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From: Kev Nurse on 16 Jan 2007 18:58 Hi Guys, Without going into the details of how or why I did it, I unknowlingly partially fitted a DDR2 SIMM into a DDR SIMM slot and switched on the pc. The screen remained blank and a slight electrical smell occured. I realised my error with the incompatible SIMM and then refitted the original DDR SIMMs and it got as far as the memory check and then stopped. I'm concerned that I have damaged the motherboard and CPU. The motherboard is a Gigabyte 7VM 333M - RZ with an AMD 3.0GHz CPU. I have sourced a bundled AMD Sempron 3000, Heatsink and Fan, 512MB RAM, Socket 754 Motherboard Micro ATX for £90. I have 3 questions: 1.How hard should I kick myself? I have changed SIMMs many times without error. 2. Have I damaged the motherboard and possibly CPU? 3. Is the sourced bundle the right solution, apart from taking the pc back to the shop because I can't be trusted to own it. (old joke) Many thanks for any answers.... Regards Kev Nurse
From: philo on 16 Jan 2007 19:13 "Kev Nurse" <kev(a)kevnurse.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:1168991939.805983.10270(a)38g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... Hi Guys, Without going into the details of how or why I did it, I unknowlingly partially fitted a DDR2 SIMM into a DDR SIMM slot and switched on the pc. The screen remained blank and a slight electrical smell occured. I realised my error with the incompatible SIMM and then refitted the original DDR SIMMs and it got as far as the memory check and then stopped. I'm concerned that I have damaged the motherboard and CPU. Try another RAM slot...if you are lucky you just burned out that one slot... anyway...the CPU itself is OK...so it's just the MOBO you ruined (and maybe the DDR2)
From: DaveW on 17 Jan 2007 19:00
Yes, I'm afraid that it's time for a new motherboard. -- DaveW ---------------- "Kev Nurse" <kev(a)kevnurse.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:1168991939.805983.10270(a)38g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... Hi Guys, Without going into the details of how or why I did it, I unknowlingly partially fitted a DDR2 SIMM into a DDR SIMM slot and switched on the pc. The screen remained blank and a slight electrical smell occured. I realised my error with the incompatible SIMM and then refitted the original DDR SIMMs and it got as far as the memory check and then stopped. I'm concerned that I have damaged the motherboard and CPU. The motherboard is a Gigabyte 7VM 333M - RZ with an AMD 3.0GHz CPU. I have sourced a bundled AMD Sempron 3000, Heatsink and Fan, 512MB RAM, Socket 754 Motherboard Micro ATX for �90. I have 3 questions: 1.How hard should I kick myself? I have changed SIMMs many times without error. 2. Have I damaged the motherboard and possibly CPU? 3. Is the sourced bundle the right solution, apart from taking the pc back to the shop because I can't be trusted to own it. (old joke) Many thanks for any answers.... Regards Kev Nurse |