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Originally Posted by R3d
the chips on the ram are the memory themselves.. single side are called SIMM's (single inline memory module) and both sides are DIMM's (dual inline memory module)
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Ok, apparently that information is just wrong. In doing some more research, here's what I found:
"black boxes = individual RAM chips
You'll usually find 4, 8, or 16 chips on a module. The number of chips varies depending on the capacity of the module and/or the denisty of the individual chips.
If you have a 512MB module with 16 chips, each chips is 32MB in size, but if you have a module with only 8 chips, each chips is 64MB. Since the chips are the same size, the 64MB chips are denser."
Which has nothing to do with SIMM or DIMM, apparently most places don't even carry SIMM anymore. Please know what youre talking about if youre going to post advice, I wasted a significant amount of time thinking we got the wrong RAM.
As for the beeps, already know it most likely means bad memory, especially since the video card is integrated, which I think means it can't be bad unless the motherboard is, and since its beeping it can't be the motherboard. And now that we've tried new RAM, I guess that means its a bad connection? Ive tried using compressed air to clean it, nada. Is there anyway to clean it more thoroughly? Can the connectors be replaced? Or would I have to replace the whole motherboard?