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    • Jun 2004
    • 3055
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    WTF did I just do? Did I fry the motherboard? HELP.

    So I have this old Dell desktop that I was using as file storage/backup. It was old, 2.0 mHz or something like that. It had 128 memory so I bought two 520 sticks and stuck it in. As soon as I did that and turned it on I smelled familiar smell of burning wires and feeling "you fucked up". Did my motherboard just crapped its pants because I added way too much? Is it motherboard or something else?
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    • d-null
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      • Apr 2007
      • 13724
      #2
      maybe you just fried the new ram, put back the old and see if it works

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        • CYF
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          • Mar 2009
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          did you let the magic smoke out?
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            • alias
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              • Apr 2001
              • 19010
              #4
              pull out the new ram as said above
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                • Elli
                  Reach for those stars!
                  • Apr 2003
                  • 17991
                  #5
                  Quite possible that the new ram was trying to suck too much power through the RAM slots... put it back to normal with the old ram and watch for more smoke. Look closely at the new ram to see if there are any blackened bits. Eeks.
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                    • Smiley
                      Confirmed User
                      • Mar 2003
                      • 1265
                      #6
                      yup...what they said...
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                        • Twig
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                          • Nov 2005
                          • 1949
                          #7
                          scrap that shit

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                            • Chosen
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                              • Aug 2001
                              • 63151
                              #8
                              Are you sure that you bought correct ram?
                              There is DDR, DDR2, DDR3 memory sticks - they're all different and not compatible with each other

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                                • Elli
                                  Reach for those stars!
                                  • Apr 2003
                                  • 17991
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by Chosen
                                  Are you sure that you bought correct ram?
                                  There is DDR, DDR2, DDR3 memory sticks - they're all different and not compatible with each other
                                  Also some boards work with double sided ram, some only single sided, etc...
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                                    • Jdoughs
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Mar 2004
                                      • 5794
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by Chosen
                                      Are you sure that you bought correct ram?
                                      There is DDR, DDR2, DDR3 memory sticks - they're all different and not compatible with each other
                                      If it only had 128 ram in it, it definitely wasn't even close to DDR ram.

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                                        • who
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                                          • Aug 2003
                                          • 19593
                                          #11
                                          2 mHz is erm.....

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                                            • Yngwie
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                                              • May 2003
                                              • 11118
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by Jdoughs
                                              If it only had 128 ram in it, it definitely wasn't even close to DDR ram.

                                              Try SDRAM
                                              and if he bought the wrong type of ram it wouldn't fit in the DIMM's no matter how hard he tried so obviously he didn't by the wrong ram. There's no way in hell to fit DDR2 ram in a pc that's made for DDR and there sure as hell is no way DDR ram would fit in an sdram slot. lol
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                                                • GrouchyAdmin
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                                                  • Apr 2006
                                                  • 12085
                                                  #13
                                                  2Mhz? That's gonna be, uh.. DIPP. At the best, DIMM.

                                                  2Ghz? May actually be RIMM. If the memory that was in there was covered entirely in metal down to and clipped by the pins, yeah - you just totally fucked up.

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                                                    • fatfoo
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                                                      • Mar 2003
                                                      • 27763
                                                      #14
                                                      Yeah, I think you burned it, MOCKBA.
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                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Jun 2004
                                                          • 3055
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by Elli
                                                          Quite possible that the new ram was trying to suck too much power through the RAM slots... put it back to normal with the old ram and watch for more smoke. Look closely at the new ram to see if there are any blackened bits. Eeks.
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                                                            • Pics Traffic
                                                              Confirmed User
                                                              • Jun 2004
                                                              • 3055
                                                              #16
                                                              Originally posted by Chosen
                                                              Are you sure that you bought correct ram?
                                                              There is DDR, DDR2, DDR3 memory sticks - they're all different and not compatible with each other
                                                              guess not. I Had no idea they were different. I just looked at pins i think it was 240 pin. All I know they looked the same and fit in the slots.
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