Which part is fried now ?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?

[r0ck]

My 512mb ram arrived today so b4 putting it in i decided to clean out the motherboard with one of those compressed air sprays. After i was done, I put in the new Kingston PC 2700 512mb stick of ram and pressed the Power button. I heard a spark and then the burning smell; i turned the PC off quickly, and looked inside the case but i was unable to determine the origin on the burning smell. Aftr looking around for a few minutes, i turned the PC back on. The motherboard kept beeping and the "POST PORT" kept showing "C1" , then i check the manual for the post code "C1" and it means:

"Detect Memory
- Auto-detection of DRAM size, type and ECC
- Auto-detection L2 cache (socket 7 or below)"

the monitor shows 3 bars which read "No single...check cable"


what is gone bad here??

RAM ? VideoCard ? or(and) Motherboard ??

the fan on the Videocard still works

please help

 

[Vette73]

Only real way is to strip it bar and start using any backup parts you have to see. Try reseating all the items in the PC first also.

 

[r0ck]

only if i had spare parts

 

[eBauer]

You didn't seat the RAM in backward by any chance? Smell the RAM, see if she's toast.