Question Shorted RAM

[Turbo2399]

while building my first PC, I did a dumb thing. First off, I had gotten it set up, running and windows installed. While it was running I put a screw in on my MOBO. It instantly froze my PC, I shut it down immediately. But now when I power it on, the MOBO code is “10” or “PEI CORE IS STARTED” and a light pops on indicating a problem with the RAM. Everything lights up and runs but it won’t boot. I tried both sticks by themselves, switched the Order of them and it still fails to boot. But when I plug the ram in and turn it on the LED’s on them still light up. Main question.. Did I short my RAM or is it something even worse?

 

[bmockeg]

Well if you didn’t touch the RAM, I would suspect it’s the motherboard.

 

[lynx1021]

You need to check under your motherboard and make sure there are no extra standoffs touching the board shorting it out.

 

[Turbo2399]

It was the RAM and CPU