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Or by only putting one stick of memory in, or changing the slot you're using.

I was assembling a computer and everything seemed to be correct, the fan would spin up, I'd get some lights, but there was no image on the screen, not even the BIOS. I saw someone else make this suggestion and didn't think it was likely to work, but it did. First I just tried one stick, and it booted. Then I tried both sticks and it didn't work, but I reseated and then it did.

(Also worth pointing out that your motherboard should have diagnostic lights which if you check the documentation may point out which component has an issue)

Thinking about Lemmy's demographics many here may have heard of something like this, or have more helpful suggestions about troubleshooting which would be welcome. But thought I'd write out a little post about my experience to contribute to Lemmy SEO supremacy.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Reseating cards and chips is the first step every time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

And power connectors. I've re-seated a lot of loose 24pin and 8pin power cables in my life.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This can be the culprit along with hundreds of others. Another common one in more powerful PCs is your power supply does not have enough juice.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

An underpowered PSU will usually show issues when actually running heavier loads, not immediately at boot I think.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

This isn't just for new computers. After a few hundred heat/cool cycles, the ram can become unseated enough to cause issues. Although it's definitely not as big of an issue as it was a decade or so ago.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

One time for me it was the DVD drive. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I bought a pre-build PC once, and it refused to boot. And you know what was missing? A fucking SATA data cable god have mercy. That's some advanced assembling. I even had to go and buy one as I hadn't a spare one at hand.

Although yeah I definitely had some screw ups with not inserting RAM sticks all the way or messing some other stuff like not connecting the video card to power supply.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Blowing on it helps. The humidity in your breath reinvigorates the silicon.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Very good tip, this was also the issue on an old desktop of mine. For 3 years I thought it was just cursed until I finally removed and reinserted the RAM sticks. Now it works flawlessly!

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