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Can't boot or install any operating system - Z790 APEX

yahfz
Level 7
Got the Z790 Apex 3 days ago. Everything was going great until it wasn't.

I can no longer get into any operating system unless its in safe mode on my current windows install. If i do anything else it will hang on boot. Windows hangs on the spinning dots thingy, linux just goes black screen and the worst part is that when I went to reinstall Windows, the same thing happened, I can't even reinstall the OS. I thought some part died, so I started troubleshooting in these steps with no avail:

1- Unplugged every single drive on my PC and tried booting into the Windows installation through the USB Media Device.

2- Tried another set of ram sticks that works on my second pc

3- Tried another GPU.

4- Re-made the USB media device even though it works fine on my other PC.

5- Flashing other BIOSes

The weird part of all this is that when I go to safe mode it just works.

PC:
Z790 APEX - BIOS 0703
i9-13900KF
32GB RAM
Corsair HX1200
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yahfz
Level 7
Turns out the CPU that had been working fine on my unify-x died just 2 days after using the APEX. Not sure if it was the APEX that killed it but it is what it is. Back on my 12900K and its fine.