Freezing on Boot

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I am running Windows 11 on Framework 13.

A couple weeks ago, my computer suddenly froze and forced me to hard reset. Then, for next hour or so, it would freeze on boot up.
Sometimes I would get a BSOD first, but the stop code was different every time.
I might get “Preparing Automatic Repair” but it would freeze before finishing.
I would also get a visual glitch like in the attached picture which makes me think it might be a GPU problem (running the default integrated graphics) but this did not happen every time.
Then after an hour it started working normally again.

Now today this has happened again and it has persisted past an hour.
Any thoughts on this?

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Until someone who actually recognises the symptoms comes along, it cannot hurt to shut your FW down completely, open it up, remove each of the memory sticks and re-seat them.

It might be worth taking anti-static precautions: ground your hand before touching each SODIMM and avoid touching the edge connector.

Dino