hi guys i would really appreciate some help!!

i've got a pretty old pc (windows 98 SE) old tower etc

i was gonna get a new RAM so it would run faster (it currently has 24.0mb of ram which is rubbish!!!) so i had a look inside to investigate how i would put the new ram in

i took out the old ram and when i switch it back on it goes BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP and nothing comes on the monitor

i opened it all up again, thinkin i'd put hte ram in wrong and as i did a little clip thing next to the ram broke off, i couldn't get it back in so my mum did it. its in securely now but its still beeping and i dunno whats up with it

please help!!

Hi,

Welcome to D-A-L

So you took out the old RAM and then put it back in the machine? Or you put NEW RAM into the machine?

i put the old ram back in

oh and in case it wasn't clear i'm not on that pc right now,

the monitor just stays blank when i switch it on

What bios is on the machine? (ie; Award, AMI, Phoenix, Hewlett Packard, IBM, etc)

From the sounds of things (the beeps), the memory is not "fully engaged" in the module slot. If one of the clips has broken off, it's probably not seating correctly.

I had an old 486 motherboard with 72 pin memory slots, one of which was missing the spring clip. (Same problem, clip snapped off). I had to use fishing line to "tie/pull" the memory module "back" into the slot in the same way which the missing clip would have positioned it.

Post what bios you have and we can discern the beep codes.

erm it has like a sticker on the front saying IM4

i couldn't fnd anything else

sorry if thats not waht you'r elooking for

Originally Posted by Dan Penny

What bios is on the machine? (ie; Award, AMI, Phoenix, Hewlett Packard, IBM, etc)

From the sounds of things (the beeps), the memory is not "fully engaged" in the module slot. If one of the clips has broken off, it's probably not seating correctly.

I had an old 486 motherboard with 72 pin memory slots, one of which was missing the spring clip. (Same problem, clip snapped off). I had to use fishing line to "tie/pull" the memory module "back" into the slot in the same way which the missing clip would have positioned it.

Post what bios you have and we can discern the beep codes.

oh, and if there's any more information that you need, please could you give me a hint as to where i might find it? like the size of the motherboard as you said yours was 486. if you need that info of course

(i'm really not technologically advanced. i thought i was being a scientist when i opened it up, and look how that turned out!!)

The bios/motherboard information is usually the first information you see on the first screens of output when you boot up. Bios info is usually listed as the first line(s), and the motherboard ID will be a long string of numbers/characters. (Usually the last line) before entering the POST (Power On Self Test) stage, where it lists what hard drives, CDROMs, memory, etc are installed.

A Google search for IM4 turned up sound info; http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=im4&meta=