installing new RAM problem, laptop

csnudelman · 09-07-2005, 06:38 PM

Being hearing impaired toll free technical support phone numbers do me no good. PNY dosen't seem to have an email contact address that I can find. I thought perhaps someone reading this forum could help. I have a DELL Inspiron 2200 notebook just a couple of weeks old. I purchased a PNY Optima 512MB 200-Pin DDR SO-DIMM DDR 333 (PC 2700) Notebook Memory Model N512D27OPT - Retail from newegg. I followed the install instructions (I have install RAM several time before for myself, friends and family). When I booted up the screen showing the Dell logo, Intel logo and progress bar it has numerious horizontal lines that give a very distorted screen and there is no progress being done on the bar. Ideas please? Thanks, Craig

diduknowthat · 09-08-2005, 10:59 PM

hmm i had that problem when my ram got screwed up on my grandpa's computer. Try reinserting the ram.

Johnnyboy0056 · 09-08-2005, 11:48 PM

in pushing on the ram did u maybe bump something else loose and only making a partial conenection e.g. the screen connection to the computer? or anything you could have bumped?

csnudelman · 09-09-2005, 05:07 AM

After seeing the problem I removed the RAM and the computer booted and operated just fine. Reinstalling it caused the same problem. There is nothing to bump, there is only enough access to install one strip.

Johnnyboy0056 · 09-09-2005, 06:20 AM

so maybe its not compatible with the ram u are trying to put in? or maybe the slot is bad?

09-07-2005, 06:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
csnudelman Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 44	installing new RAM problem, laptop Being hearing impaired toll free technical support phone numbers do me no good. PNY dosen't seem to have an email contact address that I can find. I thought perhaps someone reading this forum could help. I have a DELL Inspiron 2200 notebook just a couple of weeks old. I purchased a PNY Optima 512MB 200-Pin DDR SO-DIMM DDR 333 (PC 2700) Notebook Memory Model N512D27OPT - Retail from newegg. I followed the install instructions (I have install RAM several time before for myself, friends and family). When I booted up the screen showing the Dell logo, Intel logo and progress bar it has numerious horizontal lines that give a very distorted screen and there is no progress being done on the bar. Ideas please? Thanks, Craig

09-08-2005, 10:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
diduknowthat formerly liuliuboy Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Massachusetts Age: 18 Posts: 6,658	hmm i had that problem when my ram got screwed up on my grandpa's computer. Try reinserting the ram. __________________ Silent Mini-Rig Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 4GB G.Skill DDR2 800 Memory \| 400GB WD SATA HD eVGA 8800GT 512mb Graphics Card X-Fi Xtrememusic Sound Card Asus Combo ATSC TV Tuner Scythe Ninja \| AC Accelero S1 Passive heatsink Cooler Master Elite 340 mATX Case

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Johnnyboy0056 Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Miami, Florida Age: 23 Posts: 666	in pushing on the ram did u maybe bump something else loose and only making a partial conenection e.g. the screen connection to the computer? or anything you could have bumped? __________________ John G. :rolleyes: Sweet Ride- By Me, For Me :) ____________________________________________ ATX Clear Side Tower with 500 Watt Power Supply EPoX 5NVA+sli Motherboard Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.40 GHz 1 GB DDR2 RAM (2 x 512 MB) Seagate 160 GB HDD w/ SATA Connection ATI Radeon X700 PCI Express Video Card

09-09-2005, 06:20 AM	#5 (permalink)
Johnnyboy0056 Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Miami, Florida Age: 23 Posts: 666	so maybe its not compatible with the ram u are trying to put in? or maybe the slot is bad? __________________ John G. :rolleyes: Sweet Ride- By Me, For Me :) ____________________________________________ ATX Clear Side Tower with 500 Watt Power Supply EPoX 5NVA+sli Motherboard Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.40 GHz 1 GB DDR2 RAM (2 x 512 MB) Seagate 160 GB HDD w/ SATA Connection ATI Radeon X700 PCI Express Video Card

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09-09-2005, 05:07 AM	#4 (permalink)
csnudelman Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 44	After seeing the problem I removed the RAM and the computer booted and operated just fine. Reinstalling it caused the same problem. There is nothing to bump, there is only enough access to install one strip.