Even if the RAM seems to be seated properly it may still be a physical issue:
1) Heat expansion causes the leads to the chip to expand then shrink over and over - over a long period of time you might lose contact with one or more. 2) The leads themselves could become tarnished or otherwise dirty over the years making bad contacts. The simplest way to address these is pull the chip out and put it back it a few times - to "bounce" the leads and scrape them clean. A good quality contact cleaner can also do wonders. Basically the problem is (or rather could be) that these things have been sitting in the same place for three years but have not been motionless due to heat-induced expansion, fan/drive vibration and so forth. Giving them a wiggle often solves the problem. Jim Davis > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 1:03 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Home made system dies...*sigh* > > > could be ram. If the ram stick isnt seated properly, it will not boot. > > Dana > > William Wheatley writes: > > > Ram is 3 beeps i think check your motherboard manuel for reason it > > says > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Angel Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 10:35 AM > > Subject: Home made system dies...*sigh* > > > > > > > So..my machine at home has died. > > > > > > After about three years..its kicked the bucket. > > > > > > It had an older KT133 Motherboard (not the KT133A)...A Gigabyte > > > ZXR...with a 1.2 Ghz Athlon that ran at 999 Ghz. > > > > > > Now the thing refuses to boot. > > > > > > The hard disk light comes on...but nothing shows on the > monitor. I > > > switched out the graphics cards from a GeForce 4400 128 > to a lowly > > > Geforce MX... At least I know the 4400 card is alright, > that was a > > > relief. > > > > > > I can't get any display on the monitor, although the > monitor works > > > fine when connected to another PC so it isn't that either. > > > > > > I suppose...at this stage....its the motherboard that's died? I > > > can't think of any other reason why I would get absolutely no > > > display from the system. > > > > > > I am also getting three long beeps. > > > Beeep beeep beeep. > > > ... > > > ... > > > Beeep Beeep Beeep. > > > > > > 0_0 > > > *sighs* > > > > > > -Gel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
