Hi Marvin

(
@varonica)
Originally I used my old EVGA GTX 960 because I had already spent 1,500 dollars on all the other parts. I recently upgraded to a EVGA RTX 3060 Ti.
Okay, this is what I suspected, and one reason why I asked you, and anybody else here can chip in as well with their Graphics card make and specs. as it's fairly relevant in this case / problem.
A few days ago..... Ist. Scenario, built the computer, checked everything twice / three times, all set to switch on.....
After switching on the computer for the
first time the system started and within a short time Windows went through its installation process, no problems.
There was NO indication that there was anything in the bios that needed altering on first boot to installation of the OS. Loaded some drivers and software mainly to check temperatures, looked for any glaring faults I may have missed and did a few re-starts all ok. (except for all the Microsoft $%&** that wanted me to download

)
Yesterday and today I've been on the web looking for answers to this safe boot etc. problem till my eyes bled, Some fixes I noted and wrote down, but being a bit tired mentally and physically I decided to leave it all until tomorrow, for a fresh approach.
As I was about to finish on the computer and do something useful, I had a last thought, what are the true defaults on the motherboard?
So, into the bios, set defaults, saved and exit. Bios boots up and stops halfway with this message....
"The VGA Card is not supported by UEFi Driver.
(CSM Compatibility support module)
Settings have been changed for better compatibility
For further adjustments press F1 to enter bios setup
If no adjustments needed further press F2 to confirm the current settings and enter OS directly.

So it seems to me the main solution and probably the
only solution is to upgrade / buy a new Graphics card, at least to be compatible with Windows 11.
Next solution, find a list of graphics cards that are currently up to date with Win 11.

Foot note. The CPU has its own integrated graphics chip, I'm wondering if I removed the GPU, reset the bios to default.....

Jack
