Computer not booting (Windows 10)

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My computer has power and has the lights on but my peripherals don't light up and monitors don't display anything.
Specs: i5 4460, evga Gtx 960 ssc, 16gb Avexir core series ram, gigabyte z97 gaming 5, 1tb western digital blue hard drive and a 650w evga gs power supply I think.
 
Solution
Hi,

I was in a similar situation a week ago with a 16 year old Dell. It turned out it was a lose RAM chip. Its hard to believe that a RAM chip can cause the video not to work, but that's what it was for me.

Here's what I recommend... strip the computer down to the basics. The power source, motherboard, video, and monitor. Unplug the disk/disc drives, all USB stuff, and even the mouse and keyboard. You can leave the network cards, modem cards, sound cards, etc for now. You just want to get that video working again and see the BIOS load. Keep trying every time you remove a piece. Pulling the graphics card out and putting it back in (reseat it) sometimes helps. Reseating the RAM chips sometimes helps. If you can't get the BIOS to load...
The computer stays on but nothing is being displayed and the monitors don't even detect a signal and none of the USB ports are working either. I hear fans spinning and hard drive and I can see my case LEDs light up but that's it.
 
Hi,

I was in a similar situation a week ago with a 16 year old Dell. It turned out it was a lose RAM chip. Its hard to believe that a RAM chip can cause the video not to work, but that's what it was for me.

Here's what I recommend... strip the computer down to the basics. The power source, motherboard, video, and monitor. Unplug the disk/disc drives, all USB stuff, and even the mouse and keyboard. You can leave the network cards, modem cards, sound cards, etc for now. You just want to get that video working again and see the BIOS load. Keep trying every time you remove a piece. Pulling the graphics card out and putting it back in (reseat it) sometimes helps. Reseating the RAM chips sometimes helps. If you can't get the BIOS to load after doing all of that, you may have a bad graphics card, or a bad motherboard. I would then try removing the network card, sound card, etc. Leaving nothing but the power source, motherboard, and video. Hopefully it works then and you'll know what was causing the problem.

If you do get it up and running with just the basics, start plugging the pieces and parts back in one at a time, testing it out each time you add a new part. Good luck.
 
Solution
I reseated the ram and motherboard and unplugged all things from my computer like my headphones and stuff and it works. Then I put them all back in and it works but after moving the computer back to under my desk it wouldn't boot anymore so I think a RAM slot might be a bit loose or something.
 

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