just added more ram to a freinds pc (from 2 to 4 gigs) now when i hit the power button it comes on but wont output a signal to the monitor.

Ive checked all connections,reseated the ram and tested the power supply. The real kicker is there is no beeps when i boot it, just a black screen. any ideas??

AMD

GIGABIT MOBO

4 gigs of ram

bfg 8800gts

Does it come back up if you remove the ram you installed? Is the monitor plugged into the correct port?

the monitor doesnt come on when ram is removed and monitor is in correct port

No beep means it isn't posting. Try reseating the mobo, you might have moved it or disconnected some wire by accient.

K imma go through the whole build and see if anything is amis

imidiate!!!!

@oatz: lolz im freakin out here man

Looks to me like your probably fried something in the board when touching it. Just buy a new one, no biggie.

@TheHBK said:

Looks to me like your probably fried something in the board when touching it. Just buy a new one, no biggie.

Happens to the best of us!

imidiate!!!!

@CRiTE said:

K imma go through the whole build and see if anything is amis

Good plan. Reseat all the connections and make sure the monitor is plugged into the video card instead of the mobo like I did when I upgraded my RAM :/

Found it,bad ram... i know duh....but i tested all sticks seperate and 1 of the new ones was bad so ill just get a refund from new egg and be done w it thanks alot guys and gals.

@CRiTE said:

Found it,bad ram... i know duh....but i tested all sticks seperate and 1 of the new ones was bad so ill just get a refund from new egg and be done w it thanks alot guys and gals.

Bummer, duder. That's happened to me a few times but their RMA process is real fast and easy if you just want to exchange it for a replacement. I've never asked for a refund but I'd assume the procedure is just as painless.

Better than the last time this happened to me. I must not have put it in all the way or something but my computer just wouldnt boot, turned out my 2nd hard drive was fried due to my rushed install of the ram. My 13 year old self was devastated at all that anime I lost. I wish I had known at the time that I was really doing myself a favor.

Yea Newegg is great and I prefer Crucial memory myself. One of my 512 sticks went bad and I was able to RMA it within the year and get a new one no hastle.

@Unstoppable said:

Yea Newegg is great and I prefer Crucial memory myself. One of my 512 sticks went bad and I was able to RMA it within the year and get a new one no hastle.

512? I didn't know Newegg existed in 1998 :P

memory has a way of being screwed up, one thing I do know.

when i added 2 more ram sticks to double the ram in my previous build (up to 4 gb) i had to put the new ones where the old ones were and put the old ones in the previously empty slots to get it to boot. none of the sticks are bad, but i guess there was something about one of the new sticks in the second slot pair...