Computer keeps turning on and off. Fixed after re seating the RAMs

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AGiLE KiTTY

AGiLE KiTTY

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So I got this issue. It happens rarely. But happens. When I turn the computer on it turns on but after like 5 secs it turns off all by it self. Re seating the ram fixes it. I have 2 Kingston hyperx 4GB DDR3 1600MHz ram kit. And they are on xmp mode.

One of my ram cards are red and the other one is black. Though they have the same part number in cpu id.

I checked the ram cards one by one. Both seem to give a issue a little bit. But after about 2 re seating evrythings fixed.

Any help would be appreciated :)

And my mobo is a Gigabyte H97 Gaming 3. And cpu is i7 4790. And I ran windows memory diagnostic tool and it showed no errors.
 
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Enabling the XMP profile is technically overclocking your RAM. It sounds as if the overclock fails from time to time and your system is unable to POST. Disabling XMP all together will most likely fix your problem.
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Enabling the XMP profile is technically overclocking your RAM. It sounds as if the overclock fails from time to time and your system is unable to POST. Disabling XMP all together will most likely fix your problem.
 
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AGiLE KiTTY

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Does this mean that In the next time I should buy 2x ram set without purchasing them individually? And a failure to run the cards in dual channel mode is causing this?

Thanks for the help btw

 
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You should always buy RAM in kits, it ensures maximum compatibility. Usually mixing RAM is harmless, but it does slightly increase the probability of running into problems, especially if you start messing with timings and frequency. Your RAM is running in dual channel mode, but the overclock makes it unstable occasionally, which is why your computer fails to boot sometimes.
 
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AGiLE KiTTY

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Apparently matching part number doesn't seem to help. Thanks for the help. Btw is there a way to check whether my ram slots are damaged or not.

 
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RAM is finicky like that, even if they have the same model number, they might not be from the same bin and/or they're manufactured slightly differently.

Short of just putting a RAM module in the slot and seeing if it's recognized in the BIOS, there aren't a lot of tests for that. For the most part, RAM slots are pretty binary, either they work or they don't.
 
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AGiLE KiTTY

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Thanks for the help, If it happen again I will update this thread :)

 
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