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Built this 3 years ago and it's been fine until a few weeks ago when it started playing up.
It would very often not boot up and the red POST LED (DRAM_LED) would remain on. A few presses of the restart button would clear it but the problem persisted. After checking the RAM and the slots and still getting the error I eventually updated the BIOS to the latest firmware version (2801, it was on 2205). This fixed the problem and I was happy.
However, just this week it's been playing up again. Sometimes it will boot into Windows, momentarily freeze and then reset and reboot itself. Sometimes the VGA_LED red POST led stays on. I've now removed the Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 card and I'm using the onboard graphics on the i5 and the problem has gone away.
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Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
I had a problem a few years ago where the cable to the boot drive was damaged in some way and on cold days it took ages to boot. Replaced the cable - problem gone.
While the card is out of the computer case, check its cooling arrangements. Clean any dust and fluff out of fans and heatsink fins.
Sometimes (usually after applying windows update) mine will try and boot from the second drive and fail.
Only a proper power off on the power supply will fix the problem.
When it was running it would be fine, but it failed booting enough that Windows would try and make me reinstall it frequently.
If you find it is the PSU let me know. Might even has a 7 year warranty so I can get that RMAd and be back up to speed again
Rebuilt the PC, but still the same problem with the GFX card in, not a problem with it out.
The interesting thing is it's only a one-off boot error, once the PC has re-started everything is fine. This is what makes me think the BIOS POST is detecting something is wrong when it isn't. Apart from that, it may still be the PSU. So I need to think about borrowing one to test.
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