So, I’ve been using this laptop for a while now and a rather unique issue has occurred. I go to reboot my machine, and it turns off fine… but then it doesn’t post when turning on. I try again… no better. I proceed to dismantle the laptop and I reseat the ram modules in the same slots. No effect the laptop still doesn’t post. I then go and talk to a friend who knows quite a bit more than me and he recommends switching the modules, by that he means that is module a is in slot 1, put it in slot 2, and the same goes for the second module that is in slot 2 which should be put in slot 1. And surprisingly it works… but later I go to reboot and it doesn’t post. So I try to switching the arrangement of the modules again and it posts, once… but not again if I turn it off and try to turn in on again. But rearranging the RAM always seems to be able to make the laptop post. So my question is, do you have any idea what the problem might be, if so I would really appreciate some help.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
I'm pretty sure it isn't the battery cause I was always connected to the wall, and I reseated the RAM cause... well I don't quite know I guess I just though that that was the problem, and the amount of stories that I heard always blaming ram for POST problems led me to think that it was the RAM
Bc you're saying that for some reason the ram is being dumb. I don't quite believe that since its switching which dim and slot it prefers. Maybe you might be pressing on something else like a bad connection to a hard drive or something. Idk that weird but bc it only happens in start up it might be the battery or the power delivery system. That's my best guess
What happens if you run it with only one RAM module? Are they matched pairs of RAM or unmatched pairs?
I saw a laptop that got covered in water during the last flood, after cleaning it out and reseating everything it worked short term, but needed it's RAM reseated each time before it would start again.
They are matched pairs, well at least I think they are I mean they are what came stock with the laptop, two 8gb sticks.
And no I haven't tried just one ram module at a time, that might work at the time of writing I can't try but when I do I'll write an update.
UPDATE: Tried with just one ram stick at a time... nothing, the computer still would only POST once, another weird thing that I saw as I was writing this update.. the screen when in the OS would sometimes flash black repeatedly, this of course maybe something else, but either way it shouldn't be happening
UPDATE 2: Well another problem has reared its ugly head, when ever the computer goes into sleep mode I can't turn it back on, it just gives the windows 8 message that my pc ran into a problem, this I think is related to the whole issue of only being able to turn on the laptop once