Computer's gone tis up after memory upgrade

[Wizbuzz]

Well what a disaster, yesterday i was asked for some help with a memory upgrade by a friend. I recommended he seek some advice online etc.

 

well he looked at what he found & info I was given & Well & so he installed new memory from 1gb to 2gb.

 

When he started up the hard drive stayed on / the mains on button keeps flashing / there is no signal to the monitor / & thats it nothing!!!

 

I went round and put his old memory back in & restarted but this time It started as normal (so it seemed) it then stops H/Drive activity after about 5 seconds / no signal on monitor / & thats how it stays doing nothing.

 

I am not an expert on the bits in the case so SOME HELP would be most appreciated, I did see he has an ATI Card installed (Monitor is attached to that)

 

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Some info

 

The Spec.

 

AMD64 Athlon 64 3200+

 

MSI

 

MSI-6741 1.0

 

Chipset VIA - K8T800 (VT8383) REV. 01

 

was Running 1GB DDR Memory at the time 2 x 512mb, & he upgraded to 2GB.

 

 

I Found this info on MSI Site (Link Below) for his Motherboard:

 

http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec....SR&class=mb

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This is the actual memory my friend bought after & installed:

 

COMPONENT SHOP - DDR DIMM MEMORY -

1GB Memory Module

DDR DIMM for Desktops

400MHz Bus Clock Rate

184 pin Configuration

Non-ECC

 

PLEASE HELP MY FRIEND IS PANICKING BG TIME :eek:

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Hi Wiz

 

Welcome to FPCH

 

Can you redo that link please as it goes to Page not found.

 

Did he get a single 2GB stick or 2 x 1GB of mem?

[Wizbuzz]

All Fixed..

 

Thanks Wolfeymole for your help sorry about the link.

 

I've just managed to suss out problem, my friend had slightly disconnected something also the memory slots were a bit dodgey & dirty, so I cleaned them & installed the 2GB's, & hey presto! she fired into life, problem solved :D

 

But thanks again Wolfeymole & oh it was 2 x 1GB he got.

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Hey that's wicked Wiz, thanks for letting us know mate. :)