My PC Wouldn't POST! Here's How I FIXED It!
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- čas přidán 22. 06. 2019
- In today's Dorksmithing video, we tackle the matter of diagnosing and troubleshooting RAM issues with your PC with different steps to take leading up to an RMA!
Special thanks to VisionTek for supplying the RAM in today's video... what would YOU like to see me do with it!? Vote in my Community Poll: / @themanicgeek
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Enjoyed the video. Informative and clear in your descriptions. I also enjoyed straight to the point and no unneeded pzaz.
TRIED EVERYTHING. put my old cpu in. worked like a charm. i just accepted the fact that my bnew boxed CPU is DOA. what in the world happened to quality check on these processors.
Thanks for this video! I knew the issue with my PC was the RAM because my motherboard has debug LEDs. Following the steps in this video, found out one of my RAM sticks has gone bad. Explains the RAM issues I had earlier this year. Tossed the bad stick and it boots up again.
Thanks only had to watch the first minute and you solved my problem!!
Ya love to see it, glad I could help!
A pc keep giving alarming beeps or siren but still work fine. Usually first thing to do is to replace the PC case and install the RAM in different slots, but some RAM stick are the “leader” stick that must be in the slot 1 to make a pc POST as the other sticks of RAM “follower” sticks that couldn’t POST all by itself.
It may not be the PSU has fault, but replace the PSU may fix it if all the fans works fine when there was no POST. Replace mobo’s battery too. In many cases no PC parts has fault, it just need to replace the PC case, RAM, PSU, battery with another working PC parts, so after doing all that, you ended up with 2 working PC system and not a single faulty PC part.
May need to replace the PC case because some pc case’s back panel is curved outward and need pushed inward to put in the screw to secure the graphic card, so after some years or weeks of use, it pulled things out of place, bow and arrow theory … …
In one of the other cases, each time the power is out in my house, I need to replace the graphic card and installed a graphic card that could POST in the PC, then I install the one that failed to POST back in place and it could POST, so each time the power it’s out I need to repeat that!
Some PC could shut down due to static changes when your hand is only touching the power button to the PC that’s made of plastic.
Some PC couldn’t POST, just wait a 3 days without using it, then it return to life of POST, this could happen once in a few years of use, like seeing a comet going passing by!
This guide relatable as well
That was part of why I made it; I've been through this so many times, and I remember the first time it happened I'd really wanted there to be more guides like this out there for me to look at :-).
Came for the thumbnail... then I cleaned up. Video was aiight. =D
Teaching people the things they didn't know they needed to know since 1985.
Thanks for your advice but can there be any issues with 4 GB DDR3 ram which was working properly for a few months but stopped suddenly 😭, don't know what happened it happened all of a sudden
That can happen randomly, especially if the RAM was already used previously. Following the steps in the video can help diag those issues :-)
@@TheManicGeek thank you 😁
Nice video! :-)
Thanks man! I want to do more in the troubleshooting and diag arena; I feel like there's a need for videos like these where people need more help getting their rigs up and running properly, and given that I almost ALWAYS encounter issues like these, I'll likely have plenty of opportunities to make these videos x-D
Ok, so.... Just built I ryzen 5600g system and it will not post. I tried to plug in the spreaker and got no beeps whatsoever. It gives me a little white dash towards the upper left hand corner of the monitor. I have swapped ram for known working modules and no luck. I sent the motherboard out to get a bios update, still no bueno. The only think I can think of is that the Apu is dead. Help is appreciated, I know this is an old video, but it's relevant.
If it's a pre-built system or from a System Integrator like iBuyPower, I'd get in touch with them and let them know it's acting up. Other steps I'd follow are clearing CMOS, re-seating the APU, and moving RAM to different slots to see if you can get a post, then work backwards one step at a time to see where the issue was if it starts working again; you could even have a SSD/nVME drive attached that's causing something funky to go on, unless you're not even able to get in to the BIOS. You're presumably getting power to everything given what I'm seeing here so it's likely not the PSU or motherboard. Is that white dash blinking? If it is then the iGPU is working fine as well, which leaves the motherboard and the stuff attached to it. Known good RAM doesn't fix it so that eliminates that as well, but the channels could be faulty... which still beings us to motherboard or APU, and it's not very common at all for a APU to only be partially bricked: it either works or it doesn't in most cases.
