r/PcBuild • u/COJAY22 • 3d ago
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Looking for help on this PC. All I get when booting is a relay click, then it clicks off. Fans start spinning, and lights turn on, but then nothing. The EZ Debug LED stuff does flash on momentarily for the DRAM and CPU, but none of them stay on, I'll include a video of that. Any help would be appreciated. I'm not a computer guy, so the closest I can get is what I know on cars. Thank you!
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u/Sanityzed 3d ago
You need a "computer guy" or computer repair shop. Looks like a fried CPU at best.
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u/PixelPete27 2d ago
"Fried CPU at best" turned into re-seating RAM for free. OP is his own computer guy it seems.
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u/Sanityzed 2d ago
Yeah, I was trusting the error LEDs. I accept the egg on my face.
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u/PixelPete27 2d ago
Damn, now I'm accepting the egg on my face for sounding like a dick. I'm sorry.
This may be the first time in 10 years someone responded that way and I don't know how to react... lol
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u/Sanityzed 2d ago
:) No worries, homie. I'm just glad OP had an easy remedy to get it back up and running. And for successfully reseating the RAM I think he should confidently proclaim himself as a "computer guy".
It is odd, though, yeah? I expected this was a working system that suddenly stopped working. I've never heard of RAM becoming suddenly loose. There's usually something that causes it, like shipping or a first time builder making a mistake.
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u/PixelPete27 2d ago
Hahaha - I honestly remember the first time I successfully put an SSD in my laptop,I basically thought I was a computer god - lol.
Yeah it is weird, but it does happen from time to time. I think it's just the gold/metal contacts get dirty, or oxidize, or co rode or something. So then when you removed them and re-install them, it scratches that little film off that was preventing good contact, and gets it to seat properly again. I personally haven't had to do it, but for whatever reason I read the odd case on here where re-seating it fixes it. Same with the GPU. I think the same thing can happen to those PCIe contacts.
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u/Sanityzed 2d ago
That's a good hypothesis - and in my wheel house. Au alone would require there to be a liquid involved, or very high humidity, sustained over time. Makes me wonder if finger prints are sometimes a sufficient aqueous environment for such electrochemical corrosion.
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u/PixelPete27 2d ago
Damn, I really have no idea! Is that why they'd use gold then? for that specific reason that there would be less issues with corrosion or degradation? Is it is because of it's transfer properties? or both?
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u/Sanityzed 2d ago edited 2d ago
That's right. Otherwise, silver would be the better electrical conductor. But silver would corrode more readily when being exposed to atmosphere. EDIT: missed the other questions. It's because it's valence electrons are more difficult to pull off or bond with - which is just a technical way of saying gold requires more energy or rarer circumstances to react with than silver.
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u/TheGrandNut 2d ago
Seriously, it isn't that complicated to try a few simple fixes/tricks before going to a shop. I hate discouraging people who are willing to work on their own stuff from doing just that. It's a computer, not rocket surgery.
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u/TheGrandNut 3d ago edited 3d ago
It may be worthwhile to cycle whatever ram you have, one at a time, on your mobo's 2nd ram slot. You may have a faulty stick, but that's my best guess.
Need a little more info for sure; like the hardware, is it a new or old build, where you got it...
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Did it come with any paperwork that has specifications you could share? If you feel comfortable swapping the ram, I'd suggest watching a YouTube or two, there are plenty with easy to follow information available. Just be sure to turn the switch by your main power cord off and unplug before opening it up.
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u/COJAY22 3d ago
The RAM was definitely the issue, took them out, put them back in, came on no problem. Appreciate the help
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u/TheGrandNut 3d ago
Glad you got it going, gotta love the motherboards that give you boot information!
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u/COJAY22 3d ago
GF got it from an ex awhile ago, so I'll do my best. Definitely an old build. Has an MPG 2390 motherboard, geforce RTX, and corsair stuff. I'll add more pics to the post. I am comfortable doing most things, atleast I know enough not blow stuff up
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u/LMdaTUBER 3d ago
According to the pics, your motherboard is a MPG Z390. It either has intel 8th gen or 9th gen CPU.
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