HELP! Ram issue and pc wont boot!

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clear cmos in your brothers machine


"Resken13" <resken13@yahoo-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> wrote in message
news:1ede6$427d525d$455da0d2$16143@allthenewsgroups.com...
> Hi,
>
>
> My brother and I have the same Motherboard and same ram.
>
>
> He swapped me his ram for mine. I had a 512 stick, him two 512 sticks
> (it was his way of paying me for something)
>
>
>
> My pc boots fine, his loads then right when windows should load it is
> black screen.
>
>
> Puzzled, we both swap ram back thinking "guess it wont work" and now
> his PC doesnt even beep at all, or show anything on the screen.
>
>
>
> We've put every piece of ram into mine and its fine, ram isnt broken.
> We've also tried putting a dif video card in for him and still
> nothing.
>
>
>
> Ram is placed correctly, we know that much.
>
>
>
> Any suggestions on fixing my brothers machine?
>

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On Sat, 7 May 2005 17:39:42 -0700 If I have seen farther it is because
I have stood on the shoulder of giants "JAD"
<kapasitor@earthcharter.net> wrote :

>clear cmos in your brothers machine

With the power removed from the system  

>
>"Resken13" <resken13@yahoo-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> wrote in message
>news:1ede6$427d525d$455da0d2$16143@allthenewsgroups.com...
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> My brother and I have the same Motherboard and same ram.
>>
>>
>> He swapped me his ram for mine. I had a 512 stick, him two 512 sticks
>> (it was his way of paying me for something)
>>
>>
>>
>> My pc boots fine, his loads then right when windows should load it is
>> black screen.
>>
>>
>> Puzzled, we both swap ram back thinking "guess it wont work" and now
>> his PC doesnt even beep at all, or show anything on the screen.
>>
>>
>>
>> We've put every piece of ram into mine and its fine, ram isnt broken.
>> We've also tried putting a dif video card in for him and still
>> nothing.
>>
>>
>>
>> Ram is placed correctly, we know that much.
>>
>>
>>
>> Any suggestions on fixing my brothers machine?
>>
>



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It sounds like his motherboard may have failed.

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"Resken13" <resken13@yahoo-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> wrote in message
news:1ede6$427d525d$455da0d2$16143@allthenewsgroups.com...
> Hi,
>
>
> My brother and I have the same Motherboard and same ram.
>
>
> He swapped me his ram for mine. I had a 512 stick, him two 512 sticks
> (it was his way of paying me for something)
>
>
>
> My pc boots fine, his loads then right when windows should load it is
> black screen.
>
>
> Puzzled, we both swap ram back thinking "guess it wont work" and now
> his PC doesnt even beep at all, or show anything on the screen.
>
>
>
> We've put every piece of ram into mine and its fine, ram isnt broken.
> We've also tried putting a dif video card in for him and still
> nothing.
>
>
>
> Ram is placed correctly, we know that much.
>
>
>
> Any suggestions on fixing my brothers machine?
>