memory upgrade with power 'on'

[Chris]

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Carelessly I dropped in some more memory while the machine was 'soft' off,
rather than switched off at the mains...

Am I likely to have caused any damage?


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[Dee]

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chris wrote:

> Carelessly I dropped in some more memory while the machine was 'soft' off,
> rather than switched off at the mains...
>
> Am I likely to have caused any damage?
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Maybe "YES" and maybe "NO." Reboot the computer and see if you get any
errors.

 

[Chris]

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"Dee" <dee@home.net> wrote in message
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> chris wrote:
>
>>
> Maybe "YES" and maybe "NO." Reboot the computer and see if you get any
> errors.
>

Seems fine - First boot windows froze at the splash screen - but behaved
flawlessly since. also ran docmem to make sure...

Only recently got this ATX machine - an XP2600, nothing fancy but a major
leap up from the K62-500 I've been using for 4 years.

I think only certain parts are powered when 'off' like PCI slots, CMOS etc?
Obviously I'll make sure that wall switch is OFF in future....


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