Computer stopped loading, Det DRAM message

I came home from and my computer was just black on the monitor. I tried turning it on and off and tried putting the monitor cable in another socket, also tried another monitor but it stays black.

On my LCD poster i have the message "DET DRAM". I assume it means detect random access memory but i have no idea how to fix it. What problems can cause this? If my graphics card was broken, would my screen stay black like this?

Clearing the CMOS might help and all that will do will re-set the defaults for the current bios you have loaded - e.g. if you were changing you multiplier and it screwed up your system then re-setting the CMOS woud allow the PC to post again. In my experience, resetting the CMOS involved moving a jumper from one set of pins to another set of pins and then back again.

Can you access your bios? Usually in cases like this, you want to strip your PC down to a more minimal configuration and add things back in until you can get the machine stable. For example, pull out all your RAM except 1 GB and, if you have added a video card you should remove that as well - reset your CMOS and see if you can get the system to post / Load Windows. Assuming it works, put the video card back in and set the added in video card as primary in the bios, etc... I would then add the rest of your RAM in one stick at a time to see if you have a bad stick.

Hopefully thins might help.

dude, you have a a+ motherboard, you should read through the manual and learn a little about it

the clr cmos is on the back of your motherboard, its a square button... should reset all overclocks to stock

if it was your video card causing the problem, the lcd poster would get stuck on vga bios.... the problem is with your ram

after clearing the cmos, if it doesn't help, try booting wiht one stick of ram...try each stick seperately

This is strange, i took all the RAM out and put all the same RAM back in straight after and my PC worked. Why did it start working just because i took the RAM out and in again?