Ram experienced an unexpected collapse.
Ram experienced an unexpected collapse.
Yesterday I added a new GPU to my old PC until the rest arrived. The original specs were an FX 6300, 8GB DDR3 RAM, and everything functioned fine—games ran smoothly and the GPU tested well. The next day, the PC wouldn’t boot or display anything. I thought the GPU was the issue. After swapping to my old GPU, the problem persisted. I checked everything, cleaned, and reinserted the cables. It turned out the RAM was faulty. Switching to a different RAM from another PC got it working again. My concern is how RAM could fail suddenly after everything worked before. Was the power supply failing or something else? I wonder if the PSU burned the RAM during the transition. Since the PC was operational, I played Apex Legends for two hours and restarted a few times due to new drivers. The timing of the RAM failure seems coincidental—why would it happen right after installing the GTX1660ti? Current specs: motherboard from Gigabyte, FX 6300 CPU, 8GB DDR3 RAM (the one that failed), old GPU GTX750ti and new GTX1660ti, PSU LC-Power LC600H-12 V2.31 at 600W.
It doesn't work. No sounds on the speaker, no beeps on the mouse. Both computers show a black screen.