Question Pc boots only when ram is reseated

Jul 19, 2022
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Specs:
Intel ci5 4590
GA-H81M-DSV2
DDR3 RAM (2x4gb)
No external gpu

So I am facing this problem since two days. I was just using my pc normally and just inserted my wifi adapter and suddenly a BSOD came and my pc began to do automatic repairs. I t tried a few time and after that I manually did the repair tool and since then whenever I turn on my pc it won't boot and only the fans and lights would run but keyboard, mouse and display won't work.
I figured out one thing which is that whenever I removed or reseat the rams, it would bootup and rams are all fine also the slots working fine too. So after it bootsup if I do restart it would boot fine but if I do shutdown, it won't boot again unless I reseat the rams again.

Things I already checked:
  1. Reinserted CMOS battery
  2. Cpu pins all great

Please if anyone can help me, I am really stuck at this problem.
 
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What do you mean "inserted my wi-fi", usb module, card inside desktop ? Did you let windows install a driver for it ?
I meant I inserted my wifi adapter which I use usually so it wasn't the first time. And the drivers were already installed cause I have already used the adapter before.
 
So USB device correct ?
  1. Reset CMOS and while at it, check the battery or replace it with a new one. The PC has some years behind it yes ?
  2. Place all your ram back before turning it back on.
  3. Go to Bios and optimize it again after Post (if it was in the first place, otherwise ignore).
Let me know how it goes.
 
So USB device correct ?
  1. Reset CMOS and while at it, check the battery or replace it with a new one. The PC has some years behind it yes ?
  2. Place all your ram back before turning it back on.
  3. Go to Bios and optimize it again after Post (if it was in the first place, otherwise ignore).
Let me know how it goes.
Yes the usb device is correct and ok.
I already have Reinserted the CMOS but haven't inserted a new one tho. And what to do in the BIOS? Sorry I didn't understood can you please tell how to optimize?
 
If you don't know don't do it, but know that it needs done or windows won't handle what it sees as hardware changes.
First and most important is making sure AHCI is on and drives set to SATA not IDE.
Let's get it to post first though, 2032 batteries are not that expensive.
 
Yes
If you don't know don't do it, but know that it needs done or windows won't handle what it sees as hardware changes.
First and most important is making sure AHCI is on and drives set to SATA not IDE.
Let's get it to post first though, 2032 batteries are not that expensive.
Yes the AHCI mode is enabled and the drives are on SATA. I will also try a new CMOS and will update the result here.
 
If you don't know don't do it, but know that it needs done or windows won't handle what it sees as hardware changes.
First and most important is making sure AHCI is on and drives set to SATA not IDE.
Let's get it to post first though, 2032 batteries are not that expensive.
Hey, I got an update. I turned on my pc by reseating ram and I again opened the start-up repair (which I did before after which this issue occoured) and as soon as I clicked start-up repair, my pc again restarted and no boot. I am thinking that start-up repair is the culprit because before doing the start-up repair this issue was not existing