Ram slots broken in motherboard?

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Ildreth_of_Lorien

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Over a month ago, half of my RAM from my desktop PCsuddenly broke/went missing - from 8GB I had only 4GB. I wasn't in a great hurry to fix it as lately I do most of my work on my laptop; therefore, it was not until today that I opened up my computer and started checking my RAM stick by stick to see which 2 sticks were broken. To my surprise I found all 4 work perfectly fine; however, when I started up the computer after putting all 4 sticks back in, I got this long continous beep. I rechecked everything and started up the computer again but the computer still gave out the annoying beep. I took two sticks out, started my computer once again, and it worked fine. I'm forming a guess that there is somethign wrong with my motherboard - specifically, the two slots where the RAM goes.
I'd be grateful if someone could either confirm this or give me some advice on what else I could try that I have perhaps not though of.
Thanks.
 
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Shaun o
Take all of the ram sticks out.
Find an eraser and run it along each side of the gold contacts of each memory module.

Just in case it it dirt or grease.

Make sure all of the memory sticks match in speed and timing values.
If you have two that are of a lower speed or different timing values insert them into the first two memory slots of dimm 1A and Dimm 1B

Check all of the memory modules are seated right in there slots and the retainers on the edge of slots clip fully upright.

In the bios, if you have mixed memory speed, always set the lower speed, with its timings.

Check that the voltage required stated on each stick found on the sticker of the memory modules along with there speed and timings is correct in the bios section.
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Take all of the ram sticks out.
Find an eraser and run it along each side of the gold contacts of each memory module.

Just in case it it dirt or grease.

Make sure all of the memory sticks match in speed and timing values.
If you have two that are of a lower speed or different timing values insert them into the first two memory slots of dimm 1A and Dimm 1B

Check all of the memory modules are seated right in there slots and the retainers on the edge of slots clip fully upright.

In the bios, if you have mixed memory speed, always set the lower speed, with its timings.

Check that the voltage required stated on each stick found on the sticker of the memory modules along with there speed and timings is correct in the bios section.
If not change or bump the voltage up via the bios to the recommended voltage stated on the ram sticks.

 
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