This is my motherboard: MS-7680 (https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/H61MUE35_B3.html#hero-overview)
Hey, so recently I bought used CPU & GPU (i5-2500k & GTX 760), used to own i3-2130 & GTX 560. When I installed the CPU and the GPU, I tried to start the PC, but it wouldn't, only fans would start spinning for like 5 seconds and then it would turn off and keep repeating on a loop. So I tried almost everything: resetting cmos, rewiring psu, trying it with my old gpu, until I've got it to the ram, I removed one stick and it booted up. I have two DDR3 ram sticks (one is 4gb, other one is 2gb).
And I've tried playing with them, I noticed, that only the 4gb and only in one of the ram slots is working. I tried to boot up the pc with the 2gb stick in the working slot, failed. Tried in both ram slots, the pc wouldn't boot up with the 2gbs, but when I tried with the 4gb stick, only one of the ram slots would let the pc boot. Open this picture so you could see which one of the slots lets the pc boot and which doesn't, (http://imgur.com/a/EBkG4). When it doesn't, the fans spins for 5 seconds and stop and keeps repeating.
edit: could it be the bios? I didn't try updating it before installing the CPU, willing that the current version would be enough.
Hey, so recently I bought used CPU & GPU (i5-2500k & GTX 760), used to own i3-2130 & GTX 560. When I installed the CPU and the GPU, I tried to start the PC, but it wouldn't, only fans would start spinning for like 5 seconds and then it would turn off and keep repeating on a loop. So I tried almost everything: resetting cmos, rewiring psu, trying it with my old gpu, until I've got it to the ram, I removed one stick and it booted up. I have two DDR3 ram sticks (one is 4gb, other one is 2gb).
And I've tried playing with them, I noticed, that only the 4gb and only in one of the ram slots is working. I tried to boot up the pc with the 2gb stick in the working slot, failed. Tried in both ram slots, the pc wouldn't boot up with the 2gbs, but when I tried with the 4gb stick, only one of the ram slots would let the pc boot. Open this picture so you could see which one of the slots lets the pc boot and which doesn't, (http://imgur.com/a/EBkG4). When it doesn't, the fans spins for 5 seconds and stop and keeps repeating.
edit: could it be the bios? I didn't try updating it before installing the CPU, willing that the current version would be enough.
. Then I bricked my mobo again, so it kept restarting, didn't matter which slot was occupied, after a few hours, I managed to unbent it somehow straight enough, so it could read from the CPU and now both ram slots are working. Invested many hours, eventually it finally paid off, gosh, that was a bummer. Thanks @DRagor for suggesting one of the possible reasons why the ram slot didn't work. Cheers!
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