iamraymond
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I recently upgraded my parents computer. By adding a 1gig stick of RAM and a new video card
The current specs are:
2500+ Sempron
1280MB DDR400 RAM
ATI x1600
350w PSU
ECS 741GX-M (V1.0) Motherboard.
Now for my problem. The machine ran fine for one day. On the second day after the upgrade I ran into my major problem. It wouldn't start up. It would power on, but it wouldn't do a hardware check and I could hear the machine powering on twice. So I took out the new stick of RAM, and just left the old 256 stick in there and it did the same thing. It works sometimes, like when the computer has been off for a long time, it'll boot up fine(regardless of what RAM is in there). But when I restart, it won't boot up again. I'm getting really frustrated here. What could it be? Some friends suggested the power supply or the RAM. But I have no clue. Any ideas??
(Please note that I'm pretty much a novice when it comes to computer hardware)
TIA
The current specs are:
2500+ Sempron
1280MB DDR400 RAM
ATI x1600
350w PSU
ECS 741GX-M (V1.0) Motherboard.
Now for my problem. The machine ran fine for one day. On the second day after the upgrade I ran into my major problem. It wouldn't start up. It would power on, but it wouldn't do a hardware check and I could hear the machine powering on twice. So I took out the new stick of RAM, and just left the old 256 stick in there and it did the same thing. It works sometimes, like when the computer has been off for a long time, it'll boot up fine(regardless of what RAM is in there). But when I restart, it won't boot up again. I'm getting really frustrated here. What could it be? Some friends suggested the power supply or the RAM. But I have no clue. Any ideas??
(Please note that I'm pretty much a novice when it comes to computer hardware)
TIA