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RAM HAS MESSED UP MY COMPUTER!

Started by koolguy , Jun 04 2006 01:09 PM

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koolguy

Posted 04 June 2006 - 01:09 PM

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I tried putting some laptop RAM in my desktop. BAD IDEA. Now i cant turn my computer on even when i take away the new ram...help PLEASE

Edited by koolguy, 04 June 2006 - 01:24 PM.

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koolguy

Posted 04 June 2006 - 01:16 PM

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I definately cannot boot even with the computer's beginning ram

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austin_o

Posted 04 June 2006 - 01:55 PM

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Hi and welcome to Geeks to Go. Try removing all ram, then boot. You should hear beep codes. If you don't hear beep codes your motherboard went bad. (this assumes your system speaker work). If you do hear beep codes, put one stick of ram back and try again.

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koolguy

Posted 04 June 2006 - 01:57 PM

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I still get beeps

Edited by koolguy, 04 June 2006 - 02:00 PM.

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austin_o

Posted 04 June 2006 - 01:59 PM

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NOOO! Turn it off. Use an anti static wrist band when working inside of the computer, or at least ground youself on a metal part of the chassis.

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koolguy

Posted 04 June 2006 - 02:03 PM

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ok i did it while it was off, no worries. except that it didn't work :whistling:

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Posted 04 June 2006 - 02:04 PM

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i have no emergency book disk nor a floppy drive...

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austin_o

Posted 04 June 2006 - 02:07 PM

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Does this mean you did not hear any beep codes? Was your system speaker working before this happened? (it beeps once during boot up).

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koolguy

Posted 04 June 2006 - 02:08 PM

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I heard 3 beeps on EVERY boot so far... what is system speaker? sorry im a newbie

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koolguy

Posted 04 June 2006 - 02:10 PM

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The laptop chip of RAM was this big [:::::::::]
Compared to the one already inside [:::::::::::::::::::::::::|:::::::::]

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koolguy

Posted 04 June 2006 - 02:11 PM

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is there a way to re-format my harddrive? i can't load cd's now...

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austin_o

Posted 04 June 2006 - 02:17 PM

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You are going to need a bootable cd (your windows install cd or a system recovery cd in order to boot the machine to do any troublshooting. The only alternative is visual inspection and component swapping.