- Nov 6, 2002
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My system:
Athlon XP 1800+ w/Thermaltake Volcano7 HSF
MSI KT3-Ultra ARU
Samsung DDR PC2700 RAM
AOPen Geforce 4 Ti4200
Creative SB Live
One day a couple weeks ago, when I started up my computer, I got 3 beeps and nothing on the monitor. The diagnostic LEDs on the back said it was a ram failure (bad ram or bad install). Tried reseating, and changing slots -- didn't work. Tried roommate's RAM (out of his dell 4400.. not sure what kind it is). This actually worked -- it went through the whole initial bootup screen before I shut it down. I figured it was now clear that my problem was the ram.
Today I just got the new ram back -- it didn't work (3 beeps, LED says ram failure). Tried my roommate's ram again, and got the SAME error. Now I'm really confused about what to do.
I tried resetting CMOS settings with the jumper, but that didn't seem to work (unless somehow I did it wrong). I just don't see how it could've stopped working all of a sudden -- I didn't change the configuration or anything.
If anyone has any ideas? This is really my only place to go since I built this system myself. Thanks in advance for any help you can give.
Athlon XP 1800+ w/Thermaltake Volcano7 HSF
MSI KT3-Ultra ARU
Samsung DDR PC2700 RAM
AOPen Geforce 4 Ti4200
Creative SB Live
One day a couple weeks ago, when I started up my computer, I got 3 beeps and nothing on the monitor. The diagnostic LEDs on the back said it was a ram failure (bad ram or bad install). Tried reseating, and changing slots -- didn't work. Tried roommate's RAM (out of his dell 4400.. not sure what kind it is). This actually worked -- it went through the whole initial bootup screen before I shut it down. I figured it was now clear that my problem was the ram.
Today I just got the new ram back -- it didn't work (3 beeps, LED says ram failure). Tried my roommate's ram again, and got the SAME error. Now I'm really confused about what to do.
I tried resetting CMOS settings with the jumper, but that didn't seem to work (unless somehow I did it wrong). I just don't see how it could've stopped working all of a sudden -- I didn't change the configuration or anything.
If anyone has any ideas? This is really my only place to go since I built this system myself. Thanks in advance for any help you can give.