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Might be better waiting for more knowledgeable folk to comment but my first steps would be: 1. Take off all anti-virus software and just use Windows Defender (which is normally more than enough) to see if improves boot time. 2. You say you are using Mcafee but your order also indicates...

Do you have 'Fast Start-up' enabled via Windows? if so would be interesting if you turned that off and then shut-down whether the issue is still there. That is the most obvious difference between 'restart' and 'shutdown' I can think of for W10 as to why you may be seeing the issue not repeating.

Is it 1 short beep and 3 long beeps? If so a lot of the time it is a VGA Monitor message. These can sometimes be red herrings, i.e. nothing is wrong but it is saying it can't detect a connection. If you turn your monitor on and then turn the PC on do the beeps still occur? Sometimes this can...

Are you definitely connecting via the GPU and not the Motherboard? Although from what I can see that CPU does have integrated graphics so it should work either way. Another option would be to connect direct to the Motherboard to see if the integrated graphics work. If they do and you get a...

The official response from PCS on RMA's can be viewed here under 'Returns'. Maybe someone who has gone through a RMA recently will be able to give you some practical knowledge as well.

If you click here it will take you to some basic information on how to run the updates. If you click on the 'Check for Windows Updates' it will open your 'Settings' for you. Main thing is to make sure that all updates have been run and your PC restarted as and when required as some updates...

You're just bitter!

Maybe it ran out of juice!?

Most obvious thing to check is if the power button connector has come loose from the Motherboard if you are confident checking that.

As it is so quick to try I would suggest you turn off 'fast start up' as per here (option 1). It may not be the culprit but it is an easy 'solution' to try. My last 2 PC's if I had 'fast start up' enabled gave me glitches and freezes so might be worth a shot (especially if a restart solves the...

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One short beep is confirming that the checks have all been passed so is normal in my experience. I have heard of the 1 long and 3 short beeps being linked to issues with the monitor turned off and the MOBO not being able to identify that the GPU is connected correctly. If the monitor is turned...

Can you make sure that your monitor is turned on before you boot the PC? Does it still have the beeps after that?

If the beeps are still occurring the same way then I wonder if the GPU is the issue. Has it been used in any other system so that you are sure it isn't faulty? I'm assuming you are definitely connecting the cables to the GPU in the back of the PC in the right slots and not any that are for the...

If it is 1 beep followed by 3 short beeps then would seem to indicate no VGA detected as per here (section 2.3). Are you sure the GPU has been seated correctly? Might be an idea re-seating it (and making sure you are connecting the cables to the GPU and not the Motherboard).

As per above a clean install of Windows would be an option but will remove all files from your PC. It may be that a temporary folder like via System Restore is retaining the virus in some way and it is being reactivated after 'removal'. I would personally run a Malwarebytes or Microsoft Safety...

I had a few issues with an old build a while back with W10 and it was due to 'fast start-up'. I think your issues sound different to mine but as it is a quick thing to do I would personally turn it off as per here just in case it helps.

I had this happen a few months ago, appears some form of update (only one I did around that time was Steam) corrupted my OS. Unfortunately I had to completely reinstall the OS via a fresh install. Other than the time it took wasn't a massive issue for me as I have all personal files needed...

I've never really used Event Log so not really sure what to be looking for.

Many thanks for the reply. I've disabled most of the options regarding security and the 'Get tips' section but errors still appear. I'll tinker about a bit more and see if I can get the errors to stop by changing some settings but if not as no performance issue I'll just ignore those errors.