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Originally Posted by illicitstylz
UPDATE1
took a look at my motherboard for leaking/bulging/popped capacitors, none seen which is good.
I then removed a stick of ram, powered it on, and it powers up fine, typing this on said PC as we speak. Put the stick of ram back in the same slot (1 of 4 slots) and it didn't start up.
So far, Power Supply is fried and my kingston 1gb memory stick is fried as well.
What a great christmas "gift".
Good thing there's boxing day sales on right now.
Anything else I should check for damage?
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Before you buy new RAM, have you determined it is indeed that stick of RAM causing problems?
Try removing the "good stick" and replace with the "bad stick" in the same slot.
Then try just the "good stick" into the "bad stick's' slot.
Its still possible that its the motherboard causing problems. Could be a bad ram slot or it could be a problem with the board running 2 sticks of ram (dual channel). Power interruptions and surges can cause weird things.
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