Last night I attempted to upgrade my Ram from 4gb to 16 gb. I tried putting in 2 Adata AX3u1600WG11-DD 1.5V 8gb chips. As soon as I turned my computer on, I smelt smoke and I immediately shut it down.
So I took the memory out and put in the two old Corsair 2000MHz 2GB Xms3 chips and I couldn't get it to boot. I noticed the red LED light was on solid next to the memory slots indicating an issue with the RAM. So I tried every combination possible and I tried pushing the RAM configuration button and not matter what I couldn't get anything to boot.
My guess is I somehow fried the mobo. It was 5 years old, so I guess it's about time for a new one. I'm going to have both the old and new RAM chips tested at Fry's today. If the RAM is still good, I think it's the board and I'll get a new board/processor.
Any suggestions? I want to keep it cheap and as compatible as possible with my current setup. I'd rather not reinstall Windows 10 either if at all possible. The boot drive is an SSD, and I have a media drive traditional. Both are SATA. I've also got a TV card and an IDE DVD drive. I know I can get a converter to SATA for the DVD drive. I think the main thing is a built in HDMI port for the monitor. I've been pretty happy with AMD the last couple of computers I've built (spanning well over a decade) they seem to be good bang for your buck. Ideally I'd like something available at Fry's since the wife is nagging me to get it up and running ASAP.
Thanks all!
-d
So I took the memory out and put in the two old Corsair 2000MHz 2GB Xms3 chips and I couldn't get it to boot. I noticed the red LED light was on solid next to the memory slots indicating an issue with the RAM. So I tried every combination possible and I tried pushing the RAM configuration button and not matter what I couldn't get anything to boot.
My guess is I somehow fried the mobo. It was 5 years old, so I guess it's about time for a new one. I'm going to have both the old and new RAM chips tested at Fry's today. If the RAM is still good, I think it's the board and I'll get a new board/processor.
Any suggestions? I want to keep it cheap and as compatible as possible with my current setup. I'd rather not reinstall Windows 10 either if at all possible. The boot drive is an SSD, and I have a media drive traditional. Both are SATA. I've also got a TV card and an IDE DVD drive. I know I can get a converter to SATA for the DVD drive. I think the main thing is a built in HDMI port for the monitor. I've been pretty happy with AMD the last couple of computers I've built (spanning well over a decade) they seem to be good bang for your buck. Ideally I'd like something available at Fry's since the wife is nagging me to get it up and running ASAP.
Thanks all!
-d
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