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RAM?
The computer won't start up, was working fine before. Nothing comes up on the screen. But it does beep, 1 beep continously. So I figure, OK its probably the RAM, but then I take out the RAM and I get no beeps, wth? (And no it still doesn't start up) I also tried moving the RAM to different slot and it gives no beeps.
The 4 lights on the back, indicate in the manual that it is stuck on early chipset initialization, if that helps.
It's windows XP, kingston pc 2100, athlon, k7n420 pro by msi
On a semi unrelated note, what do the black chips on the RAM do? Because we bought some new RAM to test it, but this new RAM only has one side covered in the black chips (4 of them) but our old RAM has both sides covered (8 total). As far as whats on the sticker and what we asked for they are identitcal. Oh and when the new RAM was installed it was the same thing, 1 continuos beep.
thanks
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