SSchoeppey
10-01-2008, 04:21 AM
Hello,
I was trying to upgrade the memory on my Asus P4P800S motherboard. I had two sticks of corsair ram at 512 each stick. I bought 2 sticks of G.Skill DDR PC-3200 Ram. One gig per stick. I have changed ram many times and never had a problem. These G.Skill sticks have a red metal heat spreader on them. I am not quite sure, but they might have been touching after they were installed. The new ram seated properly in place. I hit the switch to turn on the computer and I heard a spark like static and I smelled something for about 2 seconds. I got no beep and no video. The hard drive light stays on constantly but the machine never boots or beeps. I turned it off. The new ram was very warm when I removed it. I replaced it with my old ram. I hit the switch and I still get no beep, no video and the hard drive light just stays on constantly. I am fearing that maybe the new ram was touching and caused a short and now my mother board is fried. I am currently trying the cmos battery removal to see if maybe it will boot after that. Any ideas or opinions that I might have fried it?:(
I have now replaced the CMOS battery and still no joy. Also with all ram removed I get the same response as described above with either new or old ram installed.
I was trying to upgrade the memory on my Asus P4P800S motherboard. I had two sticks of corsair ram at 512 each stick. I bought 2 sticks of G.Skill DDR PC-3200 Ram. One gig per stick. I have changed ram many times and never had a problem. These G.Skill sticks have a red metal heat spreader on them. I am not quite sure, but they might have been touching after they were installed. The new ram seated properly in place. I hit the switch to turn on the computer and I heard a spark like static and I smelled something for about 2 seconds. I got no beep and no video. The hard drive light stays on constantly but the machine never boots or beeps. I turned it off. The new ram was very warm when I removed it. I replaced it with my old ram. I hit the switch and I still get no beep, no video and the hard drive light just stays on constantly. I am fearing that maybe the new ram was touching and caused a short and now my mother board is fried. I am currently trying the cmos battery removal to see if maybe it will boot after that. Any ideas or opinions that I might have fried it?:(
I have now replaced the CMOS battery and still no joy. Also with all ram removed I get the same response as described above with either new or old ram installed.