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Old Jun 16, 2003, 06:57 PM   #1
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??? Ram What Happens When

A friend put his ram in the wrong way and turned on this pc .what could this do to his pc.i don understand how he got it in place frist of all.

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Old Jun 16, 2003, 07:18 PM   #2
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could short it out and make some pretty burn marks.
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Old Jun 16, 2003, 07:20 PM   #3
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usually u can only insert them one round only due to notches in the board?
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Old Jun 16, 2003, 07:22 PM   #4
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if it didnt burn out he should of got the blue screen at least!
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BURN THE RAM OR THE BOARD
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BURN THE RAM OR THE BOARD

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Old Jun 16, 2003, 08:31 PM   #8
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Re: odd

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usually u can only insert them one round only due to notches in the board?
I agree. What kind of RAM was it?
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Old Jun 16, 2003, 11:55 PM   #9
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He probably thought it was in all the way, but it really wasn't. Most likely a few of the gold connectors fried, the RAM stick is dead, as the DIMM slot won't work anymore.
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Can only insert ram one way to my knowledge ...wonder how he got it installed.....lol
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Old Jun 20, 2003, 11:40 PM   #11
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GUYS!!! I HAVE A SOLUTION!!! take out the RAM and put it in the RIGHT way... if it works then voila...
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