Possible bad RAM slot causing constant reboot

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Anguxilion

Anguxilion

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I have two slots of ram, and I used to have two sticks of 4gb both, but now, from night to day, suddenly one stopped working. I mean, both sticks works properly on the second slot, but if I put one of them on the first slot, it keeps rebooting over and over, the power starts all fans work, GPU cooler too, processor too, no beep no nothing, but this is just for 5 seconds, it doesnt load the bios neither, it just keep rebooting.
I've tried to clean them, but that didnt help at all

everything was running fine yesterday, I really don't know what happened and i don't have the money to buy a new motherboard right now, please help (sorry for my bad english)




PC specs:

Windows 10 pro
Intel Core i5 4590 LGA1150
ASUS H81M-K
Kingston 4gb DDR3 1600 mhz x2
XFX RADEON 7750 2GB DDR5 CORE EDITION

Hdd x2 (USB tech 160gb and other hitachi 1tb)

Power source 700w
 
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cin19
Because you can use one stick RAM to boot the PC, so you can update the chipset driver first, if you use win7/8.1 go to intel site to get the driver https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/20775/Intel-Chipset-Device-Software-INF-Update-Utility- if you use win10 go to asus site to get it because intel does not put the newer one ( for win10) out yet. Next run the MemTest86 http://www.memtest86.com/download.htm to test the RAM one by one.
After that go into the BIOS, set the ram setting to intel XMP profile, save and shut down the pc, install other RAM, reboot the pc to see it works or not. If the pc does not boot, may consider to update the BIOS too, but if you don't know how to, and recommend ask someone for help like your friend, or...
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Because you can use one stick RAM to boot the PC, so you can update the chipset driver first, if you use win7/8.1 go to intel site to get the driver https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/20775/Intel-Chipset-Device-Software-INF-Update-Utility- if you use win10 go to asus site to get it because intel does not put the newer one ( for win10) out yet. Next run the MemTest86 http://www.memtest86.com/download.htm to test the RAM one by one.
After that go into the BIOS, set the ram setting to intel XMP profile, save and shut down the pc, install other RAM, reboot the pc to see it works or not. If the pc does not boot, may consider to update the BIOS too, but if you don't know how to, and recommend ask someone for help like your friend, or local pc shop.
After that you may know the problem is from the RAM or MB's DIMM slot, because you test the RAM and update the software ( chipset driver, bios), the chipset driver comes with the memory controller driver.
 
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