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Ram Failure

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  • #2
    samhail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭samhail


    two things come to mind... firstly i expect you would have taken the RAM out of the PC and fitted it in again (and made sure there wasnt any dust that fell into the slots), secondly... hopefully you didnt damage anything when you were trying to fit the bigger ram.

    I had *awful* trouble buying RAM for my dell dimension 8300 when i had it... and i have a BEng in computer engineering ! :) i think i still have 4GB of RAM sitting on a shelf somewhere at home that i cant use.


  • #3
    JonathanAnon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,718 ✭✭✭✭JonathanAnon


    Got this brings me back to my first job where I tried my first SIMM installation. completely messed up the SIMM socket. I guess the first thing would be to look for something similar. Have you damaged the DIMM socket on your board? How much memory is the system reporting when you boot?


  • #4
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,563 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Check the ram is seated properly

    it could be electrostatic damage or you may have powered up the computer with the ram not seated fully into the slot

    booting into windows doesn't prove the RAM is OK, it just shows that the bottom of the memory works for a while


    use the built in diags ( hint - post make/model of PC )
    get memtest and try that to check ram http://www.memtest.org/


  • #5
    degsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭degsie


    When you say the new memory didn't fit, do you mean it was a different physical size or slots were in a different position? It so and you tried to force chances are you may have damaged pins in the sockets. Get a magnifing glass and closely inspect the socket(s).


  • #6
    waraf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,326 ✭✭✭waraf


    samhail wrote: »
    i think i still have 4GB of RAM sitting on a shelf somewhere at home that i cant use.

    sell it on ebay if it's still good


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  • #7
    samhail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭samhail


    waraf wrote: »
    sell it on ebay if it's still good

    i would but thats way too much work :) (finding it on my shelves is hard enough work ! :()
    thinking of keeping it too incase i ever bother updating to 64bit vista so i can put in the extra ram.


  • #8
    mr biazzi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 286 ✭✭mr biazzi


    Thanks for reply's. . Its just too big by a couple of pins. .
    the ram is being read by the computer. .
    i could have damaged it pushing it in. .
    i'll take out the magnifien glass,
    now where did i put it. . .


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