So I just recently built my PC, and have been using it for 2 months with no issues. The other night I had left it running over night, and woke up to flashing clocks all over the house (assumed to be a power outage). When I tried to power the computer back on, the LEDs came on, and some fans (the CPU fan spun briefly and then quit), but no signal was going to the monitor. I tried turning on and off a few times, and the computer would sometimes stay stuck in this state, or try to restart on it's own (to no prevail).
The first thing I tried was unplugging the power cord and pressing the power button for ~1 min to reset the motherboard. This didn't work.
I then unplugged everything from the PSU and plugged it back in - again, this didn't fix my problem.
Next I pulled out 1 stick of RAM, and tried booting up and it did work - everything powered on just fine. I then shut down, installed the other stick of RAM, and it booted up, and recognized all 16GB of RAM! I used the computer for ~8 hours (thinking the problem was fixed), but at the end of the day I shut it down and tried to power back on, and again it got stuck with the LEDs on but no full boot up.
I'm wondering if anyone has encountered something like this before? I have yet to do a full re-seatting of all components, which I do plan on doing. I'm able to get the computer to boot up by pulling and replacing one stick of RAM every time (not sure if this is really that safe).
I should mention that I did have the computer plugged into a surge protector when the power went out, and I've tried plugging it into various different plugs around the house.
Thanks for your help!
Parts List: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/Alion/saved/Q4JgXL
The first thing I tried was unplugging the power cord and pressing the power button for ~1 min to reset the motherboard. This didn't work.
I then unplugged everything from the PSU and plugged it back in - again, this didn't fix my problem.
Next I pulled out 1 stick of RAM, and tried booting up and it did work - everything powered on just fine. I then shut down, installed the other stick of RAM, and it booted up, and recognized all 16GB of RAM! I used the computer for ~8 hours (thinking the problem was fixed), but at the end of the day I shut it down and tried to power back on, and again it got stuck with the LEDs on but no full boot up.
I'm wondering if anyone has encountered something like this before? I have yet to do a full re-seatting of all components, which I do plan on doing. I'm able to get the computer to boot up by pulling and replacing one stick of RAM every time (not sure if this is really that safe).
I should mention that I did have the computer plugged into a surge protector when the power went out, and I've tried plugging it into various different plugs around the house.
Thanks for your help!
Parts List: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/Alion/saved/Q4JgXL
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