installed AIO watercooler, now my computer won't boot.

stuckstuck said:

Okay, so the pattern for the computer turning off is not random, it will only do it 1-2 minutes after I turn it on, then after it turns back on it'll remain on.

might be a power supply issue or motherboard have another supply to test with

I am so mad, so I did what you said and started my computer up with only one stick of ram installed, and it worked. what. the. hell. why is that even anything?? whatever, I'm over it. Thank you and thank you.

glad it's working but now need to find the bad stick or sticks of ram. but could also be a ram slot that bad.

oscer1 said:

glad it's working but now need to find the bad stick or sticks of ram. but could also be a ram slot that bad.

what i don't understand is that my computer was just fine before I installed the the new cpu cooler, why the heck would my ram suddenly go then, of all times?

*EDIT*

I'm going to keep this unsolved, I still need to figure out the ram issue. How will I find out the fault? May it be a faulty ram stick or a faulty ram slot how would I know?
Because I have the faulty ram stick installed (or a ram stick installed in a faulty ram slot), it would just not turn on

the computer turning off and back on by itself is not good. does it do that with just the one stick of ram installed

oscer1 said:

the computer turning off and back on by itself is not good. does it do that with just the one stick of ram installed

nono, everything's fine now, just need to figure out the faulty ram? or the faulty ram slot whichever one is the case.. is there a program I can use that'll tell me if the ram is okay?

can use this to test ram. Memtest86+ - Advanced Memory Diagnostic Tool

another way is to try each stick separately then if all good then add another stick to machine.

oscer1 said:

can use this to test ram. Memtest86+ - Advanced Memory Diagnostic Tool

I don't suppose you could walk me through the process of finding out the problem? Not too sure where to go from here.

try each stick separately in the same slot if all sticks work in the same slot then add another stick to computer, if still good add another one

oscer1 said:

try each stick separately in the same slot if all sticks work in the same slot then add another stick to computer, if still good add another one

good idea, and it's a ram slot that's faulty. I still find it so strange that a ram slot decides to fail the moment I install a AIO watercooler, maybe that's a sign.. thanks again for your help.