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My PC only boots after I re-seat the RAM. Any suggestion to why this is?

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Hello, Yesterday I did a clean install of Windows 10 (genuine copy) and the pc booted up fine. However the next time I tried to boot up the CPU fan, LEDs and HDD span up but no image was displayed (nor no booting as the speaker did not beep) . I tested all my components (PSU, GPU etc) with no avail. 

But when I re-seated the RAM (ie. took it out and back in again) the system booted fine. however the next time I shut down the system would not boot until i re-sat the RAM in which it would. 

Bearing in mind before the install I have been running the machine flawlessly for over 12 months with no problems. 

Any Suggestions. Thanks 

Specs: 
CPU: intel core I5 4690K 
Mobo: Gigabyte GA z87 HD3 
Ram: 8GB DDR3 Ram 
GPU: AMD r9 280x 
PSU: XFX TS 550w

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Hello, Yesterday I did a clean install of Windows 10 (genuine copy) and the pc booted up fine. However the next time I tried to boot up the CPU fan, LEDs and HDD span up but no image was displayed (nor no booting as the speaker did not beep) . I tested all my components (PSU, GPU etc) with no avail. 

But when I re-seated the RAM (ie. took it out and back in again) the system booted fine. however the next time I shut down the system would not boot until i re-sat the RAM in which it would. 

Bearing in mind before the install I have been running the machine flawlessly for over 12 months with no problems. 

Any Suggestions. Thanks 

Specs: 

CPU: intel core I5 4690K 

Mobo: Gigabyte GA z87 HD3 

Ram: 8GB DDR3 Ram 

GPU: AMD r9 280x 

PSU: XFX TS 550w

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#LinusReseatRAMTips : If it ain't POSTin', reseat the RAM

 

But yeah, as other people have suggested, run a memtest.

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Thank you for your response. I ran the memtest and came back as passed.

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Got all up to date drivers? Do a clean install?

Yep I've been running the latest bios from day one

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#LinusReseatRAMTips : If it ain't POSTin', reseat the RAM

But yeah, as other people have suggested, run a memtest.

Thank you for your response. I ran the memtest and came back as passed.

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Drivers, not BIOS.

Drivers will be available from your mobo manufacturers website :)

Just updated all my drivers and restarted my machine. Same issue, need to re seat the RAM to boot. *sigh* thank you anyway

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Change your ram speed to 1333Mhz with CL9-10 just to see if it works.

If it does then slowly up your speed to 1600, 1866 and so on until the problem occurs.

Then work on the timings. 

It's not a race to the bottom.

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Change your ram speed to 1333Mhz with CL9-10 just to see if it works.

If it does then slowly up your speed to 1600, 1866 and so on until the problem occurs.

Then work on the timings. 

 

Thank you for your response but it didn't work. Thanks anyway 

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Try reseating your RAM with the power connected to the computer, but not on, starting from the last stick to the first stick, then power on the PC. If this does not work, clear the CMOS and reconfigure things appropriately. Test again. If you still have the problem go into the BIOS and look around at the standby power options and such and test different options.
@seanoliverfarrell788 did that work?

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