Hello before my questions here’s what happened. Around a month ago, my PC started to take around 4-5 mins to start which is longer than the usual 1-3mins. Sometimes the DRAM LED lights up and I have to reseat the RAM to get it to start. I've noticed it happens when I turn the PSU off for more than an hour.
And yesterday, I encountered a new problem. My PC blue-screened 3x last night and earlier. The 1st Blue screen happened around an hour of using, the 2nd happened around 5hrs of playing, and the 3rd happened around 25-30 mins of watching YT. After the 3rd BSOD, I restarted it and it doesn’t boot up. The motherboard DRAM LED lit up again so I thought I just had to reseat the ram to fix it (I have an ASUS mobo btw). So, I reseated the RAM. I unplug and plug, switched the places of the RAM, and tested 1 RAM at a time. Testing 1 RAM at a time worked and it booted up again. I’m not sure if the problem is the RAM or the motherboard RAM slot (right now I’m not using the other RAM because I think it’s faulty). Though, one of my friends suggested that it could be a PSU problem. For me, I’m leaning more on it being a RAM problem. I can’t say for sure though so I have a few questions.
So my questions are:
And yesterday, I encountered a new problem. My PC blue-screened 3x last night and earlier. The 1st Blue screen happened around an hour of using, the 2nd happened around 5hrs of playing, and the 3rd happened around 25-30 mins of watching YT. After the 3rd BSOD, I restarted it and it doesn’t boot up. The motherboard DRAM LED lit up again so I thought I just had to reseat the ram to fix it (I have an ASUS mobo btw). So, I reseated the RAM. I unplug and plug, switched the places of the RAM, and tested 1 RAM at a time. Testing 1 RAM at a time worked and it booted up again. I’m not sure if the problem is the RAM or the motherboard RAM slot (right now I’m not using the other RAM because I think it’s faulty). Though, one of my friends suggested that it could be a PSU problem. For me, I’m leaning more on it being a RAM problem. I can’t say for sure though so I have a few questions.
So my questions are:
- What do you think could be the source of the problem? RAM, Motherboard, or the PSU?
- Will it boot up if the motherboard RAM slot of the motherboard is the problem?
- Will the DRAM LED light up if the PSU is the problem?
- Should I buy a new PSU, MOBO, or RAM to test it out? (Optional because PC components are expensive).