How do I troubleshoot this problem?

[RadiatingLight]

A while back, I decided that my CPU temps weren't good enough, and decided to remount my CPU cooler (212 EVO). Just for shits and giggles, I decided to take out my CPU, and marvel at how such a small component can use up so much power, and do so many calculations. when I turned by computer back on, I found myself in a boot loop. as it turns out, my PC wont boot up with more than one stick of RAM in each color on the motherboard. I have a dual-channel motherboard (4 DIMM slots total), and I'm currently running my RAM in slots 3 and 4, which as far as I understand, is the wrong way to run them. (reduces the ram to single-channel speeds, right?)

I don't have another LGA 1150 Motherboard handy to test what's wrong. Is it my CPU memory controller? My motherboard?

NOTE: all RAM and RAM slots are confirmed working.

[raine]

31 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

A while back, I decided that my CPU temps weren't good enough, and decided to remount my CPU cooler (212 EVO). Just for shits and giggles, I decided to take out my CPU, and marvel at how such a small component can use up so much power, and do so many calculations. when I turned by computer back on, I found myself in a boot loop. as it turns out, my PC wont boot up with more than one stick of RAM in each color on the motherboard. I have a dual-channel motherboard (4 DIMM slots total), and I'm currently running my RAM in slots 3 and 4, which as far as I understand, is the wrong way to run them. (reduces the ram to single-channel speeds, right?)

I don't have another LGA 1150 Motherboard handy to test what's wrong. Is it my CPU memory controller? My motherboard?

NOTE: all RAM and RAM slots are confirmed working.

A couple questions I need verified before I can give you my opinion.

1) Before you removed the CPU and cooler, did you turn off the PSU and then hit the power button again to empty the capacitors?

2) Did you try resetting the CMOS?

[raphidy]

Did you overclock, cpu, ram?

Load defaults in your bios. Check ram timings also.

 

Memtest if you think ram have problems, but i don't think so.

[Thx And Bye]

So essentially only one channel of RAM is working or one channel at a time (no matter wich one)?

 

If only one and only that one is working, you have either bend a pin of that channel or you did something horribly wrong.

I can tell you, that is is possible to do a CPU / cooler swap with turned on PSU but the pc "shut down" (already did that) and not damage a single thing.

I had the same thing (one RAM channel not working so max 2 DIMM on one channel) happening to me, when I didn't had enough pressure on the CPU trying to bare die cool my CPU.

So I'd guess you somewhere have a contact problem too, thats why my guess is on a bend pin.

 

 

Interesting to know would be, if you ever see something of windows or if it isn't even coming past POST.

[RadiatingLight]

11 hours ago, Thx And Bye said:

So essentially only one channel of RAM is working or one channel at a time (no matter wich one)?

 

If only one and only that one is working, you have either bend a pin of that channel or you did something horribly wrong.

I can tell you, that is is possible to do a CPU / cooler swap with turned on PSU but the pc "shut down" (already did that) and not damage a single thing.

I had the same thing (one RAM channel not working so max 2 DIMM on one channel) happening to me, when I didn't had enough pressure on the CPU trying to bare die cool my CPU.

So I'd guess you somewhere have a contact problem too, thats why my guess is on a bend pin.

 

 

Interesting to know would be, if you ever see something of windows or if it isn't even coming past POST.

Both channels work, but each channel only supports one DIMM at a time.

Max 1 DIMM per channel, X2 Channels.

 

I have no bent CPU pins, I checked last week.