Over the last couple days I've had my PC fall victim to the windows 7 infinite reboot. If I leave it powered off for a long period of time, it might boot and proceed to crash after 10ish minutes.
Specs:
Gigabyte 970A-D3
EVGA 960 2gb
Fx-8350 @ 4.0GHz
8gb (1x8gb) DDR3 HyperX Fury @ 1600MHz
Corsair CX600 PSU
1tb Seagate HDD
What I've tried:
I've attempted clearing my CMOS, nothing.
Checking manufacturer specified RAM voltage, and setting it; nothing.
Reinstalling windows via install disc; it reboots before it can even boot into windows setup.
Memtestx86; crashes when the blue screen issuing the beginning of the test pops up (it stays on for one or two frames and then reboots).
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Other information:
My ram stick when it was working was in the third slot. Still in the third slot I get all the aforementioned problems. If I move it to another slot, 1/2 (my fan blocks access to slot 4), the computer does not boot, nor does it do the beep code for missing RAM.
I've decided that it must be either a mobo issue, regarding bad RAM slots, or an issue with the stick itself. While it's possible it could be a PSU issue, I'm not sold since it wouldn't explain why the ram stick (somewhat) works in one slot, and not the other.
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Update:
As I was writing this I decided to go double check my ram slots to make sure I was able to reproduce the findings, however now the computer will not boot regardless of what slot the RAM is in. (Powers on, black screen no beep)
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If anyone else has any suggestions to help narrow down the problem, or can specify anything I may have overlooked, it'd be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Specs:
Gigabyte 970A-D3
EVGA 960 2gb
Fx-8350 @ 4.0GHz
8gb (1x8gb) DDR3 HyperX Fury @ 1600MHz
Corsair CX600 PSU
1tb Seagate HDD
What I've tried:
I've attempted clearing my CMOS, nothing.
Checking manufacturer specified RAM voltage, and setting it; nothing.
Reinstalling windows via install disc; it reboots before it can even boot into windows setup.
Memtestx86; crashes when the blue screen issuing the beginning of the test pops up (it stays on for one or two frames and then reboots).
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Other information:
My ram stick when it was working was in the third slot. Still in the third slot I get all the aforementioned problems. If I move it to another slot, 1/2 (my fan blocks access to slot 4), the computer does not boot, nor does it do the beep code for missing RAM.
I've decided that it must be either a mobo issue, regarding bad RAM slots, or an issue with the stick itself. While it's possible it could be a PSU issue, I'm not sold since it wouldn't explain why the ram stick (somewhat) works in one slot, and not the other.
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Update:
As I was writing this I decided to go double check my ram slots to make sure I was able to reproduce the findings, however now the computer will not boot regardless of what slot the RAM is in. (Powers on, black screen no beep)
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If anyone else has any suggestions to help narrow down the problem, or can specify anything I may have overlooked, it'd be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
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