Don't ask me how I did it.....Just.....Don't......
But, now my computer isn't working. So, pretty much, I thought that my stick of ram was ddr2. Oops. It isn't. I put it in. Without forcing it! It clicked in perfectly. I can't even get it to fit in now when I tried it. So, I turned my computer on with ddr2 and ddr in the 2 slots. Sniff sniff, what's that? Smoke!!!! OH NO! I turn off the computer IMMEDIATELY. I take the ddr out and set it aside. I remove and feel the other stick of ram. Feels cool all over. Heck, to get smoke, you have to have heat. Right? I put it back in and attempt a boot. Screen is blank. Now, this had happened previously after messing with RAM, but by removing the graphics card and putting it back in after dusting and messing with the RAM fixed it. The screen is still staying black and there's the faintest smell of smoke. I am not sure if it's new smoke or old smoke. (hopefully old) I have tried other ram in it, but the screen stayed blank. My graphics card is an HIS HD4670 ICEQ Turbo and the minimum ram requirement is 1 gig while I did half a gig stick in to test it. (i don't have a bigger stick unless I take from my family computer and trust me, that is last resort. If the pc doesn't work within 2 weeks after my tinkering, people think it's my fault as I am the family IT guy who opens up computers)
What should I do? Did I fry my motherboard or my ram. Hoping it's the latter. Heck, at least I only spent 40 bucks on this computer and I'll still get the Athlon64 x2 and experience it has given me. I was really hoping to use the motherboard in the computer I'm building. Already got a 1000 gig hard drive and Soprano ThermalTake Case that someone gave me along with a new power supply and disk drive.
But, now my computer isn't working. So, pretty much, I thought that my stick of ram was ddr2. Oops. It isn't. I put it in. Without forcing it! It clicked in perfectly. I can't even get it to fit in now when I tried it. So, I turned my computer on with ddr2 and ddr in the 2 slots. Sniff sniff, what's that? Smoke!!!! OH NO! I turn off the computer IMMEDIATELY. I take the ddr out and set it aside. I remove and feel the other stick of ram. Feels cool all over. Heck, to get smoke, you have to have heat. Right? I put it back in and attempt a boot. Screen is blank. Now, this had happened previously after messing with RAM, but by removing the graphics card and putting it back in after dusting and messing with the RAM fixed it. The screen is still staying black and there's the faintest smell of smoke. I am not sure if it's new smoke or old smoke. (hopefully old) I have tried other ram in it, but the screen stayed blank. My graphics card is an HIS HD4670 ICEQ Turbo and the minimum ram requirement is 1 gig while I did half a gig stick in to test it. (i don't have a bigger stick unless I take from my family computer and trust me, that is last resort. If the pc doesn't work within 2 weeks after my tinkering, people think it's my fault as I am the family IT guy who opens up computers)
What should I do? Did I fry my motherboard or my ram. Hoping it's the latter. Heck, at least I only spent 40 bucks on this computer and I'll still get the Athlon64 x2 and experience it has given me. I was really hoping to use the motherboard in the computer I'm building. Already got a 1000 gig hard drive and Soprano ThermalTake Case that someone gave me along with a new power supply and disk drive.
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