monitor and keyboard not recognized??

[fishinnutinwis]

I decided to add ram so i installed 2- 1g sticks.... started up comp and monitor and keyboard arent turning on?? removed new ram and put old back in---same thing...tried another monitor-nothing..

Has AMD Athlon 64 ... 3400 processor...

Hear a longish beep then pause then another longish beep at startup...Any help would be appreciated-I really need this comp to run..

[KenB]

Hi and welcome to ExTS

 

Hear a longish beep then pause then another longish beep at startup

This is probably a RAM problem as this is all that you have altered.

 

Was the machine switched off when you swapped the RAM over ?

 

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Take the coin-shaped CMOS battery out for about 1 minute and replace.

This will re-set the BIOS to defaults.

 

Use the old RAM - take a pencil eraser and give the contacts a good clean.

Check the slots for dust.

If there is any use a very soft brush or compressed air tin to blow it away.

 

Try again.