RAM broke PC

[reeceecmarshall]

Around a year ago my pc broke of unknown reasons and I bought a new one. My new PC has been slow since I bought it, bearing in mind it has good specs but on lot has stock of RAM. I decided to put the 2 RAM from my old PC into my new one to see it it would speed up. Once installing it I tried to turn it on and it didn’t. So I took out the 2 old RAM sticks and left the 1 that was originally in it. I turned it on again and it wouldn’t show up on my monitor. I then pulled out the RAM while the PC was on then realised what I had done and I turned it off as soon as possible. I don’t think I fried the motherboard as it didn’t work before I made this stupid mistake.

I recently tried all the RAM in my house and none of it worked and they all make my computer beep. I got RAM from another older PC and tried that alone this cause it to beep and now makes all the RAM I try beep.

Please help, Reece.

 

[avalon096]

The ram didn't do anything don't worry.... I did the same thing once.... Just remove the ram and put it back gently no unnecessary movements side to side.... If it is an old pc it's bound to be slow just try install games and applications that the pc can run....

 

[reeceecmarshall]

I don’t think that is the case as none of my RAM now work in this PC and they cause it to beep.

 

[avalon096]

The beeping sound that you hear is caused by the ram not installed properly into the motherboard remove it and reinstall if the problem persists then unfortunately you need new ram

 

[reeceecmarshall]

Sorry I missed out some info can u read what I added please.

 

[bigpinkdragon286]

A serious defect in your old RAM could potentially cause damage to the motherboard or memory controller on the CPU.

Pulling a RAM module out of a motherboard slot while the motherboard is powered on is much more likely to cause damage to either the motherboard or CPU memory controller.

If you can't get the system to boot when you return it to the original configuration, you either aren't doing something correctly that you think you are, or have managed to damage something. It may be time to take your machine into a shop so components can be tested. If you've damaged the CPU's memory controller, you're looking at a new CPU. The same goes if you've damaged the motherboard in some way.

I would suspect the most likely candidate for damage to be the CPU.

 

[reeceecmarshall]

Thank you BigPinkDragon286 I have contacted the company I bought it off and I will send it to them so they can check it. Hopefully the CPU isn’t broken as it was a i7 8700k

 

[bigpinkdragon286]

If I read correctly, you bought a PC with a high end CPU that only had a single RAM module installed in it? Something smells fishy with that as it's a very bad combination to end up with. If it was your decision, the shop should have informed you at least a little that you shouldn't do that. Following the bad performance you're going to end up with, you actually end up wanting to replace the single RAM module at the point you upgrade RAM so that you can install a matched set. Matching a single module is not very likely to happen when you upgrade, which has the potential to add new problems.

 

[reeceecmarshall]

Ok thankyou for telling me this as I did not know, I bought the computer from cyber power. I assumed that the pc would be perfect and I would be able to play without issues but clearly not. I have decided to send the pc back and when it is returned I will buy a new ram stick to work with the other one to decrease the chance of problems.