Question Computer turns off after 5-10 seconds after new ram installation. No bios available.

[Brundonian]

If your pc turned off within 10 seconds of you powering it on, with no motherboard speakers to assist, how would you troubleshoot?

I bought new ram, unplugged my old ram, put the new ram in, cleared cmos, then started it up and it turned off after like 5 seconds. Plugged the old ram back in, cleared cmos and it turned off after 5 seconds.

System specs:
Intel i7 7700k Kaby Lake
AMD Ryzen 570
Gigabyte GA-H110M-S2H

Trying to upgrade 1x8gb 2133MHZ DDR4 RAM to 2x8gb DDR4 RAM 2300MHZ.

I have since tried:
Clearing cmos, multiple times through the jumper and once through manually removing the battery. Removing all parts individually, the computer will remain powered on if I have my cpu, gpu and ram unplugged. But my mobo with just the cpu in will turn off after 10ish seconds...
I get the same results (turning off after 10 secs) regardless of anything I do barring if I remove everything.

Any advice is appreciated! Thanks!

 

[Lutfij]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

Your ram upgrade is pointless in terms of frequency since the rams will be downclocked to DDR4-2133MHz. You also should've gotten an i7-7700(non-K) processor since that chipset does not allow for overclocking(which is why the rams will be downclocked.

Rams don't have a DDR4-2300MHz frequency unless you have a unique kit or you made a typo for DDR4-2400MHz or DDR4-3200MHz.

What BIOS version are you currently on for your motherboard?

 

[Brundonian]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

Your ram upgrade is pointless in terms of frequency since the rams will be downclocked to DDR4-2133MHz. You also should've gotten an i7-7700(non-K) processor since that chipset does not allow for overclocking(which is why the rams will be downclocked.

Rams don't have a DDR4-2300MHz frequency unless you have a unique kit or you made a typo for DDR4-2400MHz or DDR4-3200MHz.

What BIOS version are you currently on for your motherboard?

Thank you for the welcoming!

Ahh, I bought my cpu about a year ago and had no idea that's what the kaby lake version meant haha. Oh well, the upgrade isn't massively pointless since previously I had 1x8gb 2133mhz going to 2x8gb *2400mhz. But I do see your point! You were also correct about the typo: 2400mhz, not 2300.


I'm not sure what version of BIOS I'm currently running - is there a way to check without booting up as booting up is not possible currently :/

Thank you for your reply.