Hayles
28th December 2005, 19:15
Anyone got an ideas on this problem please (from my son). Need help asap or he's going to hog my computer all night! :
My computer was running fine with 2 sticks of 256mb DDr RAM, but I wanted an extra 512 to help smooth things out when playing resource guzzling games.
I bought a 512mb stick from the same range as the 256s, put the 512 in the single slot(3) and put the 2x256 in the double slot (1+2).
Everything went smoothly, booted up, as i got to the desktop i had an error saying a program wouldnt load because the station is closing down.
Now I get a long beep followed by 3 short beeps when i turn the computer on, the HDD makes the normal sounds but nothing comes up on the screen. Any ideas what i should try?
edit: I've now tried every combination of 3, 2 and even single sticks! (including the original before installing the new stick) I've also reset the CMOS. No idea what's wrong here now, no visible damage to any connectors and ive cleaned out the socket with a compressed air can.
My computer was running fine with 2 sticks of 256mb DDr RAM, but I wanted an extra 512 to help smooth things out when playing resource guzzling games.
I bought a 512mb stick from the same range as the 256s, put the 512 in the single slot(3) and put the 2x256 in the double slot (1+2).
Everything went smoothly, booted up, as i got to the desktop i had an error saying a program wouldnt load because the station is closing down.
Now I get a long beep followed by 3 short beeps when i turn the computer on, the HDD makes the normal sounds but nothing comes up on the screen. Any ideas what i should try?
edit: I've now tried every combination of 3, 2 and even single sticks! (including the original before installing the new stick) I've also reset the CMOS. No idea what's wrong here now, no visible damage to any connectors and ive cleaned out the socket with a compressed air can.