Whew...
On RAM... I have tried on different toys that I have lying around (HP, IBM, Gateway... sorry no AW... at least not yet... hmmm
)... I mean I removed the RAM and observed what happens when I reboot. Results were almost the same... lights ON, beeps, shuts OFF or no boot. I also tried with a defective RAM... same thing. So how will we know if RAM is good? Test it on another computer or use a good/working RAM (tested by Memtest86+).