Help boot problems

[mourice12]

Ok so i just built my new pc and ive been building for a while but never had this issue, my PC takes 3 tries to reboot. the first 2 tries everything comes on then after 3-5 secs turns off, then it starts again and does the same then on the 3rd try it boots up idk what the deal is. here is my build

i5-3570k
G.skill sniper 16gb 1866mhz
Asrock extreme 3 z77 mobo
corsair h-80
samsung 840 ssd
WD 1tb blue drive
ocz 600w psu

any help would be appreciated

 

[djosbun]

Remove the cable to the WD hard drive, only install one RAM stick, then try and boot it. If it boots/runs fine, swap out the RAM stick and try again. If it boots/runs poorly, then you have a bad RAM stick.

Also make sure you have the cpu heat sink on properly, as I once had a boot issue with a new PC build and it ended up being that the cpu cooler popped off on one corner.

 

[mourice12]

thanks man seems one of my 8gb sticks is bad, i was hoping that wasnt the issue