Windows 10 Install stuck at Getting Devices Ready

[Melzargard]

I know there are a ton of posts with this issue, but I've read them all and still can't resolve my issue. I built this computer about 10 months ago and never had a problem until 2 days ago. Went through all of the chkdsk, memtest86, sfc scans and dism. Nothing worked. I finally formatted my m2 drive and have been trying to reinstall windows 10. Mostly it fails at Getting Devices Ready but often times it will fail almost immediately when windows attempts to load. I have unplugged everything except the keyboard, mouse and monitor and I have all of those plugged in directly to the on board ports. I have removed the video card and unplugged all data drives and the case usb. I have disabled on board wifi, LAN and HD Audio. Even though the memtest86 results had no errors, I tried a single ram chip in each of the ram slots and then a different ram chip in each of the slots. I reseated the m2 drive. I checked that all of the power supply cables are well seated on both ends. I can't think of anything else that doesn't involve purchasing a new m2 drive, psu, mobs or processor. I've tried a clean installation from usb dozens of times making one of the above changes at a time. Please help!!!!!


Mobo: ASUS ROG Maximus XI Hero (Wi-Fi) Z390

CPU: i9 9900kSSD: Samsung 970 EVO 1TB - NVMe PCIe M.2 2280 SSD

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