I have a 2013 Lenovo desktop pc with:
i5 3350p
2x4GB ddr3 1600mhz ram
Lenovo cih61mi v1.1 motherboard
500gb hdd
280W psu.
I haven't used this pc in about a year, and before it used to work just fine.
I took it back from my garage yesterday and tried to turn it on, but it wouldn't boot and started beeping. 3 short 1 long beeps. I look it online and it turns out to be a ram problem.
The mother board has 2 ram slots and i have 2 ram sticks.
1 of the ram sticks works in both the slots and the pc boots w/o problems.
The 2nd ram stick works in the Left slot (closer to cpu) but not the Right one.
If i install both ram sticks the pc doesn't boot no matter the combination of the ram and the slots.
Is this the motherboards fault or the ram's fault?
How can i solve this? because i'd rather have 8Gb than 4Gb of ram.
Do i have to buy another ram stick or another motherboard?
i5 3350p
2x4GB ddr3 1600mhz ram
Lenovo cih61mi v1.1 motherboard
500gb hdd
280W psu.
I haven't used this pc in about a year, and before it used to work just fine.
I took it back from my garage yesterday and tried to turn it on, but it wouldn't boot and started beeping. 3 short 1 long beeps. I look it online and it turns out to be a ram problem.
The mother board has 2 ram slots and i have 2 ram sticks.
1 of the ram sticks works in both the slots and the pc boots w/o problems.
The 2nd ram stick works in the Left slot (closer to cpu) but not the Right one.
If i install both ram sticks the pc doesn't boot no matter the combination of the ram and the slots.
Is this the motherboards fault or the ram's fault?
How can i solve this? because i'd rather have 8Gb than 4Gb of ram.
Do i have to buy another ram stick or another motherboard?