Memory Seating Hell

[Eurorunner]

Hi. I am trying to reseat a dimm memory stick in an old P300 machine but it just aint having it. Ive checked the slot - there doesnt seem to be any obstructions. I've checked and double checked that the pins are lining up but it just aint having it. I've used quite a lot of pressure but cant get under the board to support it cos of the design of the ****ey box. At one stage i managed to get the clips closed on both ends but its still not being recognised. Its not slotting in - in the middle most of all - and this is where i get the least support under the m'board - its just not accessable.




Just to double check that i havnt done any other damage......................when i boot it, i get a blank screen - the power is good , the fan is good, can hear the hard drive and the cd-rom...but no post beeps and blank screen - if this sounds like anything other than memory please let me know.


How can i sort this??


Please send the knowledge (or a loaded gun) at the earliest opportunity!

 

[jlanka]

I push down one end, lock the clip, then the other, instead of trying to push them both down at once. Works for me.

<i>It's always the one thing you never suspected.</i>

 

[Ryan_Plus_One]

Try putting a little crisco on the connectors of the DIMM. That worked when my little brother got his head stuck in the staircase railing.

 

[RCPilot]

ROTFLMAO

Honey, what's that smell? Don't bother me now I'm working on my computer! OOPS!

 

[Starion15]

I don't know if this will help, but on my old p233, that had EDO memory, I had to put it in at an angle (about 35 degrees). I would get about 35* angle, and then push down and forward at the same time, until it was at a 90* angle. I don't know what kind you have, but thats what I always had to do on my HP Vectra.

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Starion15 on 05/20/03 08:53 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[jlanka]

you're talkin about 72 pin SIMMS, not DIMMS. Different animal. That technique doesn't apply.

<i>It's always the one thing you never suspected.</i>

 

[Eurorunner]

Got it sorted. Hard to believe that one has to apply that much force to something soo delicate. The motherboard was bowing under the pressure - i just kept getting more reckless with it as the day went on ..and eventually it gave in.

 

[4Ryan6]

Bravo, you overcame your, I'm going to break it fear, now its time to build your first complete computer, you are initiated into the computer nerd world, congratulations.

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[4Ryan6]

ROFL

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[4Ryan6]

zpyrd, I cut myself some moderately hard rubber spacers, that I slip under the edge of the M/B between the M/B and case surface, to support the M/B during the installation, and it makes all the difference in the world with the installation of the heatsink.

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[jlanka]

that's a good idea.

<i>It's always the one thing you never suspected.</i>