PC Worked fine for months, now cant boot. Resetting CMOS sometimes works.

DDtFrog

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PC cant boot correctly, Gigabyte mobo gives me error 32 before restarting, seems to be stuck in a loop.

PC worked for months, mic fell one day and unplugged itself, i unplugged everything and replugged everything in, now PC sometimes cant boot with 4 sticks of ram, 2 stucks, 3 or 1. PC Can sometimes boot when i reset the CMOS. Its very unreliable, one fix seems to fix the current one then a new one appears, im at a lost for words here!

i5 4670
RX 480
4x 4GB RAM
240 GB SSD
1TB HDD
2x 2TB HDD

IM not sure whats going on, not too familiar with going into BIOS (especially on Gigabyte boards)

The PC seems to be stuck in a boot loop, I am unable to even get into BIOS, error 32. Ive prob resocketed my RAM 30 times in the last week
 
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Hi DDtFrog :)

First establish that all your RAM modules are seated correctly and use just one module in the first slot. Try switching modules and changing slots. The system reboots are probably due to Bios confusion, not recognizing modules during post and it could be a failing module. When you clear CMOS it will check your RAM and sometimes post so yea, I think the issue is RAM.
You can test your RAM using Memtest86 from a USB stick, however as you can't past post then the best way is to try a different RAM kit to be sure..
Hi DDtFrog :)

First establish that all your RAM modules are seated correctly and use just one module in the first slot. Try switching modules and changing slots. The system reboots are probably due to Bios confusion, not recognizing modules during post and it could be a failing module. When you clear CMOS it will check your RAM and sometimes post so yea, I think the issue is RAM.
You can test your RAM using Memtest86 from a USB stick, however as you can't past post then the best way is to try a different RAM kit to be sure..
 
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