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Thread ID: 147826 2019-05-03 00:15:00 strange vid card / Ram issue 1101 (13337) Press F1
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1460363 2019-05-03 00:15:00 Heres a weird hardware fault.

My home PC , intermittently would turn on but not POST
ie nothing on screen, numlock light stayed off ( a sign it hasnt POSTed) , fans etc running

Each time , I needed to unplug the RAM chips & put them into another slot. Then it would start up OK
Next time it happened, I would unplug RAM & put back into original slot.
I tried swapping out the RAM , that didnt help.

This used to be very intermitent, maybe once every 3 months, but lately could happen a few times a week.
On a hunch , I took out the vid card & put a older vid card in .

Since replacing the vid card, Ive not had the issue ... but when I had the issue & resolved it by moving RAM from 1 slot to another
So whats causing it ? mb, vid card ?
1101 (13337)
1460364 2019-05-03 01:49:00 Since replacing the vid card, Ive not had the issue ?

You answered your own question.
piroska (17583)
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