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Thread ID: 107075 2010-02-03 04:22:00 Really Loud beeping Sound icow (15313) Press F1
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854882 2010-02-03 04:22:00 Today I tried to turn on my computer and it made a really long and loud beeping sound and would not turn off without killing the power. I recently removed one stick of RAM, could this have cause the beeping sound? icow (15313)
854883 2010-02-03 04:23:00 Sounds like any other sticks have been knocked loose, push them back in and see if it fixes it gary67 (56)
854884 2010-02-03 04:26:00 I suggest you tackle one problem at a time. Sweep (90)
854885 2010-02-03 04:26:00 Sounds like any other sticks have been knocked loose, push them back in and see if it fixes it

Thanks
icow (15313)
854886 2010-02-03 23:07:00 If your motherboard uses integrated video, it shares some of the system RAM for video memory.

Sometimes, the design of it allows it to only use RAM from a stick that is in a certain slot (usually the first slot)

If you were to remove the stick from the first slot, but leave a stick in the second slot, the computer would still not work because it's looking for RAM in the first slot to use as shared video RAM, and can't find any. And a video card can't work without RAM. (However without knowing exactly which motherboard you have, I can't know if this would be true in your case, though it might be worth a try)
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