I bought some PC133 ram for my computer that is a few years old off eBay, and I didn't check it, the guy sent me PC400 DDR ram. I just halfway clipped them in and wondered why they weren't fitting the whole way because I was in such a hurry to get the ram in. So I go to start it up and smell some burning and nothing happens, so I turned off the computer immediately and pulled out some smoking hot ram. Now the computer wont even boot with the old ram in. I'm guessing all I burnt out was the slots for the ram on the motherboard. Is it possible by doing this and using something with the wrong voltage can burn out anything but my motherboard like - (pci cards, hard drives, dvd drives, etc.)? Everything else still seems to work normally when I start, power light on tower and the monitor just dont come on. Was planning on getting new CPU, motherboard, computer case, ram, vid card - keeping everything else... Should this solve my problem?
2007-12-10 02:52:04 · 9 answers · asked by infamousbg123 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Ok when you say my entire system... a burnt out motherboard or ram isn't going to burn out my attached drives or other cards or anything right? And when you say I can't run my old installer, are you saying I can't put the drive with the OS on as primary and the storage drive as slave and just boot it on a new system without reinstalling the OS? In that case, I'll just pull the files onto another desktop and just format both drives and reinstall everything.
2007-12-10 03:07:06 · update #1
your ram slot most probably is fired turning your motherboard to junk. since you're buying new ones anyway, forget about fixing it and just get the upgrades. cpu, ram, motherboard and video card has compatibility issues. don't make the same mistake of forcing them to slots that isn't compatible with them. so always check the compatibilities first.
other hardwares such as hard disks and optical drives will not pose problems. you need to have an os installer though to reinstall your os as you can't simply run the old installation on a new system.
2007-12-10 02:58:54 · answer #1 · answered by zeven77 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is not an uncommon problem when dealing with people or retail establishments that haven't got a clue.
As well as purchasing cheap or incompatible RAM.
It is pretty tough to fix if the RAM has already done damage to your computer. Unless a retail establishment sold you the wrong thing. They will of course try to disavow any responsabilty for any error they caused.
This is the reason when dealing with RAM always deal with the industry leader.
http://www.crucial.com
Remember when you buy cheap or incompatible Ram you will more often than not run into this problem.
Don
2007-12-10 03:11:21 · answer #2 · answered by Don M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Best case, you just burned up the ram. Worst case, you shorted out the ram slot and therefor destroyed the motherboard. I would imagine that this is a "worst case" situation. Oh well, new motherboards aren't that expensive.
2007-12-10 02:58:10 · answer #3 · answered by Ron M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With any luck all you did was ruin the new ram and the motherboard. Now sounds like a good time to get that new stuff!
2007-12-10 02:57:39 · answer #4 · answered by larithx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is possible that just the fan burnt out, but the the PSU being hot suggests that it could be shorting, however it could also be the lack of a fan. You can replace the fan and hope for the best, but i strongly recommend replacing the PSU.
2016-05-22 11:38:58 · answer #5 · answered by amada 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Siempre he estado contenta con las compras y los productos que he recibido de sitios web, lo último que he comprado ha sido una memoria RAM de 1 Gb, la memoria se ha hecho su función y se puede ver claramente el cambio así que seguro que voy a comprar otra.
2014-12-13 12:12:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You probably just smoked the ram and the board.
2007-12-10 02:55:59 · answer #7 · answered by rollnpc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its possible you burned out the entire system. take it in and get it checked out.
2007-12-10 02:56:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
if it was the wrong type why did you install it in the first place?
2007-12-10 02:55:38 · answer #9 · answered by bsmith13421 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