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Hey there all.  I'm hoping that you all can help me with a very strange problem.  I got this computer from VIPOutlet.com.  I set it up and started the install / setup process.  Nothing but BSOD errors from IRQL, to Kernal Security, etc.  They were all over the place.  I dropped in another NVME from a recent pull and it booted windows no problem.. No errors, no problems.  There was no setup process as this drive already had windows on it.  

When I tried to reset windows on this new drive.. I ran into the same issues with constant BSOD errors or looping reboots.  Now I saw a random thread about a bios issue with windows update with windows defender causing all kinds of issues.. I was about to send the unit back for a refund but that's not my first choice given the low cost I paid for it.  

I tossed in another drive just for giggles and windows runs fine as the dive was a clone from a working ryzen 5 laptop with nvidia graphics.. pretty close to what I'm running on this desktop already.  I noticed that there was a bios update and have installed that and all the other drivers and removed all the lenovo apps that were part of the cloned image.  

I'm downloading the cloud restore image now and may try to refresh with the factory image just to see if the bios was the problem.. as a note. .these issues happened after replacing ram and reseating the GPU.  I've tried NVME and SSD drives and had the same result.  

Has anyone had this issue?  You would figure that as critically unstable as the system seemed to be trying to just install windows that it would just crash constantly on this working windows image... but it's fine.  and I've run performance tests and stressed the system.  I also ran the HP bios system tests which all passed.. 

If anyone could shed some light on this.. I would really appreciate it.

Thanks!

Rick