- Mar 10, 2007
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I'm brand new to Windows 11 and I can't find any error codes or crash logs anywhere and the Q-Code on the motherboard only says CPU post-memory initialization in the booklet. The lights on my GPU and RAM have turned off completely (they were staying lit prior to the first crash) but they all light up when I first turn on the PC then randomly turn off shortly after it boots. I ran a few different games yesterday and everything worked perfectly fine but now it just crashes.
Where do I start for troubleshooting this? The booklet doesn't give much information regarding the Q-Code and Googling the description for the Q-Code leads to the basic "remove hardware until it works and there's your problem". I was hoping I could narrow it down before tearing it apart again.
Edit: Just reseated the RAM into slots 2/4 and the second stick's LEDs went out almost immediately, but so did the lights on my GPU and the fan on the GPU stops spinning as well. The lights on my AIO worked for about thirty minutes and then they turned off and they only flash when I start the PC but they won't turn on either. The Q-Code is still the same (33/34) so that's not telling me much. Is it possible both the GPU and one stick of RAM is bad?
Edit 2: Just quickly reseated the RAM, tried each stick individually and everything seemed to work. Put them both back in and everything is working again. I was able to launch games with no problems but I can't figure out why it was crashing. I have my monitor and PC on the same power strip but I would think that would trip a breaker if it was drawing too much power and I know it wasn't overheating since I was monitoring the temps on the last crash and nothing was even close to the high temp/yellow zone.
Edit 3: Put the RAM back in the initial slots to see if I could narrow it down, but everything is working fine again.
Where do I start for troubleshooting this? The booklet doesn't give much information regarding the Q-Code and Googling the description for the Q-Code leads to the basic "remove hardware until it works and there's your problem". I was hoping I could narrow it down before tearing it apart again.
Edit: Just reseated the RAM into slots 2/4 and the second stick's LEDs went out almost immediately, but so did the lights on my GPU and the fan on the GPU stops spinning as well. The lights on my AIO worked for about thirty minutes and then they turned off and they only flash when I start the PC but they won't turn on either. The Q-Code is still the same (33/34) so that's not telling me much. Is it possible both the GPU and one stick of RAM is bad?
Edit 2: Just quickly reseated the RAM, tried each stick individually and everything seemed to work. Put them both back in and everything is working again. I was able to launch games with no problems but I can't figure out why it was crashing. I have my monitor and PC on the same power strip but I would think that would trip a breaker if it was drawing too much power and I know it wasn't overheating since I was monitoring the temps on the last crash and nothing was even close to the high temp/yellow zone.
Edit 3: Put the RAM back in the initial slots to see if I could narrow it down, but everything is working fine again.
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