Aurora R15, randomly changed boot order?

Question

So went into my office today and computer was randomly on a screen that said no boot drive (which is odd because when I last left it a few hours ago it was on Windows).

I rebooted and it told me it was trying to boot from the Network card IPV4. Hit escape a few times and it booted up. Then I got a popup that the Overclocking has been turned off due to a hardware issue. (Only OC I had on was I changed the Memory to use the XMP 1 profile and its been fine for a month.

I rebooted the computer went into the BIOS and turned back on OC and the XMP1 profile, then I went to the Boot Manager page and noticed it had reordered itself. It went IPV4, IPV6 and then windows boot manager.

I moved Windows Boot manager back to the first slot and now its fine. Any idea how that can even change?

redxps630 · Answer

Possible when you stepped away R15 AI sensed the pc was idle and opportune moment to perform a firmware update.
in order for the pc to auto update bios, it needs to turn off OC. so it might have done that.

If you knew your previous bios version, check now to see bios had auto updated itself.

try disable bios auto update.

Enables or disables BIOS updates through UEFI capsule update packages.

Default: Enabled

Tesla1856 · Answer

My Aurora-R6 did that once when it was very new. Yeah, it's scary because it looks like your boot-drive died.

The problem appeared to be ... it had been Over-Clocked from the factory. I never requested that or even wanted my nice-new system raced-and-redlined until it fries.

I turned off the silly Over-Clocking and the system never did that again. While the Aurora-R6 did eventually get about 20 BIOS/Firmware updates issued and installed over the years, I still attributed the problem to unintentional Over-Clocking.

I am using the Aurora-R6 right now and it's super-stable like always ... now running Windows-11 Pro.

Howie411 · Answer

Ok, so this is odd, it happened again today.  OC the memory is still on but the boot driver order changed again to IPV6, IPV6 and Windows Boot Manager.    Literally nothing has changed on the computer.

redxps630 · Answer

Either a glitch or a firmware auto update you did not know occurred

try delete ipv4/6 in boot options

System setup options—Boot menu

BOOT
	Boot List Option		Displays the available boot devices. Default: UEFI
	File Browser Add Boot Option		Allows you to set the boot path in the boot option list.
	File Browser Del Boot Option		Allows you to delete the boot path in the boot option list.
	Boot Option Priorities		Displays the available boot devices.
	Boot Option #1		Displays the first boot device. Default: Windows Boot Manager.
	Boot Option #2		Displays the second boot device. Default: Onboard NIC (IPV4)
	Boot Option #3		Displays the third boot device. Default: Onboard NIC (IPV6)

Tesla1856 · Answer

@Howie411​ said: Ok, so this is odd, it happened again today.  OC the memory is still on  As I posted earlier, I suggest you turn-OFF all Over-Clocks (CPU, Memory, GPU, etc). Not only is the OC likely causing the occasional booting issue, it's really not required is the first-place (the computer is already very fast at stock-clocks).

Howie411 · Answer

I can definitely try turning off OC, but I did pay for memory that could reach 5200mhz so turning off that feature seems like it would be a last ditch idea since it has only happened twice.     And then assumin that works it tells me either the memory is faulty (ran a full advance test on it) or some other sort of issue with this system.

Howie411 · Answer

@redxps630​ I'll give that a try, though looks like it crashed again today (so that actually is the 3rd time).

Tesla1856 · Answer

It's already very fast at stock-speeds. On my systems, if something makes it marginally faster BUT also a little unstable ... I always go for stable and reliable.

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