Please help, my PC might be dead

[littlejoelgriffo]

Alright so I've got a prebuilt desktop PC that worked perfectly until just now I was bored, so I took out the one stick of ram and put it on the carpet while I looked at the model number, then I put it back in, connected my PC to the power and my monitor and tryed to turn it on. But it wont display anything on the screen, neither will it do the usual beeping sound! I've tried using the VGA on my motherboard, the HDMI on my graphics card and the VGA on my graphics card!

Please help! I bought this PC only two weeks ago and i'm out of money to have it replaced!

Specs:
*Gigabyte ga-77lmt-s2p motherboard
*Corsair dominator cm3x8ga1333c9p4 1x8gb ram
* Gtx 650 ti 2gb

 

[littlejoelgriffo]

I just tryed taking one of my parents' 2gb sticks of ram and put them in, and exact same result. Not sure though if that stick was even compatible with my PC, as it came from and old Intel machine. Could have even been ddr2. But it did click in nicely though.

@pooslipper I'm pretty sure every time I insert the ram I do it properly because when the PC starts up it doesn't beep. But when i don't have the ram in it beeps like crazy.

 

[littlejoelgriffo]

BTW if anybody solves the problem I've got a prepaid MasterCard with $10.50 on it and I will give them the details for so they can spend online.

 

[cinnamon cider]

Have you done rubbing eraser on the contact pins of the RAM? Many suggests it and I have tried that too.

LOL. No need to give money, bro. This is a community that helps for free 😉

 

[littlejoelgriffo]

Tradesman1 says not to use an eraser as it can leave a gummy residue though. But then again, I haven't got much to lose. I'll try in the morning (its 23:00 over here).

I know there's no need to offer money but man, I'm just desperate!

 

[maxwellmelon]

have you tried the memory in the other slot yet?

 

[littlejoelgriffo]

Yes, maxwellmelon I have tried that a few times.

 

[Pooslipper]

The other stick of ram you tried must have been ddr3 as well, ddr2 wouldn't fit. Hmm I'm no expert but I would try everything else I could think of, the ram could be a red herring? You said you've checked all the cables from the psu so try removing the gpu completely and connect monitor to igpu. Try putting your ram in your parents pc. Try resetting the CMOS (you might have said you'd done that)

 

[Alec Mowat]

The other stick of ram you tried must have been ddr3 as well, ddr2 wouldn't fit. Hmm I'm no expert but I would try everything else I could think of, the ram could be a red herring? You said you've checked all the cables from the psu so try removing the gpu completely and connect monitor to igpu. Try putting your ram in your parents pc. Try resetting the CMOS (you might have said you'd done that)

Remove the GPU and try to boot it. If there's onboard video, plug the monitor into there.

Try resetting the BIOS as well. Pull the small CMOS battery, unplug the tower and hold the power button for 30 seconds.

 

[MahmoudAyoubi]

honestly i believe that when you put it on the carpet the static mightve possibly ruined it dont worry you probably will only have to replace the ram not the whole build

 

[Pooslipper]

honestly i believe that when you put it on the carpet the static mightve possibly ruined it dont worry you probably will only have to replace the ram not the whole build

If the ram was damaged by static the system would have booted with op's parents ram. I think the first thing is to try the ram stick in question in another pc, on its own.

 

[Pooslipper]

honestly i believe that when you put it on the carpet the static mightve possibly ruined it dont worry you probably will only have to replace the ram not the whole build

If the ram was damaged by static the system would have booted with op's parents ram. I think the first thing is to try the ram stick in question in another pc, on its own.

 

[littlejoelgriffo]

Guys, i am the dumbest (and happiest) person right now! Turns out that pooslipper was right. i took out the ram and when i put it back, i pressed real hard and kept pressing. It got to the point where i heard a grinding sound and thought i was breaking the ram, but still i pressed. Then it clicked in! When i turned it on it worked!
I'm such an idiot!
PS: pooslipper, check your PMs for MasterCard details.

 

[littlejoelgriffo]

Everytime I try and send a PM to Pooslipper by clicking the message icon below his profile picture it says "invalid". @Pooslipper could you share your username for an account so i can send it to you? Eg. facebook, twitter, g+, xda, youtube?

 

[Pooslipper]

Hey man don't worry about the card, just glad I could help. I'm in the uk anyway so posting it would probably cost all the money on it

 

[Alec Mowat]

Guys, i am the dumbest (and happiest) person right now! Turns out that pooslipper was right. i took out the ram and when i put it back, i pressed real hard and kept pressing. It got to the point where i heard a grinding sound and thought i was breaking the ram, but still i pressed. Then it clicked in! When i turned it on it worked!
I'm such an idiot!
PS: pooslipper, check your PMs for MasterCard details.

Don't send financial information over the internet. Do you realize how often hackers scrape data for card numbers?

 

[littlejoelgriffo]

Hey man don't worry about the card, just glad I could help. I'm in the uk anyway so posting it would probably cost all the money on it

Don't worry about that. I've used prepaid mastercards with Brazillian and mexican proxies before and there's only a $1.16 tax.

 

[cinnamon cider]

Congrats with that . Memory modules are just not installed properly 😛

 

[littlejoelgriffo]

yeah guys, thanks for that. I was getting seriously worried. I appreciate all of your advice.