I dropped something on my laptop's keyboard while it was running and the laptop instantly died. I had two 1gb sticks of RAM iinstalled when this happened. I ended up replacing the motherboard.
I transferred the two 1gb RAM sticks from the dead motherboard into the new motherboard. When I tried to run the laptop, it wouldn't boot - I didn't even see the splash screen that appears just before the BIOS starts loading. I tried the two 1gb sticks separately, and the laptop still wouldn't boot..
I took out the 1gb sticks completely and replace them with a 512mb stick. The laptop then boots up normally.
Could the damage I did to the motherboard have also destroyed the RAM that was in the laptop at the time?
I transferred the two 1gb RAM sticks from the dead motherboard into the new motherboard. When I tried to run the laptop, it wouldn't boot - I didn't even see the splash screen that appears just before the BIOS starts loading. I tried the two 1gb sticks separately, and the laptop still wouldn't boot..
I took out the 1gb sticks completely and replace them with a 512mb stick. The laptop then boots up normally.
Could the damage I did to the motherboard have also destroyed the RAM that was in the laptop at the time?