On bootup, get "SDRAM Dimm 1" and then computer stops
Bookmark this page:
 Yahoo!
 Google
 Windows Live
 del.icio.us
 digg
 Netscape
|
|
|||||||||||||
|
Posted by Xu on January 3, 2006, 6:10 pm
Please log in for more thread options this morning I used a can of air on the inside to clean it out. I waited about 10 minutes then powered up. Right past the bios screen I get this: SDRAM Dimm at 1 and then computer won't proceed any further. I bought new memory to check it, but if I put anything in Dimm 1, I get the same problem. If I put the module in Dimm 2, no problem and the computer boots. The problem is with only 1 slot, I got 256mb worth of memory. I cannot live with that! With XP and my virus program the thing runs like my old 486pc. I have spent alot of time on this old MOBO and several people here have helped me. Is there anything I can do or try that I might not have thought of before I chunk this MOBO and salvage the internal parts? | |||||||||||||
|
Posted by Bill D. on January 3, 2006, 6:24 pm
Please log in for more thread options You say you used canned air. Use a flashlight to check the slot(s). You most likely got dirt in there. One should never use pressurized air to clean out a very dirty system because the dirt can get into the expansion slots as well and render them useless. Clean everything with a fine small sized paint brush with non-static bristles such as horse-hair. -- "ACK", Bill D. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
" Now just look..... they're burning the `Porta-Potties' "
........ OPUS | |||||||||||||
|
Posted by Xu on January 3, 2006, 6:54 pm
Please log in for more thread options You are talking about the dimm slot and not the pci slots aren't you?
The can of air could have just been a coincidence though and the slots had the ram in them, so I don't see how I could have pushed dirt into the slots with the ram was already inside them. I will take out the ram and blow some air into the slot though to see if that helps. Thanks. > You say you used canned air. Use a flashlight to check the slot(s). You
> most likely got dirt in there. One should never use pressurized air to > clean out a very dirty system because the dirt can get into the expansion > slots as well and render them useless. Clean everything with a fine small > sized paint brush with non-static bristles such as horse-hair. > > -- > "ACK", > Bill D. > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > " Now just look..... they're burning the `Porta-Potties' " > ........ OPUS | |||||||||||||
|
Posted by Bill D. on January 3, 2006, 7:11 pm
Please log in for more thread options Xu wrote:
> You are talking about the dimm slot and not the pci slots aren't you?
> > The can of air could have just been a coincidence though and the slots had > the ram in them, so I don't see how I could have pushed dirt into the slots > with the ram was already inside them. I will take out the ram and blow some > air into the slot though to see if that helps. Thanks. > >> You say you used canned air. Use a flashlight to check the slot(s). You
>> most likely got dirt in there. One should never use pressurized air to >> clean out a very dirty system because the dirt can get into the expansion >> slots as well and render them useless. Clean everything with a fine small >> sized paint brush with non-static bristles such as horse-hair. >> >> -- >> "ACK", >> Bill D. >> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> >> " Now just look..... they're burning the `Porta-Potties' " >> ........ OPUS >
> :-) Normally the last thing fixed is what causes the trouble. Another thin you can do is use a small soft eraser to clean the RAM slots. Just make sure you clean out any residue. -- "ACK", Bill D. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
" Now just look..... they're burning the `Porta-Potties' "
........ OPUS | |||||||||||||
|
Posted by kony on January 4, 2006, 2:25 am
Please log in for more thread options On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 20:41:41 -0330, "Bill D."
>
>:-) Normally the last thing fixed is what causes the trouble. >Another thin you can do is use a small soft eraser to clean the >RAM slots. Just make sure you clean out any residue. Do NOT use a small eraser to clean (almost any) modern PC contacts as they are all very thinly gold plated. It can only make things worse than using a proper solvent. Sure, it can help for the short term but then the contacts are permanently damanged and can only be worse over time than if properly cleaned instead. | |||||||||||||
| Similar Threads | Posted |
| On bootup, get "SDRAM Dimm 1" and then computer stops | January 3, 2006, 6:10 pm |
| Bootup stops at Updating ESCD. Building DMI Pool. | February 1, 2007, 2:26 am |
| removing a bad dimm | August 18, 2005, 1:03 pm |
| Faulty DIMM? | January 4, 2006, 12:00 am |
| XP hangs at bootup | April 7, 2006, 12:44 pm |
| Can't Bootup with Two Raids | September 19, 2006, 11:07 pm |
| HDD's not recognised at bootup! TIA. | September 20, 2006, 12:22 am |
| Noisy Hard Drive on Bootup using XP | March 26, 2007, 6:05 am |
| "Updating ESCD...success" on bootup: any ideas? | June 19, 2006, 6:52 pm |
| Bootup problem - connecting IDE cable causes fault | October 2, 2006, 3:44 pm |
| System files corrupted because of a DIMM memory failure | September 14, 2007, 9:37 am |
| USB stops responding | March 20, 2006, 11:23 am |
| keyboard stops working | November 15, 2006, 10:06 pm |
| Updating ESCD.... and then it stops | November 22, 2006, 4:14 pm |
| USB mouse stops working | July 5, 2008, 3:26 am |
> this morning I used a can of air on the inside to clean it out. I waited
> about 10 minutes then powered up. Right past the bios screen I get this:
>
> SDRAM Dimm at 1
>
> and then computer won't proceed any further. I bought new memory to check
> it, but if I put anything in Dimm 1, I get the same problem. If I put the
> module in Dimm 2, no problem and the computer boots. The problem is with
> only 1 slot, I got 256mb worth of memory. I cannot live with that! With XP
> and my virus program the thing runs like my old 486pc.
>
> I have spent alot of time on this old MOBO and several people here have
> helped me. Is there anything I can do or try that I might not have thought
> of before I chunk this MOBO and salvage the internal parts?
>
>