Hi
I was trying to fix my broken Laptop. It did not power up anymore. I push the power button, the LED lights up, screen remains black, no BIOS, no error message, no beeps, after a minute it just switches off.
Because I remembered that, in the past, I had to try multiple times to power on my laptop, I suspected some sort of deterioration and that it might be a problem with my RAM that got worse gradually.
Today I bought new RAM, same specs: 8 GB DDR3 2400 MHz, removed the old one, put in the new one, started my laptop and everything worked. Great.
Then I went to work, started my laptop, started Google Chrome, the screen froze, I rebooted and I am back at square one: black screen, no error message, no BIOS, no beep.
Am I concluding correctly that I fried the new RAM? But how and why?
I am aware of static electricity. Also, I did NOT disconnect the battery when switching RAM. I read that this is a mere precautionary measure, but please correct me here.
I could go to the store to buy new RAM anytime, but I am afraid I'm gonna fry it, again.
All help is appreciated!
I was trying to fix my broken Laptop. It did not power up anymore. I push the power button, the LED lights up, screen remains black, no BIOS, no error message, no beeps, after a minute it just switches off.
Because I remembered that, in the past, I had to try multiple times to power on my laptop, I suspected some sort of deterioration and that it might be a problem with my RAM that got worse gradually.
Today I bought new RAM, same specs: 8 GB DDR3 2400 MHz, removed the old one, put in the new one, started my laptop and everything worked. Great.
Then I went to work, started my laptop, started Google Chrome, the screen froze, I rebooted and I am back at square one: black screen, no error message, no BIOS, no beep.
Am I concluding correctly that I fried the new RAM? But how and why?
I am aware of static electricity. Also, I did NOT disconnect the battery when switching RAM. I read that this is a mere precautionary measure, but please correct me here.
I could go to the store to buy new RAM anytime, but I am afraid I'm gonna fry it, again.
All help is appreciated!