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Booting without RAM...

  • 19-06-2006 12:54pm
    #1
    JackKelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,225 ✭✭✭


    I have an old 2500 inspiron laptop that has been sitting around literally disassembled for the last few months. I decided to put it back together to see if i could get it running as a server, but it has no RAM at the moment, as i sold it on when i took it apart. When i boot it up, nothing at all comes up ( i have it connected to a monitor) not even the BIOS. Should the BIOS load up even without RAM or it just f00ked altogether?


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  • #2
    PowerHouseDan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,659 ✭✭✭PowerHouseDan


    You need Ram....the Bios wont load without


  • #3
    ladgie353
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 154 ✭✭ladgie353


    AFAIK, the bios needs the RAM to load into.
    So no RAM = nothing.


  • #4
    JackKelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,225 ✭✭✭JackKelly


    Hmm, it's worth the gamble than. Why is that though? Is the BIOS not ROM. I would have thought it could load independently?


  • #5
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    Correct - the BIOS is a form of ROM. The system should perform a min-boot from the BIOS, check all the hardware (including RAM) and then boot the OS.

    I would have thought it would stop at the hardware/memory detection phase.


  • #6
    PowerHouseDan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,659 ✭✭✭PowerHouseDan


    No it wont... its wont go the Bios.. its will do a hardware check and find it has no ram and wont go any futher.. Usally a beeping noise/just blank screen


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  • #7
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,316 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    2500 Inspiron memory

    Max amount of memory you can put in is 512MB's.


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