msi ge62 6qd ms-16j5 ram issue

i recently purchased a this msi ge62 laptop as a dead laptop for a good price.
the laptop would post, just boots to a black screen and hangs, it did seem to bootloop, but stayed on black screen.

upon inspection i found it would work with one ram in, upon further inspection i found it was the bottom ram slot that had the issue.
i cleaned both slots and both ram sticks, then it booted.
but once i got into windows it started playing up and froze.
i cleaned the bottom slot a second time, had the same result, accept this time i found the laptop screen would go off if i slightly twisted the board and flash back on when twisted the other way.
when not using the affected slot the laptop works perfectly.

i have attached a pdf of the schematic's for your convenience.
thanks
 

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Try first resoldering affected RAM slot.
Problem could be caused by broken traces, or solders under CPU.
If DDR4 test card available, use it to locate bad lines.

Schematic, where???
 
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