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Kyle

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Comp died after adding RAM
« on: July 09, 2004, 02:46:18 PM »
I just recently added a stick of 512 ram to my windows xp computer. I tried to turn it on and the screen is blank i cannot  
get anything to appear on my monitor. Can anyone help?
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merlin

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Re: Comp died after adding RAM
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2004, 03:02:52 PM »
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Kyle

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Re: Comp died after adding RAM
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2004, 03:18:41 PM »
I have two dimm slots on my mobo. The first was originally filled by a 256. I added a 512 to the second slot and the computer booted but had a blank screen. We removed the 512 and the computer still showed nothing on the monitor... any ideas?
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merlin

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Re: Comp died after adding RAM
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2004, 03:23:48 PM »
 is the any beeps on boot is the ram seated right can the mobo handle more ram is the ram sticks the same ddr etc..re-boot pc and hit the del key what is listed under ram?>http://www.memtest86.com/ have you knocked the graphics card?
« Last Edit: July 09, 2004, 03:34:36 PM by merlin »
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Kyle

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Re: Comp died after adding RAM
« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2004, 03:46:39 PM »
there are no beeps and it is seated right i have an onboard video card that uses my ram could that have somthing to do with having a blank screen?
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Kyle

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Re: Comp died after adding RAM
« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2004, 03:49:30 PM »
They are the same ddr and my mobo can handle up to 1 gig of  RAM.
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merlin

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Re: Comp died after adding RAM
« Reply #6 on: July 10, 2004, 01:05:03 PM »
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