motherboard slayer?

[XWrench3]

several years ago I bought a new Cooler Master HAF XBO case, along with all new components for a build. after a short while, I started having intermittent problems with it. it would randomly lock up, requiring a hard shutdown and subsequent reboot to start working again. Then later on, it would just randomly shut off. no warning, just off. eventually one day it just would no longer turn on any longer. it took me a while, but I eventually figured out the motherboard had died. fast forward a few years, and now I'm having trouble with this motherboard. 3 of the 4 memory slots are bad. if I install a known good memory stick in any but one slot, (I previously had been running 2 sticks, I have not tested if the 2nd stick is bad yet, at this point I'm happy I have the computer back running) the lights turn on, but the computer refuses to boot. I do not know what could cause this.

 

[Ste]

I don't know what would make the slots go bad either except the motherboard being cheap or the power supply being shoty on the variance side.

So I guess you can either get 1 big 8 GB stick ( if that exists) for the one good slot or replace the motherboard.

What power supply do you have?

 

[pete.i]

Lights turning on but not booting could still be RAM. Either the slot is bad or the RAM stick isn't seated properly. Pull it out and reseat. It might not work and if you are having problems with the slots then that could also cause it.

 

[Joe C]

Do you have a local mom & pop pc repair shop in your area that you can take that psu into to get it tested?
Also the newer mobo's make it much more difficult to set the memory sticks into the slots so as previously suggested re-try to set the memory in the slot and use a flash light to see if the gold connectors are fully in the slot across the full length of the stick.
Keep safe and avoid that ice storm later today

 

[XWrench3]

thr PSU is a 500 watt Thermaltake. one of the ram sticks is definitely dead. and I really have no clue why an ASUS motherboard would end up with a bad ram slot. moving the known good (not original to this build) stick along with the other (at least for now) original ram stick still gives me 16gb of ram. it's not ideal, but as long as its working. i'm happy.

 

[tehnokraat]

I don't want to believe that the slot is bad.
It's possible that one of the RAM modules is damaged and not working.
But you also have to consider that some computer manufacturers have made the location of the modules in the slots important (although I've never seen such a situation in my life, some users claim so). And if this is true, then there should always be RAM in the first slot and if it works there, then it's fine, but if the first slot is empty and you put the same RAM module in another slot, then it may not work there, because the RAM is first searched for in the first slot and if it is empty or there is the wrong type of RAM (for example, you have used non-ECC RAM instead of ECC RAM), then the computer simply won't start or gives error messages when starting up and everything you need won't start.
I've personally never encountered or tested anything like this, but some users claim it is.