If a computer won't boot - check and re-install the RAM

[VirtualLarry]

This is the third system that I've fixed by removing and re-installing the RAM.

Just an FYI.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

If there was a like button for this, i'd like it!

 

[DreamWarrior666]

Haha...I've had so many systems that wouldn't boot that all I did was re-seat something and it magically worked. Sometimes it's RAM, others it's a PCI card. Heck, I remember a long time ago I had a modem that just all of a sudden stopped being recognized by the system. I pulled it, popped it back in, no luck. A friend said "rub a pencil eraser on the pins" so I did. Popped it back in, viola, worked again. No idea how...just figured it was akin to the "blow on the Nintendo cartridge" trick, lol.

Finicky bastards, these computer things are, lol.

 

[DirkGently1]

Just sounds to me like a lot of people don't 'seat' things correctly in the first place.

 

[GFORCE100]

I found this to be true on Asus motherboards except taking the RAM out and back in wasn't the only thing required, I had to insert some other RAM of a different brand for it to boot-up before being able to go back to my original RAM. This happened when attempting various overclocking settings.

Likely BIOS bugs.