I have a HP Vectra VL420MT that I was adding some ram too.Well I didnt have my glasses on and put it in backwards and turned it on.It made 3 strange noises then 3 beeps.I pulled it out and put it in correctly and it still does it.I triend some different sticks of ram ,,same result.I took all of the ram out and same result.It is not seeing any of my ram.Did I short something out and now need a new motherboard?? Thanks for any help.
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Jump to PostYes, you probably shorted out your memory slot. the beeps it is making is an error code. try turning it on again and write down the error code. it should be like 3 short beeps, long short long, short long short, or something like that. take that info and look …
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