Final update. None of the above troubleshooting led to a resolution.
It was the damn UPS I had it plugged into. Not sure what that's about. Why it would work but only after "warming it up".
I have it plugged into a simple surge protector now and it's been working fine.
Multiple friends have mentioned to me that it could be power related. I remember during the build that there were two CPU power plugs: an 8-pin and a 4-pin.
I didn't hook it up because the manual hinted and google suggested that the second one was for multi-GPU setups. My power supply came...
I can't believe I didn't think of this. My friend suggested a BIOS update. I have a vague memory during the setup of downloading the zip and seeing it was a *.cap file and putting it off until later because I didn't want to deal with it. LOL.
So I looked and I was on version 0321 which is...
I'm having issues during start-up of my latest PC build.
First thing: this PC works! Just having some weirdness on startup. Once started it does not have performance issues. I have been able to get it to start each day, after some trouble.
Here's the system in question:
ASUS TUF Z490 Gaming...
It seems like a risky move to make an ARPG in 2019. Diablo 3 is still going strong on variety of platforms and there's a new Torchlight right around the corner.
That being said; this has a nice clean look that I don't hate.
I could never even get her to acknowledge me speaking to her. How exactly are you suppose to pronounce the stupid name? Is it Cortan-aaa, Cortan-ah, or Cortan-ae? Only one of them is correct and will get her reply. Then M$ integrated it into the start menu of my desktop and all its ever done...
This is so stupid. We all know this is stupid. And it's going to be stupidly expensive.
DAMN IT.
sigh, just take my money.
edit. if Kyle is reviewing chairs..
I love it.
I had no intentions whatsoever of playing the Westworld game because I thought it looked just like Fallout shelter.
Now I'm going to play it BECAUSE it looks just like Fallout shelter.
Good job shifting my perspective, Bethesda. Stupid assholes.