hi all,
first time posting here, anyway pc problem which is really confusing me. i got some ram from ebay, G skill ripjaw z to go into a pc with the msi b85-g43 gaming motherboard (6 weeks old). checked compatibility table and it is compatible. this was a perfectly working pc before installing the ram, once i installed the ram, this is what happened.
the pc booted okay, but wouldn't run games and kept giving errors. i instantly thought faulty ram. so i tried one stick in and it didn't work, i tried the other stick in and that worked. just to rule out ram slot i tried it in dimm 4, no ram sticks worked, tried in dimm 3 the suspected bad ram works in that, but the good ram didn't, so i put the suspected bad ram in dimm 3 and good ram in dimm 2, pc booted and ran fine with benchmark, but then started giving errors and the benchmark crashed, i shutdown the pc, and turned it on to do memory test, computer wouldn't turn on. i removed the presumed faulty ram stick, pc still wouldn't turn on. removed both ram sticks motherboard turns on and off then wait 10 seconds and it will turn back on again. i put old ram back in which was working fine, and computer wouldn't turn on. i left the computer off for 30 minutes and turned it back on and it turned on. but now when ever i shutdown the computer and then turn it back on, my fans spin for a second and the power light blinks but then that is it, if i turn computer off at wall and back on after 10 seconds after a few goes it will come back on eventually after 4 to 6 goes.
could the gskill ram have burned something out in the motherboard, or done some damage to the memory controller?
when installing and uninstalling the ram an antistatic wristband was used at all times and pc was turned off at the wall and power button was pressed, then the pc was left for 2 to 3 minutes before removing ram.
things i have tried. reseating the cpu. reseating gfx, reseating all cables.
full spec of this machine.
mb - msi b85-g43 gaming
ram - 4gb transend 1333 9-9-9-24 (which is why i was upgrading it)
cpu - i5 4670k (was the old cpu from my machine, built this for my gf.)
gfx - msi 760 tf
psu - 550 80+ modular powercool pc-550 auba-m
first time posting here, anyway pc problem which is really confusing me. i got some ram from ebay, G skill ripjaw z to go into a pc with the msi b85-g43 gaming motherboard (6 weeks old). checked compatibility table and it is compatible. this was a perfectly working pc before installing the ram, once i installed the ram, this is what happened.
the pc booted okay, but wouldn't run games and kept giving errors. i instantly thought faulty ram. so i tried one stick in and it didn't work, i tried the other stick in and that worked. just to rule out ram slot i tried it in dimm 4, no ram sticks worked, tried in dimm 3 the suspected bad ram works in that, but the good ram didn't, so i put the suspected bad ram in dimm 3 and good ram in dimm 2, pc booted and ran fine with benchmark, but then started giving errors and the benchmark crashed, i shutdown the pc, and turned it on to do memory test, computer wouldn't turn on. i removed the presumed faulty ram stick, pc still wouldn't turn on. removed both ram sticks motherboard turns on and off then wait 10 seconds and it will turn back on again. i put old ram back in which was working fine, and computer wouldn't turn on. i left the computer off for 30 minutes and turned it back on and it turned on. but now when ever i shutdown the computer and then turn it back on, my fans spin for a second and the power light blinks but then that is it, if i turn computer off at wall and back on after 10 seconds after a few goes it will come back on eventually after 4 to 6 goes.
could the gskill ram have burned something out in the motherboard, or done some damage to the memory controller?
when installing and uninstalling the ram an antistatic wristband was used at all times and pc was turned off at the wall and power button was pressed, then the pc was left for 2 to 3 minutes before removing ram.
things i have tried. reseating the cpu. reseating gfx, reseating all cables.
full spec of this machine.
mb - msi b85-g43 gaming
ram - 4gb transend 1333 9-9-9-24 (which is why i was upgrading it)
cpu - i5 4670k (was the old cpu from my machine, built this for my gf.)
gfx - msi 760 tf
psu - 550 80+ modular powercool pc-550 auba-m
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