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Recently built a PC. Managed to get it working fora good week. All of a sudden this evening, it is not posting at all. 

I have tried clearing CMOS but to no avail. Try resitting RAM 1/2 sticks but nothing. Don't really know what else to do. 

My specs are as follows:
CPU: Ryzen 3700x
Motherboard: gigabyte x570 aorus pro
Ram:Corsair vengeance 3600mhz CMK16GX4M2D3600C18
PSU: evga G2 750w
GPU: Nvidia 2080 super

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Everything spins, including lights but nothing on the monitor. Dram led is lit up. Is my RAM busted??

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Likely, since the memory did work for a while. Also check the board, whether there are burns near the memory VRM which is on the right of the dimm slots near the top right corner

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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6 minutes ago, Quagral said:

Everything spins, including lights but nothing on the monitor. Dram led is lit up. Is my RAM busted??

Yeah, sounds like it. If you can get your hands on some known good RAM to test, you could see if it is your mobo or RAM. But if you just got it, you'll probably be able to RMA whatever it is instead of paying for a new one.

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Can't see anything that suggest burns. Any other tests that I could do to specifically identify the culprit part?

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if nothing is coming up on the monitor, then no. There's a small chance it could be your GPU  that is the problem, and the PC actually is posting, you just can't see it. If your monitor isn't being woken up by your PC, try different ports/cables for your display and see if that helps. Other than that, you'd probably be best off swapping hardware and using process of elimination.

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I'm on a fan curve, so usually fans to full blast upon power, then it would quiet down once it posts. However its constantly on full blast, meaning its powering on but nothing to control it.

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Supposedly the ram that I have is not compatible with Ryzen but it is not Ryzen rated. Is this a likely problem??

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14 minutes ago, Quagral said:

Supposedly the ram that I have is not compatible with Ryzen but it is not Ryzen rated. Is this a likely problem??

DDR4 is still DDR4, the XMP profile might not run but it will run 2133MHz which is what boards do by default with these sticks.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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Is it normal that two sticks are both busted? Or do you think it is likely a mobo issue?

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It’s not likely at all that they’d both me bad... have you tried different RAM slots? And different ram in each slot? I’d also try reseating the CPU. If neither of those work, it could be your board. 

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4 hours ago, manicottimuffin said:

It’s not likely at all that they’d both me bad... have you tried different RAM slots? And different ram in each slot? I’d also try reseating the CPU. If neither of those work, it could be your board. 

I'll give reseating the CPU a try. Just unusual it worked flawlessly for a week then all of a sudden it's like this

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6 hours ago, Quagral said:

I'll give reseating the CPU a try. Just unusual it worked flawlessly for a week then all of a sudden it's like this

Yeah, that’s pretty crazy. That’s the X factor when building your own, stuff like this happens from time to time. Did reseating the cpu work?

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13 hours ago, manicottimuffin said:

It’s not likely at all that they’d both me bad... have you tried different RAM slots? And different ram in each slot? I’d also try reseating the CPU. If neither of those work, it could be your board.

 

 

2 hours ago, manicottimuffin said:

Yeah, that’s pretty crazy. That’s the X factor when building your own, stuff like this happens from time to time. Did reseating the cpu work?

Nothing still..now I'm going crazy. Don't know if it's mobo or ram. Don't know if I should rma both..or.maybe CPU. I'm going crazy

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5 hours ago, Quagral said:

 

 

Nothing still..now I'm going crazy. Don't know if it's mobo or ram. Don't know if I should rma both..or.maybe CPU. I'm going crazy

Can you take it to a local pc shop? Or maybe go to an electronics store and buy ram/cpu to test and then return them to the store?

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Going to RMA the ram, kinda disencouraged with going back to Corsair. Since it's under 30 days I can get a refund. Gonna get something else instead. Hopefully I made the right call, and hopefully it really is ram that is busted

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19 minutes ago, Quagral said:

Going to RMA the ram, kinda disencouraged with going back to Corsair. Since it's under 30 days I can get a refund. Gonna get something else instead. Hopefully I made the right call, and hopefully it really is ram that is busted

Yeah, I mean Corsair is pretty reputable but it could just be a crazy coincidence. If the new sticks don’t work I’d say mobo next 

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Just now, manicottimuffin said:

Yeah, I mean Corsair is pretty reputable but it could just be a crazy coincidence. If the new sticks don’t work I’d say mobo next 

Yeah, exactly my thought. At least I don't have to buy an entirely new system, and I could just RMA and stuff. Just such a hassle though

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Did you try with ONE stick of RAM at a time?

If having only 1 stick in the system doesn't work, that THAT one out, and put the second one in.

You need to find out it if:

  • Is it RAM or motherboard that died?
  • If it is RAM, it is 1 stick, or both sticks dead?

No point RMA'ing the RAM if the memory slot on the motherboard roasted itself...

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Fellas! It lives! Tried QFLASH PLUS, and it booted up. Now I wonder what exactly happened to cause this to happen. Bugged bios

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