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Burning smell upgrading ram

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  • 16-04-2011 5:33pm
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    Darith
    Registered Users Posts: 323 ✭✭


    Updated memory on Diemension dell 1100. Put the sticks in wrong way. Turned on, no action
    but a burning smell. Powered down and inserted chips correctly. PC ok now but would there have been any
    permanent damage and is there a remote risk of the PC going on fire ?


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    Daniel S
    Registered Users Posts: 3,532 ✭✭✭Daniel S


    Darith wrote: »
    Updated memory on Diemension dell 1100. Put the sticks in wrong way. Turned on, no action
    but a burning smell. Powered down and inserted chips correctly. PC ok now but would there have been any
    permanent damage and is there a remote risk of the PC going on fire ?

    If everything is working okay, I'd say nothing bad has happened. Though, if you get any problems with the ram in the future, send them back under warranty, I really mean as soon as you get problems with them.


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    clacks
    Registered Users Posts: 203 ✭✭clacks


    I did something very similar last year. Its not good I'm afraid. My motherboard died. It taught me the lesson not to do pc repairs after coming home from the pub.


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    Nitro Snail
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    ha - I made that mistake with an Athlon xp 1800, years ago - 3/4 of ram sitting in arseways powered it on and then a dirthy burning smell n smoke and the memory stick was red hot - it still worked but would freeze from time to time so I changed all the ram and no difference - Motherboard must a got a little messed up in the process - Change the ram cus its probably 15 or 20 euro.


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    Darith
    Registered Users Posts: 323 ✭✭Darith


    Would the hard drive and cpu have been damaged also ?


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    Kazuma
    Registered Users Posts: 558 ✭✭✭Kazuma


    I did this when I built a new pc recently (never build when you need sleep).

    I found varying information, but in *my* case, the RAM was fine, but the ram slot on the motherboard was buggered. I lost dual channel, so I just went out and bought a replacement board - will use the other with an experimental build.

    Check to see if your computer is recognising the amount of ram it should be - if not, test the sticks one by one to see if you can boot with them.


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    sink
    Registered Users Posts: 4,314 ✭✭✭sink


    How can you install ram the wrong way round? The notches won't match up and the clips either side won't close.


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    massy086
    Registered Users Posts: 2,845 ✭✭✭massy086


    sink wrote: »
    How can you install ram the wrong way round? The notches won't match up and the clips either side won't close.
    ye was thinking that too??????????


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