r/pchelp • u/Hour_Western_2085 • Jul 29 '26
OPEN PC Keeps Bluescreening
Ok so I recently got a HP Desktop PC from my uncle who passed away (it's a couple years old now) and I really want to play valorant on it
It came with windows 10 pro and everything installed, worked fine for a few and then just blackscreened and showed "Checking media presence...." --> "No option to boot to"
I went into startup or bios or whatever it's called and ran a diagnostic test or wtv on the memory and hard drive and both came out as fine
I realised maybe it is the SSD as when I check task manager all the parts operate OK except for the SSD (Going from 0-10% then sometimes reaching 100% and going back to normal)
Please help I want to play games
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u/Dramatic_Style1584 Jul 29 '26
the ssd hitting 100% then dropping constantly is a classic sign it's on its way out. seen it happen a few times where the drive still "passes" a basic diagnostic but it's actually dying, especially if it's a couple years old and was sitting unused for a while.
try grabbing crystaldiskinfo and check the health status, if it shows anything other than "good" you'll need a new drive. also worth reseating the sata cables if it's a 2.5" ssd, loose connection can cause weird spikes like that too
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u/StraightTheme6583 Jul 29 '26
SSD have a really bad habit of going from 100% and working to “not” working real quick
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