[wellylug] What did I do wrong ? - destroyed motherboard

[Nigel Walters]

Peter,

I used any old RAM. It just fitted ! I was not necessarily expecting it
to work, just did not expect it to actually cause a problem.

No, I have not tried stripping the machine down. I have also not tried
to clear the CMOS. Will try soon.

Nigel



On Sat, 2003-10-25 at 01:42, Peter Jones wrote:
> Did you upgrade using Compaq (or aftermarket-but-specified-for-Compaq) RAM?
> The older Compaq boxes were particularly fussy about RAM.
> remove the new stuff and try again.
> 
> I probably wouldn't have left the power plug in - many power supplies have 
> voltage applied to the board regardless of power on/off state - unless it
> was switched off at the wall outlet.
> 
> I assume you have been through the normal diagnostic processes - disconnect
> / remove everything 
> apart from cpu, original Compaq RAM (does this have on-board memory?) ,
> video card (if not integrated), 
> clear the CMOS with the jumper and try booting
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ---Original Message-----
> From: Nigel Walters [mailto:nigel.walters at ihug.co.nz]
> Sent: Friday, 24 October 2003 12:43 p.m.
> To: wellylug
> Subject: [wellylug] What did I do wrong ? - destroyed motherboard
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I was recently given a working  Compaq Prolinea 5100e with 16MB ram. I
> was attempting to upgrade the memory when the machine stopped working
> with the error "102-System board failure". The HP website suggests
> replace the system board. I had taken the anti-static precautions of
> leaving the machine plugged in and trying (maybe not succeeding !) to
> keep holding on to the case while fitting the extra memory.
> 
> 
> Any comments on what I did wrong. I have upgraded many machines without
> noticeable incident up to this point.
> 
> regards
> Nigel 
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> Nigel Walters <nigel.walters at ihug.co.nz>
> 
> 
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