My PC was running fine, but now it won't boot unless I remove 3 of the 4 RAM cards.
It will boot with one 4GB RAM installed, and it will do this with any of the RAM cards, but with two or more it won't boot.
By won't boot, I mean, it shows nothing on the display, no bios, nothing. But it does try to boot and keeps restarting.
The mother board is Z68 (MSI 7681)
Ram is 4 x 4 GB CORSAIR Vengeance
CPU is i7 2600k @3.4 GHz
I have already replaced the power supply, with no luck. Stripped it back to minimum installation which is how I found it could boot with one RAM card. I have reset the CPU with a new CPU fan, but no luck.
Question is... does this sound like the motherboard has gone, the ram has gone or the CPU has gone?
I am kind of suspecting the motherboard, but how can I know????
It will boot with one 4GB RAM installed, and it will do this with any of the RAM cards, but with two or more it won't boot.
By won't boot, I mean, it shows nothing on the display, no bios, nothing. But it does try to boot and keeps restarting.
The mother board is Z68 (MSI 7681)
Ram is 4 x 4 GB CORSAIR Vengeance
CPU is i7 2600k @3.4 GHz
I have already replaced the power supply, with no luck. Stripped it back to minimum installation which is how I found it could boot with one RAM card. I have reset the CPU with a new CPU fan, but no luck.
Question is... does this sound like the motherboard has gone, the ram has gone or the CPU has gone?
I am kind of suspecting the motherboard, but how can I know????