#Laptop shows LED on power button for a few seconds then turns off

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sleek cairn
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i opened up my laptop to try and replace the thermal paste but the screws were stripped so i left it alone, before that i reseated the ram for fun maybe the ram is dead for some reason?

lime ivy
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Unfortunately

sleek cairn
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this might be different though

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i just bought this last tuesday

lime ivy
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Are you sure you have placed everything back in it's correct place

sleek cairn
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I'm positive since i didn't touch anything besides and i mean besides the ram

lime ivy
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If the ram stick is not seated properly that can cause this issue

sleek cairn
lime ivy
sleek cairn
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dammit

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it did this when i tried to upgrade the ram to 16gb tho

lime ivy
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Is the ram ddr4?

sleek cairn
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yes

lime ivy
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Then i dont know what causes this issue, sorry

sleek cairn
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alright then :(

proud ocean
sleek cairn
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it didn't have any problems b4 the reseat, same thing happened when i tried to upgrade the ram but didn't find a compatible stick

proud ocean
sleek cairn
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well, i tried to unscrew the heatsink but the screws were stripped so i gave up, that shouldn't give any problems right?

proud ocean
sleek cairn
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and dell support literally sucks

proud ocean
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if you are using one ram and it was the same ram it came with....then it is not the memory reseat problem...but originated when you tried to open up the heatsink..

sleek cairn
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1

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but like i said, i couldn't unscrew the heatsink

proud ocean
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I guess something must have happened..during that.... reseating a ram wouldnt cause such problem...

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but you can try with another ram..if you have a spare

sleek cairn
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unfortunately I don't, i also could not find a compatible stick of ram in my town since there r 2 shops but I'll check again tonight

proud ocean
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since it is dell... crucial memory are perfect for it..

sleek cairn
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it came with a kingston but off brand memories are more common here, unfortunately

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i told my sister to buy an 8gb stick for me earlier, exactly the model that my laptop came with she has received it and only needs to post it (prob will get here before the end of the month)

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I'll go to a repair shop to check just in case

proud ocean
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well that will take a bit of time to come...you can and most probably have to go to a shop in the meantime!..

sleek cairn
proud ocean
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Unfortunate!... then you can pray it is the memory..did you try both slots?..

sleek cairn
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yep, the memory

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i tried both slots multiple times

proud ocean
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Why did you even try to remove heatsink?..

sleek cairn
proud ocean
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I see...you had that cpu throttling problem earlier?...

sleek cairn
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well yeah but before it was getting really slow at low temps but now it doesn't throttle until it gets to 100c

proud ocean
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the latter is true for new intel cpu... but the first part shouldnt be happening..

sleek cairn
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yeah problem was a power limit so i limited the max watt to 40w so it stopped throttling

proud ocean
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I think you also tried to OC the gpu...which I think might have messed up the scheduling ..

sleek cairn
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yeah that too

proud ocean
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You were told to test at stock configuration...

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removing any OC profile..

sleek cairn
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i did that too, didn't help until i used a higher power limit

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but idek why this issue happened