PC Won't Boot up After RAM Installation: What to Do

After installing and/or replacing memory modules in a computer, it's common to experience issues with getting the system to turn on. In this video, I'll show you how to troubleshoot the issue and how to fix it.

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[robertpickren]

Color me shocked (and thankful)! I came here after trying to do a simple RAM upgrade by adding a new 16GB RAM stick to my Lenovo tower PC to bring it up to 32 GB. I have done this dozens of times on other PCs for myself and others with no issues. This time, however, the new memory card caused total boot failure with beeping and flashing error lights. Could not even get into BIOS.

I reseated the new RAM module with the same result. I swapped the old and new RAM in the original slot and the new RAM worked perfectly. I swapped slots with the old and new RAM with both plugged and hard fail again. At this point, I started searching for help and found this video. It was concise and well done but I thought it was redundant to what I had already done.

Then I read the comments and person after person reported that the compressed air fixed the problem. Being the "wise, old" person that I am, I discarded this info since this PC is very clean and I have NEVER had dust cause a RAM slot failure in almost 40 years of PC build and repair work. BUT, I am not totally STUPID and I am capable of learning so I thought maybe it's worth a try. I actually did not have a compressed air can but used a camera lens air bulb to puff some air into the slot. To my amazement, this simple procedure did fix the issue. There must have been the tiniest spec of dust in that 2nd slot and it caused the error even after multiple plugging and replugging.

Wow! Thanks for taking the time to post this video and teach an old dog a new trick.

[justsomefacts]

Very helpful, didn't know that even the tiniest piece of dust would stop it from booting up. Sprayed a little compressed air and issue solved 👍

[Voldezhur]

It was totally just dust in the ports. Blew it out and works fine now. Thanks!

[urbanzs]

Thank god this “tutorial” works. My new ram wouldn’t work in the spot next to my original ram so I just moved it one spot over.

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Thank you so much man, worked after I switched the position of my ram modules

[adriantovar]

Hey man thank you for describing every possible thing.i was freaking out cause 2 didn't turn on or boot up.Thanks

[dennistran]

Bought my ram new, did what the video said. Looks like I got faulty ram. Returning it tomorrow. Thanks for saving me time 👍

[ArbrimZendeli]

Thank you so much for info it really helped me ✌🏻☺️

[PrisonMikesRecTeam]

Very useful, thank you for the tips! 🎉

[l.r.]

Oh my word!! The compressed air did it!!! Seriously, how?! You saved us so much stress!

[erwinmatic]

What helped for me is cleaning the RAM sticks' gold contacts with alcohol and cotton. Before only 2 sticks would make my PC boot after applying that cleaning, ethod it worked.

[elenasmar]

Nice and easy. You saved me some money thank you!

[christofivaz]

So after checking if each 4 of my ram sticks work, checking the BIOS version, thinking its a power issue, struggling for 2 hours! all I had to do WAS BLOW ON IT???!!!

Everything works now, thanks mate

[naap]

This guy radiates absolute GOAT energy that fixed my PC with new RAM installed.

[gamern]

If you had higher frequency ram before, you might wanna get one stick and boot into bios and then look at the new ram's frequency and change it. That was my issue and i got that solves

[danielmurray]

Thank you I didn't know a bit of dust could do that, I've narrowed it down to 1 slot that is the issue, just need to get some compressed air

[jose]

I had the same issue when I went from 16 to 32gb of ram. Take your CMOS battery out and hold down the power button to your PC for about a minute or so. That, or bridge the two pins with something metal like a screwdriver. With all sticks of RAM installed, put the CMOS battery back in, and start it.
This fixed my issue.

OR

Try to disable the XMP in bios using the old sticks, then install the new Sticks, then re-enable XMP.

[Materaz]

i watched so many videos and this was the first to recommend just dusting it and of course thats what worked lmao

[Trinics]

It was dust, what a scare. Thank you for the video.

[MiroslavJahelka]

i have aorus master x570 and AMD 5900X it runs ok with 2x32gb4000mhz18cl but wont run4x 32gb 4000mhz 18cl just 2666mhz... any idea ?