That's what I got given what's here tho, hope that helps!
@@TheManicGeek thank you for the help. The white dash does not blink and remains stationary, and the bios does not show up. All the fans spin up as well. I'll try to reseat the Apu again as well as cycle the known working ram through slots. If any of these still don't work do you recommend trying to get an rma on the motherboard as the return date has passed or is there something else I should try after reseating things?
The only other thing I can immediately think to do is clear CMOS. I sometimes have to do that after a BIOS flash since for whatever reason the flash works, but the BIOS still misbehaves. Past that, maybe a motherboard RMA is in order, yeah. At least that'd probably be my next step, and you're far more likely to get a relatively expedient RMA on that than say a GPU right now.
Hey can vengeance pro 2x8 3600 cl18 run with ryzen 5 3600 and Aorus b450?
I’m having the same problem
The QVL for the motherboard would tell you for sure, otherwise it's all down to whether the IMC on your processor and your motherboard play nice together to let the kit run at XMP. If that doesn't work you may want to run through the troubleshooting steps in the video, and if that doesn't work then you may have to adjust timings and speeds to get the kit to get close to its rated speeds.
Hmm I can’t even adjust anything the screen display doesn’t even show and none of the indication lights in the mobo is on
Mine wont work :/ my it won’t post idk why I tried the ram, the battery and even the gpu do you think it would be the hdmi
There's a lot of other variables that could lead to a no-post scenario. There's also the CPU to consider as well as your boot drives. Best thing to do: go from "least invasive to most invasive" for diagnosis. Start with the easy stuff: re-seat your power and data cables for everything, double check that no obvious cables are shorting out, re-seat your processor and heat sink, try re-assembling your build outside of the case to see if it will boot there, etc. The HDMI cable COULD be one of the things affecting it I suppose, but that's an easy thing to test: try a different HDMI cable.
Proper 2019 thumbnail!
HELL yeah it is. True story: that is the actual face I make when my PC starts actin' the fool x-D
@@TheManicGeek seems right. Buddy just had some ram go bad that was fine for years was blaming BFV and Win10 1903. Turned out it was just bad ram :P
Lol so true. I subscribed just because of properness of the thumbnail lol
I have a really old ddr3 mobo and I had 4gb . I was looking for an upgrade and brought 16gb ram and after installing it my pc won’t post . I switched back to my old ram and it worked . I reset cmos but still it won’t post
Have you checked your same 4gb kit in other DIMM slots, or checked the new kit in other slots? Might have dropped a DIMM slot over time randomly or else the memory needs to be re-seated.
@@TheManicGeek I tried all of them and I think I’ve found the problem . My cpu memory controller only lets me use 2gb ram per slot . Is there a way to change it ?
Oh wow your hardware is that old? Don't believe there's anything you can do about that :-/
@@TheManicGeek Yh das was what I was worrying bout when I brought the ram cause my pc is reallllly old .
A pc keep giving alarming beeps or siren but still work fine. Usually first thing to do is to replace the PC case and install the RAM in different slots, but some RAM stick are the “leader” stick that must be in the slot 1 to make a pc POST as the other sticks of RAM “follower” sticks that couldn’t POST all by itself.
It may not be the PSU has fault, but replace the PSU may fix it if all the fans works fine when there was no POST. Replace mobo’s battery too. In many cases no PC parts has fault, it just need to replace the PC case, RAM, PSU, battery with another working PC parts, so after doing all that, you ended up with 2 working PC system and not a single faulty PC part.
May need to replace the PC case because some pc case’s back panel is curved outward and need pushed inward to put in the screw to secure the graphic card, so after some years or weeks of use, it pulled things out of place, bow and arrow theory … …
In one of the other cases, each time the power is out in my house, I need to replace the graphic card and installed a graphic card that could POST in the PC, then I install the one that failed to POST back in place and it could POST, so each time the power it’s out I need to repeat that!
Some PC could shut down due to static changes when your hand is only touching the power button to the PC that’s made of plastic.
Some PC couldn’t POST, just wait a 3 days without using it, then it return to life of POST, this could happen once in a few years of use, like seeing a comet going passing by!
