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Yash Atwal
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14 minutes ago, Yash Atwal said:

I am having trouble in booting my pc. When I power it on all the fans (cpu, gpu, case fans) run but the monitor keyboard and mouse don't.

The only time it boots is when I swap my ram sticks with each other.

Please help.

Reset CMOS ?

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Just now, Yash Atwal said:

Sorry but what is CMOS?

 

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor - Memory of your BIOS.

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13 minutes ago, Yash Atwal said:

How to reset it and how safe is it?

What brand/model is your motherboard? CMOS is a battery shaped like a quarter located on your motherboard, simply pop it out and reseat it. What this does is reset your BIOS memory back to default, helpful when overclocking and you don't POST.

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4 minutes ago, Truthberry said:

What brand/model is your motherboard? CMOS is a battery shaped like a quarter located on your motherboard, simply pop it out and reseat it. What this does is reset your BIOS memory back to default, helpful when overclocking and you don't POST.

My mobo Gigabyte GA-H81M-S1.

The desktop isn't booting without swapping ram sticks with each other.

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13 minutes ago, HelpMeOrIWillSuffer said:

When it boots up does it say 1 stick of ram or 2 sticks of ram are recognized. Because it could potentially be bad ram.

He's not POSTing, he probably can't see the BIOS. 

 

32 minutes ago, Yash Atwal said:

My mobo Gigabyte GA-H81M-S1.

The desktop isn't booting without swapping ram sticks with each other.

You need to reseat the CMOS battery first before you do anything else. Once you POST (your monitor, mouse, and keyboard will be on) get to BIOS and look over your settings. I'd recommend running Memtest after that to rule out your RAM as an issue.

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He's not POSTing, he probably can't see the BIOS. 

 

You need to reseat the CMOS battery first before you do anything else. Once you POST (your monitor, mouse, and keyboard will be on) get to BIOS and look over your settings. I'd recommend running Memtest after that to rule out your RAM as an issue.

He didn't state that he isn't POSTing did he? I can't find that reply

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37 minutes ago, Yash Atwal said:

My mobo Gigabyte GA-H81M-S1.

The desktop isn't booting without swapping ram sticks with each other.

Forgot to mention, that from looking at your motherboard you may need to remove your video card to get to the CMOS. Good luck!

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3 minutes ago, HelpMeOrIWillSuffer said:

He didn't state that he isn't POSTing did he? I can't find that reply

He's receiving no video signal, mouse and keyboard are not turning on. 

 

1 hour ago, Yash Atwal said:

I am having trouble in booting my pc. When I power it on all the fans (cpu, gpu, case fans) run but the monitor keyboard and mouse don't.

The only time it boots is when I swap my ram sticks with each other.

Please help.

Re-reading OP, sounds like he POSTs half the time?

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On 06/16/2017 at 9:26 PM, Truthberry said:

Forgot to mention, that from looking at your motherboard you may need to remove your video card to get to the CMOS. Good luck!

I removed the battery and re inserted it after 5 mins. It still did not work. But now when I turn the power on the desktop just starts restarting all the lights and fans work then they shut down and then restart. My ram and psu are perfectly fine as they are new.

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