<div dir="ltr">Patrick,<div>They usually do - however I've seen them not beep as well - I don't mean to be cryptic - but I've seen just about every type of failure out there - it's fairly typical to have them not beep on memory errors now days.</div>
<div><br></div><div>If you can get it to power up to post and it crashes - (if you can) try to download and burn that memtest86 disc and see if it'll boot off that - if no luck you'll just have to work one thing at a time. </div>
<div><br></div><div>You may want to pick up a static strap (to protect parts/pieces while swapping them out) - you'd be amazed at how a small amount of static electricity can affect parts. </div><div>If you have a friend with the same type of memory see if you can work out testing with their memory. That might save you some money.</div>
<div>Tigerdirect/Newegg have great deals on memory/system boards during the holiday's so that may be a good time to upgrade/replace anyway.</div><div><br></div><div>Hopefully you'll get things worked out. I wish I could help but my current pc is a little older (not to mentioned packed) since we're moving to Florida next week :)</div>
<div><br></div><div>Good Luck!</div><div><br></div><div>Dan</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 10:29 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:patrick@upmerchants.com" target="_blank">patrick@upmerchants.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Thank you for the info. I was going to start with the memory first but will try the corsair instead of the adata.<br>
<br>
Years ago if you pulled the memory from a motherboard and powered it up it would beep at you. I tried that and no beeps.<br>
<br>
Do today's motherboards still beep if they don't find any memory?<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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Patrick,<br>
I work for a computer company locally and do a ton of diagnostic and repair<br>
work on a variety of servers, main frame equipment etc. - I say that to let<br>
you know I have a lot of experience as I do this kind of stuff every day of<br>
the week!<br>
<br>
A few years ago I had a similar issue with my system and had memory issues<br>
with OCZ and ADATA memory. I figured this out by running memtest86 - a<br>
utility available for free - it's a bootable disk that you run and it does<br>
thorough testing of the memory - if you google it you should be able to<br>
find it rather quick.<br>
<br>
After several attempts to get 'good' memory from OCZ and ADATA I gave up<br>
and bought Corsair memory - all builds I do from now on (for friends/family<br>
etc.) I will only use high-quality Corsair (or equivalent) memory for this<br>
reason.<br>
<br>
The issue 'could' also be with the system board - if you can get your hands<br>
on some memory to test the box - you should be able to determine the<br>
problem pretty quick. The good thing is that the PC3-10666 memory is rather<br>
cheap compared to past memory types.<br>
<br>
I would start with memory first though. Have a great Christmas - and good<br>
luck!!<br>
<br>
Dan<br>
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On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 9:48 AM, <<a href="mailto:patrick@upmerchants.com" target="_blank">patrick@upmerchants.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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Hello,<br>
<br>
My computer died this morning. Over the past week it has been having hard<br>
lockups where I need to power off and back on to get it to work.<br>
<br>
No problem messages of any kind in /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog<br>
when I checked it astre restart.<br>
<br>
I did get a bios message once, something about the "dram" setting. Did<br>
not record it so cannot say amy more about it.<br>
<br>
Power supply looks good when plugged into a power judge tester.<br>
<br>
system consists of:<br>
<br>
ECS A780LM-M2 AMD 760G Motherboard - Micro ATX, Socket AM3, AMD 760G<br>
Chipset, 1800MHz DDR3 (O.C.), SATA II (3Gb/s), RAID, Radeon HD 3000<br>
Graphics, 6-CH Audio, Fast Ethernet LAN, USB 2.0 MPN: A780LM-M2 (10/100)<br>
<br>
AMD AD610EHDK42GM Athlon II X4 610e Processor - Quad Core, 2MB L2 Cache,<br>
2.40GHz, Socket AM3, 45W, No Fan, OEM MPN: AD610EHDK42GM<br>
<br>
Thermaltake CL-P0503 CPU Cooler - 70mm Fan, Rifle Bearing, Socket AM2,<br>
AM2+, AM3, 754, 939 MPN: CL-P0503<br>
<br>
ADATA Premier Series AD3U1333C4G9-SH 4GB Desktop Memory Module -<br>
PC3-10666, DDR3-1333MHz, 240-pin DIMM<br>
<br>
Diablotek CPA-0170 Diamond ATX Mid Tower Case - ATX, Micro ATX, 400W PSU,<br>
2x Int 5.25" x 1x Ext 3.5", 2x Int 3.5", 2x Front USB 2.0 Ports, Black<br>
MPN: CPA-0170<br>
<br>
Unfortunately I don't have any other machine / parts to swap around to see<br>
if it will revive.<br>
<br>
Any ideas as to what could be the most likely cause / what parts to start<br>
replacing first?<br>
<br>
Thank you.<br>
<br>
Patrick<br>
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