Computer Wont Boot!

[Firesky]

Last night I tried to put in two sticks of ram that my buddy gave me. After doing so, I tried to boot up and my monitor light turned green like it should....then turned amber (the color of it when there is no input) I tried taking out the ram and I got the same results. I also tried the monitor on another PC and the monitor is fine. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I need this computer for work. My entire life is on it.

Specs:
Power Supply – Antec, SL350, 350 (watts) and, Max 16A Min 0.8A
Motherboard – ASUS, P4P800 not sure the socket type.
CPU – Intel, Pentium 4, 2.8Ghz (I believe)
RAM – 2 Corsair, DDR, 512 Mb.
Video Card(s) – ATI, Radeon 9800 Pro, AGP, 128 Mb
Hard Drive(s) – Western Digital, IDE, 80 Gb.
Operating System - Windows XP

[GX1_Man]

Hopefully you just learned the value of frequent backups of vital data.

It would be nice to know the exact motherboard and what you tried to add in. Just because it physically fits is not enough. Does it not boot with your original RAM? If not remove the CMOS battery for a few minutes, then reinsert it and then restart the machine. What happens now?

Once you get running, you should install Evereest Home, make a report and print it out for the next time something like this happens. You may want to post it here as well.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html

[Firesky]

No, it does not boot up with my original ram. How do I go about removing the CMOS battery?

[GX1_Man]

http://www.smartcomputing.com/Editorial/article.asp?article=articles/2004/w1510/32w10/32w10.asp

http://www.liverepair.com/encyclopedia/articles/cmosreplace.asp

http://www.pctechbytes.com/cmos.htm

[Firesky]

It still would not boot up after I removed the CMOS battery.

[patio]

Try it with only 1 stick of the old RAM...