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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Serious Hardware/Software Crap > Haus of Tech Support > Old gaming desktop won't boot, endlessly power cycling.
 
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down1nit
Jan 10, 2004

outlive your enemies
It's usually solved by removing and reseating the ram. Even doing a quick wipe with a microfiber on the RAM stick gold contacts is not a bad idea.

Blow out the sockets etc. be careful etc.

If it's not that then it may need to be set to a different "Boot Mode" as there are 2 that are common for older machines: UEFI Boot and Legacy boot. Switch to UEFI if it's on legacy, and vice versa

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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Serious Hardware/Software Crap > Haus of Tech Support > Old gaming desktop won't boot, endlessly power cycling.