This is less a question asking for help and more a question out of curiosity.
So, this morning I wake up and go to turn on my PC but nothing happens, no fans spinning, no lights apart from the motherboard's green LED light. However, last night the computer was working fine. In fact, I hadn't had an issue with the PC for 2 straight years. But then all of a sudden it decided to stop working? It wasn't like I put the PC under some heavy load as yesterday I was just playing some CSGO and watching some youtube videos, that's it.
So the first thing I did was, of course, check that the power cable going into the case wasn't loose. Then I took out one RAM stick and I managed to boot with 4GB. Then, I turned off the computer and put the other stick in and it worked fine.
So, my question is, why does reseating RAM sticks (in fact, any component) sometimes solve troubleshooting issues? This is especially puzzling because I'm trying the figure out what would have caused the computer to stop working overnight.
So, this morning I wake up and go to turn on my PC but nothing happens, no fans spinning, no lights apart from the motherboard's green LED light. However, last night the computer was working fine. In fact, I hadn't had an issue with the PC for 2 straight years. But then all of a sudden it decided to stop working? It wasn't like I put the PC under some heavy load as yesterday I was just playing some CSGO and watching some youtube videos, that's it.
So the first thing I did was, of course, check that the power cable going into the case wasn't loose. Then I took out one RAM stick and I managed to boot with 4GB. Then, I turned off the computer and put the other stick in and it worked fine.
So, my question is, why does reseating RAM sticks (in fact, any component) sometimes solve troubleshooting issues? This is especially puzzling because I'm trying the figure out what would have caused the computer to stop working overnight.