Troubleshooting System Memory

[parzival0741]

Okay so, I have tried everything I can think of. But the memory I have in slots a_1 a_2 will light up but won’t detect in the bios. I switched around all 4 sticks. I cleared the cmos. I pulled the cmos battery out and let it sit for 10 min. I just left two sticks in the aforementioned slots and got a memory (yellow light) error. I don’t know what else to try or do. Let me know if you can think of anything. My pc specs are broken down in my profile. If you need more info please ask.  It will boot into windows but only in single channel with, (half of 32gb), 16gb.

[Whiro]

34 minutes ago, parzival0741 said:

Okay so, I have tried everything I can think of. But the memory I have in slots a_1 a_2 will light up but won’t detect in the bios. I switched around all 4 sticks. I cleared the cmos. I pulled the cmos battery out and let it sit for 10 min. I just left two sticks in the aforementioned slots and got a memory (yellow light) error. I don’t know what else to try or do. Let me know if you can think of anything. My pc specs are broken down in my profile. If you need more info please ask.  It will boot into windows but only in single channel with, (half of 32gb), 16gb.

Imo it’s either bad memory, bad slots on the mobo (most likely) or not enough pressure on the cpu and it’s not contacting enough which may cause not reading this slots. Try this first.

[parzival0741]

11 hours ago, Whiro said:

Imo it’s either bad memory, bad slots on the mobo (most likely) or not enough pressure on the cpu and it’s not contacting enough which may cause not reading this slots. Try this first.

It was working fine and then it black screened with no motherboard light. And then the slots stoped working. I’m going to try cleaning it with some alcohol wipes. But it’s just weird.

[parzival0741]

I have decided to buy a new motherboard and hope that works. Is there any chance it could be the cpu? Asking for a friend. I have had this computer for just over a year. I’m just praying this will fix it. @Whiro

[Whiro]

1 hour ago, parzival0741 said:

I have decided to buy a new motherboard and hope that works. Is there any chance it could be the cpu? Asking for a friend. I have had this computer for just over a year. I’m just praying this will fix it. @Whiro

It’s very unlikely that it is cpu fault tbh. Most likely mobo went bad. Bud did you tested what I mentioned before? The pressure of the heatsink on the cpu.

[parzival0741]

2 hours ago, Whiro said:

It’s very unlikely that it is cpu fault tbh. Most likely mobo went bad. Bud did you tested what I mentioned before? The pressure of the heatsink on the cpu.

Yes I pulled the whole think out reseated it and put new paste on. The issue still persisted. Sorry I forgot to tell you. Thank you for the help! If there are anything last minute thing you can think of to try I have plenty of time. The earliest my new motherboard will get here is the 16th. I got the rog maximus hero. Mostly for the built in cmos button and WiFi. But I digress.  

[parzival0741]

Thank you  @Whiro for the help! I finally got the motherboard switched out and back up and running! It worked perfectly. I'm back at 100% and looking at starting up folding again!

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