all3 ram slots produce such behavior?

rasz_pl wrote on 2023-02-05, 04:47:

all3 ram slots produce such behavior?

Yes

how hard did you bump it exactly? either you cracked one of the joints/tracks, or reconnecting DIMM short circuited something
put the board on hard flat surface (for example edge of desk so graphic card bracket can freely hand down), just before turning it on press on chipset radiator with moderate force (few kilograms) and turn on while keeping the pressure - this will eliminate/confirm problem with BGA connectivity
you can also use microscope/loupe with good magnification and a flashlight at an angle to look over all the solder joints around memory slots
and measure ram supply voltage

rasz_pl wrote on 2023-02-06, 00:31:

how hard did you bump it exactly? either you cracked one of the joints/tracks, or reconnecting DIMM short circuited something pu […]
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how hard did you bump it exactly? either you cracked one of the joints/tracks, or reconnecting DIMM short circuited something
put the board on hard flat surface (for example edge of desk so graphic card bracket can freely hand down), just before turning it on press on chipset radiator with moderate force (few kilograms) and turn on while keeping the pressure - this will eliminate/confirm problem with BGA connectivity
you can also use microscope/loupe with good magnification and a flashlight at an angle to look over all the solder joints around memory slots
and measure ram supply voltage

Very lightly, just enough to push the ram back in.

zconnect wrote on 2023-02-05, 20:28:

rasz_pl wrote on 2023-02-05, 04:47:

all3 ram slots produce such behavior?

Yes

I don't want to be a downer but it seems that the north bridge got damaged. But check all the contacts in the slot you've installed the RAM and see if all of them are stuck separately.

dominusprog wrote on 2023-08-25, 19:01:

zconnect wrote on 2023-02-05, 20:28:

rasz_pl wrote on 2023-02-05, 04:47:

all3 ram slots produce such behavior?

Yes

I don't want to be a downer but it seems that the north bridge got damaged. But check all the contacts in the slot you've installed the RAM and see if all of them are stuck separately.

Yeah I assumed it got damaged, so I bought a new board a while ago. I just wanted to see if there was any use I could get out of this one.

I have seen that blinking cursor many times and most of the time its the booting drive/media.

Does the ram show up properly in the bios? Most of the time if the ram or slot is dead the PC wont even boot to bios without it reading the ram.
Is this the same booting drive/ media that your replacement board boots to? You said it wont boot to any devices.

Just asking a few basic questions.