No display when using left ram slot

[Nipheria]

Hello friends im in need of your help,
Today devil told me "clean your conputer from dusts" and as always i did listen... After the cleaning is done i plugged everything fine (only that half of left ram was unplugged somehow and sadly i saw that after booted) and had no display, so wested many hours until i figured that not using left ram slot is fixing the problem. Pls dont get me wrong, rams are fine but using left ram slot is source of no display problem. By the way i broke the pci-e lock hope that doesnt cause problem. Is there any way for fixing that left ram slot?

 

[lilhasselhoffer]

Please excuse me if my understanding isn't 100%.

You cleaned the system out, and now one of two RAM slots aren't working. You haven't indicated how the computer was cleaned, but the assumption is compressed air. You've already tried reseating the RAM modules, but you still can't get the system to boot properly.


Assuming all of that's the case, it sounds like that one RAM module is your problem. The fastest solution is to clean up the contact points (a rubber eraser for a pencil works well here), but it sounds like there may have been a bit of excessive force used here. I'm not sure if you used the same...zeal, with the RAM and somehow damaged it. I'd flip the sticks around, to confirm it's the slot and not the sticks themselves. Assuming a cleaning and reseating doesn't resolve the problem then you're likely to have done some damage that can't easily be deduced from the information at hand. I wish I could offer more, but the situation is far too vague without more information or some pictures.

 

[Nipheria]

Please excuse me if my understanding isn't 100%.

You cleaned the system out, and now one of two RAM slots aren't working. You haven't indicated how the computer was cleaned, but the assumption is compressed air. You've already tried reseating the RAM modules, but you still can't get the system to boot properly.


Assuming all of that's the case, it sounds like that one RAM module is your problem. The fastest solution is to clean up the contact points (a rubber eraser for a pencil works well here), but it sounds like there may have been a bit of excessive force used here. I'm not sure if you used the same...zeal, with the RAM and somehow damaged it. I'd flip the sticks around, to confirm it's the slot and not the sticks themselves. Assuming a cleaning and reseating doesn't resolve the problem then you're likely to have done some damage that can't easily be deduced from the information at hand. I wish I could offer more, but the situation is far too vague without more information or some pictures.

I believe booting while ram half plugged caused left slot to fail, and im sure problem is left slot cuz i tried each ram with right slot and had no problem. Also left slot has no visual demege so i dont know how can i fix it.

 

[Filip Georgievski]

Contact spray may be of some help.
I had my fare share of faulty slots, PCI and RAM slots.
It gets the job done but, the way you describe it, your slot is very much faulty.
I assume you did reset the bios jumper style or button and tried it again.
If nothing else works, get the board to a tech or electrician to do a detailed check of the board, and ensure the problem is unfixable.

 

[lilhasselhoffer]

I believe booting while ram half plugged caused left slot to fail, and im sure problem is left slot cuz i tried each ram with right slot and had no problem. Also left slot has no visual demege so i dont know how can i fix it.

I'm not sure what to tell you here. My experience has been that an improperly seated stick of RAM generally makes a system fail, but I've never seen it bork a slot.

What I have seen is people applying a lot of force to a RAM stick (and bend one of the contact strips). I have seen corrosion cause issues, but that'd be mitigated with a bit of cleaning (erasers really are great).


I guess the only advice I can offer is that it's time for some more substantive help. Without being able to see anything, and getting the story second hand, there's very little we can offer. Someone looking at it in person would be significantly more helpful.

 

[Caring1]

Was the CPU cooler removed for cleaning?
Sometimes overtightening can cause the ram slot nearest to the cooler not to work.
This means when that slot is populated the system wont boot or give a display.

 

[micropage7]

have you check the slot? maybe theres bent contact or something
try clean it with paint brush

 

[OneMoar]

pull the cpu and inspect the socket for debris and bent pins

 

[silkstone]

Might you have got some dust in the ram slot whilst cleaning?

 

[Nipheria]

İ did try all of ypur suggestions and thank you by the way. So as you can predict none of them worked. I sent Mb and cpu to rma 11 days ago because most of my research says cpu is problem. Also during the time when i was trying repair them i accidently sat on my zotac 970 amp extreme core edition it still works but now heatsink moving a little and when fan hits %50 there is cw sound that day i understood that unless there is a problem dont try to fix anything. Or u can make it worse. So gpu has been sent to rma in the same day i hope they replace it with new one.