Installing new ram/rebuild, fried motherboard?

fuzz97 · 05-29-2009, 01:31 AM

Hey.
Today i was rebuilding my system, so i thought while buying my new hard drive, id also upgrade my ram.

My board is a
Gigabyte ga-945p-ds3 running windows vista. I had 2 sticks of 667mhz 1gig kingston ram in, which since i had upgraded to vista just seemed not be be enough anymore.

I so i bought a new sata 1.5tb seagate drive and 2x kingston 800mhz ddr2 1gig (hyperx)

I decided to do a clean install with no other hard drives connected and would copy my data later. Installed windows, downloaded a few updates. Everything fine, so i tested my ram. First only the 2 new sticks in, booted, everything fine, 2 new sticks with one of my old rams, fine, but as soon as i added the final stick my computer didnt start.

Im worried that the motherboard is now dead, even after i had made sure that the memory would be underclocked to 667mhz the same as the others.

Ive tried removing the cmos battery, removing all the ram. I cant get into the bios or hear any beeping noises when i start it now.
All fans, lights work fine, and my harddrive makes booting sounds.

Have I killed it?? =(

Specs.
gigabyte ga-945p-ds3
Dual 2.6ghz intel cpu
geforce 6800gts
2x 667mhz 1gig ddr2 kingston ram
2x 800mhz 1 gig ddr2 kingston ram (hyperx)
Widetech 530W powersupply (ATX530W)
Windows Vista Ultimate.

**wrench97** · 05-29-2009, 01:34 AM

Did you try clearing the CMOS and using 1 stick of ram only?

fuzz97 · 05-29-2009, 01:37 AM

Yes i cleared the cmos and tried with no ram, and then with one stick.

**wrench97** · 05-29-2009, 09:51 AM

If you have a motherboard speaker or case speaker hooked to the MB it should have beeped continously with now ram providing the PSU and the CPU are good.

**Tyree** · 05-29-2009, 10:09 AM

HyperX RAM is known for causing issues. Filling all Four of your RAM slots can cause problems also, especially with a low quality PSU.

Riskyone101 · 05-30-2009, 02:47 AM

You cannot control the clocking of ram once you have mixed ram together either,
the motherboard will choose the lowest speed which in your case is 667MHz.

Try this:

Unplug the power cord
Unplug the power connector to motherboard
remove battery
remove all ram
clear cmos by using the jumper on the board
Wait 10 min and connect everything back up

Exception: only put 2 identical sticks back in first 2 slots
Boot into bios and go to optimize setting, save and exit, wait till it says update succeeded after post page before rebooting to go back into bios to configure it.

Note: This could result in having to do a reinstallation of windows. (rare)

05-29-2009, 01:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
fuzz97 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2 OS: Vista	Installing new ram/rebuild, fried motherboard? Hey. Today i was rebuilding my system, so i thought while buying my new hard drive, id also upgrade my ram. My board is a Gigabyte ga-945p-ds3 running windows vista. I had 2 sticks of 667mhz 1gig kingston ram in, which since i had upgraded to vista just seemed not be be enough anymore. I so i bought a new sata 1.5tb seagate drive and 2x kingston 800mhz ddr2 1gig (hyperx) I decided to do a clean install with no other hard drives connected and would copy my data later. Installed windows, downloaded a few updates. Everything fine, so i tested my ram. First only the 2 new sticks in, booted, everything fine, 2 new sticks with one of my old rams, fine, but as soon as i added the final stick my computer didnt start. Im worried that the motherboard is now dead, even after i had made sure that the memory would be underclocked to 667mhz the same as the others. Ive tried removing the cmos battery, removing all the ram. I cant get into the bios or hear any beeping noises when i start it now. All fans, lights work fine, and my harddrive makes booting sounds. Have I killed it?? =( Specs. gigabyte ga-945p-ds3 Dual 2.6ghz intel cpu geforce 6800gts 2x 667mhz 1gig ddr2 kingston ram 2x 800mhz 1 gig ddr2 kingston ram (hyperx) Widetech 530W powersupply (ATX530W) Windows Vista Ultimate. Last edited by fuzz97; 05-29-2009 at 01:42 AM.

05-29-2009, 01:34 AM	#2 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,692 OS: Win7	Re: Installing new ram/rebuild, fried motherboard? Did you try clearing the CMOS and using 1 stick of ram only? __________________ Power Supply and Selection

05-29-2009, 01:37 AM	#3 (permalink)
fuzz97 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2 OS: Vista	Re: Installing new ram/rebuild, fried motherboard? Yes i cleared the cmos and tried with no ram, and then with one stick.

05-29-2009, 09:51 AM	#4 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,692 OS: Win7	Re: Installing new ram/rebuild, fried motherboard? If you have a motherboard speaker or case speaker hooked to the MB it should have beeped continously with now ram providing the PSU and the CPU are good. __________________ Power Supply and Selection

05-29-2009, 10:09 AM	#5 (permalink)
Tyree Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: May 2009 Location: Illinois Posts: 5,731 OS: XP Pro-7RC-Mandriva My System	Re: Installing new ram/rebuild, fried motherboard? HyperX RAM is known for causing issues. Filling all Four of your RAM slots can cause problems also, especially with a low quality PSU. __________________ Posting your PC specs will help us to help you quicker and more efficiently.

05-30-2009, 02:47 AM	#6 (permalink)
Riskyone101 Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Chicago, IL. Posts: 3,778 OS: XP Pro SP3, MCE 2005 sp3, Vista Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate My System	Re: Installing new ram/rebuild, fried motherboard? You cannot control the clocking of ram once you have mixed ram together either, the motherboard will choose the lowest speed which in your case is 667MHz. Try this: Unplug the power cord Unplug the power connector to motherboard remove battery remove all ram clear cmos by using the jumper on the board Wait 10 min and connect everything back up Exception: only put 2 identical sticks back in first 2 slots Boot into bios and go to optimize setting, save and exit, wait till it says update succeeded after post page before rebooting to go back into bios to configure it. Note: This could result in having to do a reinstallation of windows. (rare) __________________