[SOLVED] BOOT PROBLEM(Please Help!)

thehelped · 10-20-2008, 05:36 PM

Ok guys, this is a long story so coop with me :)

About 2 months ago, i bought a new RAM for my computer. IT was a 1GB Bufallo DDR2 memory. It was the same thing as my old one(512mb) because i even asked the guy at the store. Ok, so i came home, put in the RAM but the PC did not boot at all, it gave me repeating beeps. I later found out that i had put the RAM in backwards forcing it in. So, i went and had it repaired and the guy told me that the RAM had fried. In my head, i thought it was because i had put it in backwards.

So i lived like that for two months with the new RAM the repair man set up for me, until i decided to try myself again but with a 2GB RAM card. the exact same thing as the other one. So this time i made it sure i put it in the right way and i did, eveything ws in the right way. when i turned on the PC, it gave me the same problem as it had before...short non-stop repeating beep. so this time i new it wasnt the RAM that had fried since i put it in the right way. So i tried booting 3-4 times but i had the same prob. so, hopeless and frustrated, i put the old one back in and this one didnt work either!!!!!!

Some might say that it is my Mobo, but, if i had the same prob 2 months ago, and it was the RAM, why would it be the mobo. and im sure its not the RAM this time cause i did everything right(i read that set-up manual that came with the RAM card.)

i got a

eMachines
H5042

So please help me guess, im desperate.

thx in advance!

dai · 10-20-2008, 07:10 PM

for a start when you upgrade ram you do it in matching pairs
2x1g will run faster than a 2g stick
check you are seating the ram ok,the clips clicking over hold it in place it does not mean it is seated when they do click over
2g total is plenty for xp

thehelped · 10-21-2008, 03:17 PM

Im currently using 1x2gb.

As for the fact that i put it right or not, i quit sure because ive made sure 100 times, plugged it in and took it out 43543 times. so i dont think that the issue at hand.

and i got 2GB planning to get Vista later on

thx for reponding

dai · 10-21-2008, 03:20 PM

check how much ram the m/b supports

thehelped · 10-21-2008, 03:29 PM

dont think that would be the issue because my old one doesnt wotk either now.

dai · 10-21-2008, 03:39 PM

cmos reset
turn the computer off
remove the power lead from the back
take the side off
remove the cmos battery
move the cmos jumper from pins 1 and 2 to pin 2 and 3 and the back to pins 1 and 2
reinsert the battery
put the side on
replug in the power lead
boot the computer

there can be 2 solder points you touch with a screwdriver
2 pins you touch with a screwdriver or use a jumper
a cmos clear switch or button
there will be a diagram and instructions in your manual

thehelped · 10-21-2008, 03:46 PM

ok thx ill try this

thehelped · 10-21-2008, 03:57 PM

nope, i tried it and nothing changed.....

help?

dai · 10-21-2008, 04:04 PM

if you startup with no ram in do you hear the error beep code because it is missing

thehelped · 10-21-2008, 04:11 PM

Thanks alot man!!!, i removed the RAM and did a cmos reset and it worked!!! thx!!!

dai · 10-21-2008, 04:42 PM

glad you have it sorted

10-20-2008, 05:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
thehelped Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 147 OS: Windows 7	[SOLVED] BOOT PROBLEM(Please Help!) Ok guys, this is a long story so coop with me :) About 2 months ago, i bought a new RAM for my computer. IT was a 1GB Bufallo DDR2 memory. It was the same thing as my old one(512mb) because i even asked the guy at the store. Ok, so i came home, put in the RAM but the PC did not boot at all, it gave me repeating beeps. I later found out that i had put the RAM in backwards forcing it in. So, i went and had it repaired and the guy told me that the RAM had fried. In my head, i thought it was because i had put it in backwards. So i lived like that for two months with the new RAM the repair man set up for me, until i decided to try myself again but with a 2GB RAM card. the exact same thing as the other one. So this time i made it sure i put it in the right way and i did, eveything ws in the right way. when i turned on the PC, it gave me the same problem as it had before...short non-stop repeating beep. so this time i new it wasnt the RAM that had fried since i put it in the right way. So i tried booting 3-4 times but i had the same prob. so, hopeless and frustrated, i put the old one back in and this one didnt work either!!!!!! Some might say that it is my Mobo, but, if i had the same prob 2 months ago, and it was the RAM, why would it be the mobo. and im sure its not the RAM this time cause i did everything right(i read that set-up manual that came with the RAM card.) i got a eMachines H5042 So please help me guess, im desperate. thx in advance!

10-20-2008, 07:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,753 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: BOOT PROBLEM(Please Help!) for a start when you upgrade ram you do it in matching pairs 2x1g will run faster than a 2g stick check you are seating the ram ok,the clips clicking over hold it in place it does not mean it is seated when they do click over 2g total is plenty for xp __________________

10-21-2008, 03:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
thehelped Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 147 OS: Windows 7	Re: BOOT PROBLEM(Please Help!) Im currently using 1x2gb. As for the fact that i put it right or not, i quit sure because ive made sure 100 times, plugged it in and took it out 43543 times. so i dont think that the issue at hand. and i got 2GB planning to get Vista later on thx for reponding

10-21-2008, 03:20 PM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,753 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: BOOT PROBLEM(Please Help!) check how much ram the m/b supports __________________

10-21-2008, 03:29 PM	#5 (permalink)
thehelped Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 147 OS: Windows 7	Re: BOOT PROBLEM(Please Help!) dont think that would be the issue because my old one doesnt wotk either now.

10-21-2008, 03:39 PM	#6 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,753 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: BOOT PROBLEM(Please Help!) cmos reset turn the computer off remove the power lead from the back take the side off remove the cmos battery move the cmos jumper from pins 1 and 2 to pin 2 and 3 and the back to pins 1 and 2 reinsert the battery put the side on replug in the power lead boot the computer there can be 2 solder points you touch with a screwdriver 2 pins you touch with a screwdriver or use a jumper a cmos clear switch or button there will be a diagram and instructions in your manual __________________

10-21-2008, 03:46 PM	#7 (permalink)
thehelped Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 147 OS: Windows 7	Re: BOOT PROBLEM(Please Help!) ok thx ill try this

10-21-2008, 03:57 PM	#8 (permalink)
thehelped Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 147 OS: Windows 7	Re: BOOT PROBLEM(Please Help!) nope, i tried it and nothing changed..... help?

10-21-2008, 04:04 PM	#9 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,753 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: BOOT PROBLEM(Please Help!) if you startup with no ram in do you hear the error beep code because it is missing __________________

10-21-2008, 04:11 PM	#10 (permalink)
thehelped Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 147 OS: Windows 7	Re: BOOT PROBLEM(Please Help!) Thanks alot man!!!, i removed the RAM and did a cmos reset and it worked!!! thx!!!

10-21-2008, 04:42 PM	#11 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,753 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: BOOT PROBLEM(Please Help!) glad you have it sorted __________________