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I thought my delid went wrong, can't run in dual channel mode

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#1 ·
I recently gave the new 7700k a delid job, went well (I thought).

Delid and relid were both clean, and everything went smooth.

Put the chip back in and powered up and my PC kept bootlooping. I quickly figured it was something to do with my delid so I did the process over again, paying attention to make sure everything was flawless.

Same issue, bootloops.

Before going through the process again I decided to pull a RAM stick, and suddenly we were up and running.

Now, no matter what I do, I can't boot the system with two sticks in slots 1 and 3 or 2 and 4. Both sticks must be in slots 3 and 4 for the system to boot.

Is this potentially an issue with delidding? or is this likely coincidence and bad luck?

any help appreciated. thanks.
 
#5 ·
What was the delidd method? Had this happen to me when I delidded my first 3570k..Im pretty sure I somehow damaged my IMC, I used the hammer and vice method.
 
#6 ·
what cooler are you using i have had issues on my old x58 if its to tight it boot loops or im missing ram.
 
#7 ·
Check you did not accidentally touch the RAM's pcb with thermal paste. A tiny bit was giving me bootloops a few weeks ago.
 
#9 ·
As others have stated, I would look at the socket or the dimms (and the dimm slots) and see if anything like that is out of whack.

(Not that my 3930k was delidded, but) I had a similar issue where my pc wouldn't do quad channel and wouldn't boot sometimes, noticed that some thermal paste/dust got in/on the socket. Cleaned it up and it has been working like a champ ever since.
 
#12 ·
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Originally Posted by FXTOi7 View Post

Thanks for all the replies.

The system worked fantastic before delid. and its working great now, minus the single channel bit.

I will closely inspect the socket and other components and check back in.
yea that does suck lol def try loosening up the cooler some i know some boards can be picky about that and you lose ram slots, heck my x58 went without ram slots for no real reason after i moved cases a couple years ago then all of sudden when i moved to a new case they worked even tho nothing was touching at all that shouldnt be.
 
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