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Rubix
"Mike Hall" <mike.hall.mail@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> Rubix
>
> Have you ever seen the children's toy where you place shaped objects
> through corresponding openings? did you never have a pail with a lid that
> has shaped cut-outs where you empty the pieces out of the pail and then
> attempt to get them back in through the cut-outs on the lid?.. we are not
> talking major technical knowledge here..
>
> One has to assume that you looked at the memory before the attempted
> install.. so you must have seen the offset cut-outs in the memory strip..
> remembering back to the days of the shapes and cut-outs, would that not
> give you a clue?..
>
> Before assembling anything, always make sure that you have all of the
> parts necessary, and that you understand how they fit together before
> using a hammer on them.. this applies to computers, kit form furniture,
> kit cars, plastic models, clock making, Scalextric track, railroad sets
> (clockwork and electric type), Hotwheels sets (with super car launcher and
> rickety loop)..
>
> Am I getting through to you yet?.. these things we learned as small
> children..
>
> You will also find that a little bit of thought will save much money.. go
> buy a 'How to build a PC' book from PC World or any decent computer
> store.. good luck in the future..
>
> Mike
>
>
> "Rubix" <chess@charitydays.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:41978162$0$43612$ed2e19e4@ptn-nntp-reader04.plus.net...
>> Guys please,
>> Which one of you was never a learner? Or has never forgotten something
>> they once new?
>>
>> Rubix
>>
>> "NobodyMan" <none@none.net> wrote in message
>> news:8gqap0prrqfeb61qulbev57j8b2i3a65l8@4ax.com...
>>>I don't know how you managed to seat the memory with the strips being
>>> backwards. I don't think that you really "fried" the mainboard. I
>>> think that you pressed down so hard on the memory module, trying to
>>> force it in backwards, that you cracked the mainboard, thereby
>>> severing circuit pathways. You learned an important and expensive
>>> lesson, didn't you!
>>>
>>> The only way to test the memory reliably is to take it to a shop that
>>> has a memory tester. Oh, and don't come anywhere near any of my
>>> computers, EVER.
>>>
>>> If it doesn't fit in easily, you are doing something wrong. Never,
>>> ever force anything in your computer.
>>>
>>> On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 18:37:01 -0000, "Rubix" <chess@charitydays.co.uk>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>I don't know what you mean by a live board. The power was switched off,
>>>>but
>>>>I forced the sticks into the slots wrong way around, and then switched
>>>>on
>>>>the PC. I'm learning, you see.
>>>>
>>>>Rubix
>>>>
>>>>"Mike Hall" <mike.hall.mail@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>>>news:egml9IFyEHA.1524@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Memory sticks are keyed to prevent that.. did you try to change them
>>>>> with
>>>>> the board live?..
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Rubix" <chess@charitydays.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>>> news:419407a5$0$4022$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net...
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My memory was defective so I tried putting them in back to front (
>>>>>> in
>>>>>> ignorance) and fried my motherboard. Is there any chance that any of
>>>>>> my 2
>>>>>> memory sticks might have survived the ordeal, and how do I identify
>>>>>> it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rubix
>>>>>>
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