pc problems :(

[Raging]

i will try that tommorow then *sigh*

do i need to apply more as5?

 

[Raging]

well i took it apart today and re seated the heatsink and also tidied up the wires a bit etc

and now for some reason it wont boot up...

everything comes on fine apart from my ram as i cant see the led's.

any suggestions because i dont want to stay on this 1.7ghz/256mb,geforce 2 thing any longer than i have to lol.

cheers.

 

[Raging]

ime thinking my ram is toast now

 

[FragTek]

Sounds like it's your RAM... Could also be the motherboard but first suspiscions point to the RAM. Soz mate.

 

[Raging]

how could ram just die though it confuses me:eh:

you think i could rma it without a receipt?

cheers.

 

[FragTek]

how could ram just die though it confuses me:eh:

you think i could rma it without a receipt?

cheers.

RAM is notorious for "just dieing" yet the most common cause it that the mobo/psu killed it due to some shoddy voltage regulation on the mobo while the computer is "soft-off" (like most DFI boards).

 

[Raging]

yea that must of been what happened then because when my pc is off or "soft-off" my modem and bluetooth dongle still get power..

 

[Raging]

yep the ram is toastzor as its not responding in single channel or dual

:ar: corsair

 

[FragTek]

It's not the rams fault

 

[Raging]

let me have my fun sheesh

 

[FarFarAway]

What RAM is it? Corsair offer a lifetime warranty on most of their products so you could RMA with them.

Failing that I have some nice Corsair XMS XLPRO with Samsung chips going spare

 

[Raging]

on the rma front so far so good,it looking like i can send these babies back for rma

 

[mr_fishbulb]

Could have been some static damage when you opened the machine up.

Hope you get them replaced

BTW - What paste do you use between the processor and heatsink?

 

[Raging]

as5 mate

 

[Raging]

status update: i will be rma'ing this ram asap as i not long ago received the rma approval e-mail

will let you guys know what happens...

cheers.

 

[WC Annihilus]

Well at least it's nice to know that Corsair RMA's without receipt. I got mine off eBay so good news Happy joy for raging!

 

[Ham]

Good to hear mate. Have fun with your SD based rig 'till its returned

 

[Raging]

Good to hear mate. Have fun with your SD based rig 'till its returned

i will try

but i cant do anything on this heap,no css,no dj'ing etc nuffin :nutkick:

:whack:

 

[RollerCam540]

FYI: if you have an XP-120 and you're getting bad temps than a possible cause could also be that there's too much pressure on the cpu from the heatsink (usually caused by overtightening the heatsink to it's retention mechanism). another possibility could be your voltage (now i did not look at your profile) but you would need to compute the C/W of your heatsink with your voltage to determine what your temps should theoretically be. if you can't google this process than i can explain it in more detail but somebody should have already written something like this. again there is also a margin of error in that computation because of the fan's dissipation of heat (they usually give you a C/W # with a certain CMF fan).

NOTE: it's been a while since i've done a computation like that so if my terminology is off then i apologize.

 

[Raging]

the xp-120 mounts by spring type tension,all are the same,thanks for your input.

i think it was the stick of ram in slot 2 blocking contact ever so slightly so i might sell the corsair after i have tested the replacements and buy some ocz,mushkin etc

any reccomendations on the best ram for around £150-200?

best performance,overclockability and quality is what ime looking for

cheers.