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| 359458 | 2005-05-29 00:39:00 | Can installing the wrong ram blow the motherboard &/or cpu? I tried some additional ram in a Win98 machine, it didn't boot with it, I removed it, and now it won't boot at all. |
NZHawk (4093) | ||
| 359459 | 2005-05-29 00:51:00 | How much ram was in it before u put the extra ram in ? Depending on how much ram, you were trying to put on the mobo, and what brand/model the mobo is, it might have been more than what the mobo can handle. Try pulling the CMOS battery out for a minute, then putting it back in. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 359460 | 2005-05-29 02:13:00 | Pulling the cmos battery changed nothing, still no boot. computer originally had 128 Mb ram in two separate sticks. I added another 64Mb. Type of motherboard???? No idea how to tell. There is a sticker with Xcell 2000 on it, sooo that must be it. |
NZHawk (4093) | ||
| 359461 | 2005-05-29 03:04:00 | sounds likr pcchips mobo. odds are you have bumped something else. check for loose leads. take out one of the ram sticks and try it with just one. note- if its got onboard video you usually need to have a stick of ram in the first slot otherwise it will not boot. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 359462 | 2005-05-29 03:30:00 | Had the same problem. Wouldn't boot with an extra ram stick - was a different type. Took it out - still no go - took the original one out - other one back in, and all OK. Seems to have buggared up the orignal one. Bye |
Peter H (220) | ||
| 359463 | 2005-05-29 19:27:00 | I've had similar problems before.. I just made sure that the original ram was re-inseterted properly.. sometimes ram is really sensitive i think. you might have to take it out, make sure no dust is on it, and slide it back in. make sure it is in perfectly too... i tried it a few times and eventually it booted again.. good luck! | bizzack (7739) | ||
| 359464 | 2005-05-29 19:28:00 | oh, and i know it sounds funny.. but i also had to make sure that the sticks were in their original ports.. like i swapped them around again so that they would work.. I dont know why, but it wouldnt boot otherwise... good luck! | bizzack (7739) | ||
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