My PC receives power but doesn't beep is there any way i can fix this
did you manage to fix?
Same
@@kancha69 is it the same for u?
@@kancha69 yes i managed to fix it by removing the power pin connector, i now open it by getting the 2 pins to touch each other with w screwdriver
@@user-cj6xv3ed4m i would suggest you to do my trick, find where the power sw connector is at, its usually at the bottom of your motherboard. remove it and start using a screwdriver to boot your pc up by placing it on two of the pins. if this doesn't work try removing one of your rams and clean the gold pins with eraser.
What's post code reader?
post codes are alphanumeric codes of what the BIOS is doing at a given moment. The reader lets you see those codes, where otherwise the board either only had beeping codes, or nothing at all. The motherboard manual gives you most of the possible or more common codes to see.
I have tried to turn my pc on in the morning, and it wouldn't post, I took out 1 module of my corsair lpx 8gb 3000mhz ram, tried to post, and it did, switched off my pc, and tried again, with both sticks, and it posted that time, this happens every day and is driving me nuts. I have x470 pro MB with ryzen 5 2600x
Hmmm, just not posting at all is never a good sign, especially when it's LPX memory; that stuff is usually pretty good with compatibility. Do you have any other kits of memory to test to see if you can isolate the issue to either memory or motherboard?
@@TheManicGeek when I had 4 sticks in, kept getting BSOD, no idea why, I reinstalled windows, then worked fine, every now and then would get critical error, BSOD, computer would restart, thought I fixed the BSOD, never had it in 3 weeks now, probably get 1 now I said that lol, the started getting no post in morning, googled on my phone, then it mentioned memory problems, so took out 2 sticks, tried to turn on, worked first time, next morning, wouldn't post, same thing, swapped ram, no post, so tried 1 stick of ram, worked first time, turned it off put the ram back up to 2 sticks, started no problem. so I have no idea what the problem is
@@wolfie35p Hmmmmmm...that really is a cracked issue. There's a few things that could be happening, and the least invasive one to check is RAM... so I'm guessing there aren't any other DIMMs lying around for you to use, eh? It's sounding like that specific combination of motherboard and RAM don't want to play well together. I had an issue once where a kit of RAM that I used with the same processor previously worked fine, but move it to another motherboard and it has to train for days and days before it will actually work properly out of nowhere. It was kind of wild to see, but I also had other memory to test with so I had a bit of privilege there. If that exact kit of RAM you have isn't on the motherboard QVL (Qualified Vendor List) for RAM, which you can find on the board's site if you didn't already know that, then it could just be that the kit of RAM is, for all intents and purposes, defective.
Did the machine work just fine for a period prior to all of these errors appearing?
@@TheManicGeek I used the same ram in the same motherboard before, and it worked fine, in fact, I have32gb of ram but only using 16, as when I was getting BSOD, I contacted asus to ask their experts, but they said because I was using 2 different packs of ram, they would be conflicting and causing the BSOD, which I thought was crap. BUT, I changed from x470 pro, to msi tomahawk max, couldn't get used to it, so changed back to x470 pro, and that's when my problems started. never had any problems before this.
@@wolfie35p Have you attempted to clear CMOS or re-seat the CPU? Swapping boards like that could be freaking out your BIOS for whatever reason (even setting the same RAM in different slots will do it), or maybe when you originally re-installed the CPU something was off about the pins that power the IMC, and the error occurred so many times that the computer refused to boot anymore. You could also try to manually set your primary memory timings, frequency, and voltage since occasionally XMP will similarly freak out your board. Beyond that I might try to find another kit of RAM to test with since past that the board starts to become the next most likely culprit.
beep codes on a PC without a speaker #RIP also best memtest86 that ram recently got 4 bad sets a gskill in a row
I have never gotten multiple sets of bad RAM in a row, though that's not to say it CAN'T happen... I mean after all, you ARE Mr. #AllTheRMAs x-D
My mother gigabyte b450m manual was one sheet that said to go to the website lol
Lol some manuals kinda suck with offering troubleshooting steps. Kinda hard to do when there's so many variations in hardware configs, but you can definitely see where one board or another had kore or less effort put in to thtle documentation lol.