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On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:04:04 EDT
"Hildur K." <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> Well, anyway, this is not the end of the world ;-)
> thanks for you thoughts on this.
You're welcome.
I just read an article that that error is typical for RAM sticks which
are not working correctly. Specifically, contact problems. They advise to
take them out and re-insert them (personally I used to clean the
connectors with an eraser). Also check if other cards could be loose.
The continuous beeping (and missing video) _is_ indication that the BIOS
can't even find the first section of the RAM it needs to start. Beeping
is also a fair indication the problem is not with your hard disk.
John
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John Coppens <joh### [at] johncoppens com> wrote:
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> I just read an article that that error is typical for RAM sticks which
> are not working correctly. Specifically, contact problems. They advise to
> take them out and re-insert them (personally I used to clean the
> connectors with an eraser). Also check if other cards could be loose.
>
> The continuous beeping (and missing video) _is_ indication that the BIOS
> can't even find the first section of the RAM it needs to start. Beeping
> is also a fair indication the problem is not with your hard disk.
>
failure can do this. Then again that is probably the most unpredictable of
situations. Hopefully it is the case, because replacing RAM is cheap and easy.
Thanks a lot for your opinion on this.
Hildur K.
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On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:51:05 EDT
"Hildur K." <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> if power failure can do this.
Well, the most likely problem with RAM is always the mechanical part -
the connector. This is easy to test - just take them out and reinsert.
If you have several memory sticks, you could try and interchange them,
see if the error changes. If a combination can be found where the machine
starts, look at the memory size in the BIOS messages, to see if the sum
is what you had before.
There's a remote possibility that the BIOS has some setting called
'wait-states', which may have changed (though this is on older machines).
If more modern, the memory sticks have a small memory with description of
the configuration, which can change.
Then, the RAM itself can break down - many reasons... Old age, power
peaks, power cycles, soldering problems, ...
Ah well, computers... You live with them, and you can't live without them.
John
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