Thudmeizer

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Thudmeizer

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January 2nd, 2022 18:00

x17 R1, Windows 11 freezes, cannot find boot media

Environment: x17R1 / 1.5.0 Bios / i9 / 3080 / 64gb at 3467 Mhz RAM / 4Tb 2x NVMe m.2 drives / Win11.

Symptoms: Once or twice a day I might be on the system working OR having locked the screen when the machine will completely freeze then crash to that Dell White screen trying to run the troubleshooting OR it will simply say "Boot Media Not Found".

Solution: As a temp fix, I simply shut the machine off after this occurs.. it will then bring up the white screen saying "Boot Media Not Found" again to which I shut the laptop down once more, bring it back up, it will at this point likely trying to repair the OS but I just click "continue into Windows 11" then its fine.

What is going on here? Something on the OS causing the UEFI driver or boot media to temporarily kill itself from the BIOS until I shut it down completely (average of twice) then it works again?

The laptop freezing and "Boot Media Not Found" issue seems to occur mostly when I lock the screen or sometimes after its shut down over night then 1-2 hrs into using it from there it just stops responding eventually completely crashing to the White Dell Diagnostics screen.

Thank you Community! Loving this super laptop so far.. incredibly fast!