of components, or hardware running beyond its specification limits.

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Hi @veldthui

So that those helping you have more complete information about your computer please fill in your full system details in your profile, so they show up under My Computer at the end of your posts.

Thanks in advance.

FreeBooter said:

Blue Screen of Death (also known as a blue screen or BSoD) is an error screen displayed on a Windows computer system after a fatal system error, also known as a system crash: when the operating system reaches a condition where it can no longer operate safely. BSoDs can be caused by poorly written device drivers or malfunctioning hardware, such as faulty memory, power supply issues, overheating of components, or hardware running beyond its specification limits.

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Thanks. It would not Boot at all after the install. It would not Boot into Safe mode without the error. Only thing added was the NVMe stick and Video card which Windows should be able to handle and did in fact handle after a fresh install. Just wanted to know what would have caused the issue.

Maybe the video driver installed for the onboard Intel Gfx did not like the nVidia card but I would have thought safe mode would allow it to work okay.
Certainly nothing wrong with the Hardware/Memory as it is working really great and one game got an increase from 133fps to 388fps from the 4090 in my old rig to the 5090 in this one.

Okay, you can post the .dmp BSOD memory dump files that is located at C:\Windows\Minidump folder.

I think there is something wrong with your GPU what happens when you disconnect it does the Windows 11 boots?

FreeBooter said:

Okay, you can post the .dmp BSOD memory dump files that is located at C:\Windows\Minidump folder.

I think there is something wrong with your GPU what happens when you disconnect it does the Windows 11 boots?

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Not possible. As I said above I deleted all the partitions and did a fresh install so all previous data is gone. Nothing wrong with the GPU either because as I said after the fresh install everything is working fine.

veldthui said:

Not possible. As I said above I deleted all the partitions and did a fresh install so all previous data is gone. Nothing wrong with the GPU either because as I said after the fresh install everything is working fine.

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What do you think the problem is?

Also, have you updated BIOS firmware and GPU driver?

veldthui said:

Maybe the video driver installed for the onboard Intel Gfx did not like the nVidia card but I would have thought safe mode would allow it to work okay.

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One would think that yes, but for years now, there is nothing safe about Safe Mode anymore. Personally, I have sometimes had issues getting Safe Mode to boot up an otherwise perfectly working machine.

But glad you got the issue sorted out in the end. Enjoy your new rig!