Hello all,
I have a homebuilt computer that I identified recently has bad RAM. I removed three of my four sticks of RAM and placed them on an anti-static sheet while I tested the first stick. Everything was fine last night while I ram Memtest for 7 passes. I then turned the computer off and went to bed. This morning, I reseated the RAM tested last night in a different DIMM slot to test the DIMM slots individually before continuing to test the RAM that way I could properly identify the problem. I made a mistake, however, that I didn't identify until a few minutes later in that I forgot to turn off the power switch at the back of the computer and unplug the power cable. Yes, I can hear all you seasoned computer geeks hissing back there. When I closed up the case and turned it on, I got no display and the computer only beeps three times, one long and two short. It repeats this until I turn the computer off. After properly disconnecting the power, I tried a different RAM stick in a different DIMM slot with the same result. I decided to switch the power off and leave it that way while I enlisted some help. That's where all you lovely people come in. Did I short out my computer and, if so, how do I know to what degree I have damaged the internal components and is there a way to fix it other than replacing the components one by one? Please let me know as soon as possible so that, in the worst case, I can get started rebuilding this thing from scratch.
Thanks for the help,
sincerely,
Caboose
I have a homebuilt computer that I identified recently has bad RAM. I removed three of my four sticks of RAM and placed them on an anti-static sheet while I tested the first stick. Everything was fine last night while I ram Memtest for 7 passes. I then turned the computer off and went to bed. This morning, I reseated the RAM tested last night in a different DIMM slot to test the DIMM slots individually before continuing to test the RAM that way I could properly identify the problem. I made a mistake, however, that I didn't identify until a few minutes later in that I forgot to turn off the power switch at the back of the computer and unplug the power cable. Yes, I can hear all you seasoned computer geeks hissing back there. When I closed up the case and turned it on, I got no display and the computer only beeps three times, one long and two short. It repeats this until I turn the computer off. After properly disconnecting the power, I tried a different RAM stick in a different DIMM slot with the same result. I decided to switch the power off and leave it that way while I enlisted some help. That's where all you lovely people come in. Did I short out my computer and, if so, how do I know to what degree I have damaged the internal components and is there a way to fix it other than replacing the components one by one? Please let me know as soon as possible so that, in the worst case, I can get started rebuilding this thing from scratch.
Thanks for the help,
sincerely,
Caboose