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timwatson19 · 04-04-2005, 03:41 PM

Tried installing a soundcard in my DOS box this morning - I put in in the PCI slot, as per instructions, then switched the computer on, and it took absolutely ages about it. Concerned, I switched it off and had a look inside. Couldn't see anyting wrong, but there was a smell of hot electronics. Checked the CPU cooling, that was fine. Then I went to check that the memory was properly in its socket and burnt my fingers on it - I'm not exagerrating. I took it out immediatly with the aid of pliers, and consigned it to the bin.

Can anyone suggest why this is happening? I'm puzzled, as the memory is right next to the main case fan, whiich was clean and working at the time.

**Lax** · 04-04-2005, 05:49 PM

Did ya force the ram in the wrong way?

timwatson19 · 04-06-2005, 04:15 PM

No, of course not! I'm not that stupid

lynx6200 · 04-06-2005, 04:45 PM

Are all your cards secure, firmly plugged into their slot? Ive had that happen sometimes where they appear to be plugged in, but are not actualy in all the way, and weird stuff happens. If thats not the case, I would double check your connections inside the computer, try restarting w/ out your sound card, see if the problem goes away, than try it agin w/ the sound card installed, maybe theres a incomapatibility issue with the card or your pci slot is bad, try another slot. Good luck.

04-04-2005, 03:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
timwatson19 New Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 14	Hot Hot Hot Tried installing a soundcard in my DOS box this morning - I put in in the PCI slot, as per instructions, then switched the computer on, and it took absolutely ages about it. Concerned, I switched it off and had a look inside. Couldn't see anyting wrong, but there was a smell of hot electronics. Checked the CPU cooling, that was fine. Then I went to check that the memory was properly in its socket and burnt my fingers on it - I'm not exagerrating. I took it out immediatly with the aid of pliers, and consigned it to the bin. Can anyone suggest why this is happening? I'm puzzled, as the memory is right next to the main case fan, whiich was clean and working at the time. __________________ 235W PSU AMD Sempron 2GHz 512 MB RAM 6GB HDD (2x 3GB) Win XP Pro 52x32X CD writer 16x DVD-ROM Onboard 64MB graphics card Onboard 5.1 surround sound (SiS 741GX chipset) 10/100 Mb/s LAN

04-06-2005, 04:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
timwatson19 New Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 14	No, of course not! I'm not that stupid __________________ 235W PSU AMD Sempron 2GHz 512 MB RAM 6GB HDD (2x 3GB) Win XP Pro 52x32X CD writer 16x DVD-ROM Onboard 64MB graphics card Onboard 5.1 surround sound (SiS 741GX chipset) 10/100 Mb/s LAN

04-06-2005, 04:45 PM	#4 (permalink)
lynx6200 Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NC Age: 25 Posts: 786	Are all your cards secure, firmly plugged into their slot? Ive had that happen sometimes where they appear to be plugged in, but are not actualy in all the way, and weird stuff happens. If thats not the case, I would double check your connections inside the computer, try restarting w/ out your sound card, see if the problem goes away, than try it agin w/ the sound card installed, maybe theres a incomapatibility issue with the card or your pci slot is bad, try another slot. Good luck. __________________ [size=2][size=1][color=DarkGreen][color=Navy] CoolerMaster Case Asus A8N SLI- Deluxe AMD athlon 64 3400+ 1GB Ultra DDR ram XFX 7600 GT 256mb videe 230GB SATA HD Combo drive

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04-04-2005, 05:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
Lax Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Snow country Age: 21 Posts: 2,260	Did ya force the ram in the wrong way?