Weird Issue booting into BIOS

ExtremeIC3cream · 3 Aug 2015 at 15:06

So this issue occurred on Friday afternoon when I had finished installing Windows 10 and it's drivers, I restarted my computer and it would then not turn on again, I decided I would leave the computer for about an hour and when I came back it turned on but the monitor reported there was no signal so I tried the iGPU but it still reported no signal, I heard a clicking noise inside the computer so I opened it up and it was the GPU fans, they were trying to start but couldn't I decided I would do some troubleshooting. I took everything out of the case and setup the motherboard on the cardboard box it came in I installed just the minimal components which were the PSU, a stick of RAM, the CPU, and the CPU cooler, I turned it on and the PC displayed the BIOS from the iGPU I installed the keyboard and mouse and reset the BIOS to default. I then put the GPU in and it successfully booted into the BIOS. I put the other stick of RAM in and it failed to boot so I thought the issue may be RAM related, this is the way I tested the RAM:

RAM 1 - SLOT 1 - PASS
RAM 1 - SLOT 2 - PASS
RAM 2 - SLOT 1 - FAIL
RAM 2 - SLOT 2 - FAIL

Now it looks pretty clear that RAM 2 is the issue but I turned on the computer this morning and it did the same issue that first had not booting into the BIOS, I was using RAM 1 in SLOT 1 which worked yesterday, so I tried RAM 1 in SLOT 2 it then booted which I'm now using. It seems now the issue might be the motherboard as when I turned it on this morning it had the issue with GPU originally a clicking noise coming from the GPU fans so right now it seems pretty clear to me now that it is the motherboard, but the issue with RAM 2 still seems pretty weird to me that it doesn't work either.

I also ran memtest86 on RAM 1 as I couldn't boot with RAM 2 and it reported no issues the computer specs can also be found in my signature, I just want to see what your views are on the issue thanks in advance,

Justin.

ExtremeIC3cream · 4 Aug 2015 at 20:06

Just an update went to turn my computer on about 10 minutes ago and it failed to boot like the original problem where there was a clicking noise coming from the graphics card fans where they were trying to spin but weren't able to, I had RAM 1 in SLOT 2 but when I tried again with RAM 1 in SLOT 1 it worked but it was the opposite from yesterday where it was the other way round and it won't work with RAM 2 but to me it seems like it must be a faulty motherboard. I'm open to any of your opinions on this issue and help of course thanks in advance,

Justin.

EDIT: When I put RAM 1 in SLOT 1 it restarted 4 times before getting into Windows.

mushtafa · 4 Aug 2015 at 20:22

Sounds like a PSU issue or motherboard to me. If the RAM had failed, I'd still expect the GPU fans to power up.

ExtremeIC3cream · 4 Aug 2015 at 20:25

Would there be any way to test the PSU? I'm swaying towards the motherboard being the issue but I don't know how I would test it either.

mushtafa · 4 Aug 2015 at 20:40

Apart from checking all the connections, and doing the paper clip test (when it doesn't boot), I don't think there's much else to try?