Did you try the old memory to see if it would boot up?

Make sure you didn't bump anything and unplug a cable somewhere, especially from the hard drive you are booting off of. Next, check the boot list in BIOS and make sure the hard drive you are booting...

I believe that I/O is handled on a dedicated chip that uses your RAM, but not your processor. No one has corrected me yet.

So I think it is bad memory. Basically where we have been all along. As...

Oh how exciting! I loved building my first PC. Although there is a lot to learn to get the most bang for your buck. I used extremetech website when I was building my first, and now I like techreport...

Would not having a CMOS battery actually cause any problems? I was thinking that the computer would just be slow to boot up as it has to rescan the hardware every time it is booted. And the time may...

Well I cant be certain if that is the CMOS battery. So I'll tell you that the battery is basically a watch battery. So if you don't see a watch battery attached on your motherboard then I suppose the...

Ha! Watch as soon as I say no your hard-drive will be fine you loose all your data in a freak accident.

Anyways, the answer is no your hard-drive will be fine.

Yep, that's the plan. Did it not work?

See, assuming that you are using integrated graphics(graphics built into your motherboard) then the graphics needs your memory to be working in order to...

Yes, resetting the BIOS is what crunchie is wanting to accomplish. I do not see any reason to record what your BIOS settings are unless YOU have changed the settings to personal preferences, such as...

Did you put it back in the same ram slot that you took it out of?

I believe memory slots are in an order fashioned so if you put the RAM in slot two and there is not RAM in slot one then the...