ahh, stupid me, i never thought of that - i just reset my BIOS so it would have changed the amount i have for the gfx
DOH! I thought i had a dud ram

My computer has always said i have "351MB" of SDRAM and now it says "375"

what the??

i would have to agree with moderate_rock48

sounds like you need to stay calm at your pc

okay im assuming you mean cpu as "the actual pc system" you may have tipped something while you were knocking it over

open the case and check there...

doesnt seem like the ram to me!
and its okay to have ram in odd slots but try the other way round---see if it has an effect

good luck

i left it out and powered it on externally

eliminate it too (take out all pci cards)
if this doesnt work try to try out another ram source

good luck!

is it one of the new stock clip ons
or one of the metal pin on ones?

in my own opinion-the metal one's are more reliable

last time this happened to me i unscrewed the board and sat ti there (put it horizontally if its a vertical pc)

there could be a chance that the board cannot transfer info and a small power on...

yes and no
you should have put paste on that pad---it may be too late :(

but if its not too late-try putting paste on it--it should cool it by 60%

okay
answers:

1----its maybe best to format the hdd,backup and format as the computer the hdd was in before may have errors with recognising your new specs

2----i seriously have no idea why...

my computer is randomly counting ram eg-i have a 512 and when i boot my machine it will count it---it counts it as 4 then it counted it as 51 then 37 then 448 then 15 etc.....

i was told that i...

what if i were to extend it or take the capacitor off

oh sorry...i just realised you said that the toroidal inductor was noisy

try slightly pushing the toroidal inductor away from any close objects (eg-capacitors)

okay thanks

i was thinking of putting them all over the floor of the case (aronud 5cm away from components--is this alright?

hmm...it could be the fan/ heatsink----try sticking your ear up to the fan and motherboard but be sure that you dont chop your ear off :)

yes im 100% sure
it was from a brand new 370 upgrade and i have to use my old socket 370 heatsink cos this heatsink fits bu cant due to a capacitor in the way--the cpu works fine

my stock 370 heatsink wont fit due to capacitor in the way
what can i do?

yeah i managed to wire around 12 speakers to the board

sounds allright

now i have the courage of knowing my pc is posting

one more thing though,if i add novelty speakers (unplugged iternal...

please check that your motherboard is screwed in tightly and properly as it could be vibrating and scrreching

i will

okay....i have everything BUT the speakers----would it be ok if it were for show---eg-40 speakers that are not plugged in

yeahim just trying to pimp up the computer and make it look good so i can hear the bass of those posts

i have one onboard speaker and would like to add some more but my mobo wont accept the speakers (4 pin) is there anything i could do? as i am looking ito pimping my pc with heaps of internal speakers

well i have like 10 internal floppys--but my psu does not support it so i will need to buy an adapter

hey

i have a 203966-001 board and got the bios from hp as my new cpu had a microcode error
i put the bios onto a cd and placed the file onto my desktop
it started to install and then it will...

YES!!!!
I took the computer to a local computer shop and it was the boards problem---it was bent too much :) it completely works

im going to buy a new board cos i am sick of this!!

there is a brand called "ECS" look for a board from probably ebay and you can get them to accept 2 slots for ddr ram and there are 2 slots for sdram

these boards rock!

okay
i did not buy another mobo---i swapped cpu's again!
it worked---it posted
but still no display!

what have i done now???

okay
thanx

thanks catweazle

err just one more thing

if i bought a motherboard that could take up to 2.4ghz and i put a....2.8ghz in it
will it work or not recognise the excess speed

alright thanks guys!!!
big help!

i took it to a repair shop and he said that since its a celron that the amount was fine as it has a silver protection base and it was not on the cpu

my forum has made me some money so im going to...

UH-OH!

well my new cpu should arrive today-ill give that a try with only a little paste on this one

this happens alot with one of my computers
depending what motherboard you have:

get a torch and shine it near the IDE pins and look for the writing "PASSWORD DISPLAY" there should be a couple of...

okay i seemed to go so overboard with the thermal paste
can this kill the celeron

doesnt matter if it can cos i can swap the cpu over with a backup

its all seated properly,i tried it with another psu and its still happening
i put the correct amount of thermal stuff and no more tape!!!

i took the battery out,reset cmos and still nothing works!

HELP I BOUGHT A NEW CPU AND ITS STILL HAPPENING--SAME THING TOO---I REPLACED RAM,I TOOK OUT RAM TO SEE IF IT BEEPED AND ITS STILL OCCURING :cry: PLEASE HELP ME