External ports not responding after removing and reinserting RAM.

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Christian908

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So, just for a moment I had removed my RAM cards and after reinserting them, my PC starts up fine, except all external ports seem to be not working. VGA, USB, etc. I did notice while doing some testing that when I plug in, say a mouse, the light for the tracker will come on for a breif second before disabling. I know it was dumb of me to do so. Does anyone have any recommendations? Thanks. So, just for a moment I had removed my RAM cards and after reinserting them, my PC starts up fine, except all external ports seem to be not working. VGA, USB, etc. I did notice while doing some testing that when I plug in, say a mouse, the light for the tracker will come on for a breif second before disabling. I know it was dumb of me to do so. Does anyone have any recommendations? Thanks. Pardon, any simplistic mistakes, I'm afraid while an enthusiast I'm hardly experienced with computers.
 
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Removing and reinserting RAM should not cause issues, I do it all the time when cleaning computers.
Make sure that you didn't accidentally dislodge something else, like a connection ribbon, when you were in there. I'm guessing this is a laptop, and often the external ports are on a separate board that is connected to the motherboard by a ribbon cable and a somewhat delicate connection.
If you tell us the model number we can look it up and maybe point you to some places to check.
 
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Christian908

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Thank you for your feedback! It is actually not a laptop, but I can give you the motherboard model.

MSI FM2-A55M-E33 FM2

If that can help you know any specific area for me to check that'd be lovely.

 
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