KA266-R Can I break the RAM when forcing it in?

[marcoco]

I've received my new KA266R board, and am not having any luck with this one either.

I've screwed it into the case using the little screw pads.
I've attached the Power Supply, the Vid Card (+monitor) and the 256MB Crucial RAm.
I've switched the jumper to CPU 133/133mhz. And plugged in the power on & Speaker connectors.

When I turn on the PS switch (in the back) my apartment light flickers. But when I hit the power on switch (on the front), nothing happens.

I've played with that RAM alot. Tried all 3 sockets, and pressed hard to try and get it to sit correctly. The ram clips hook up on their own. Is it possible that all this monkeying around has caused me to break something on the RAM? I dont have another DDR pc to test the stick. Is there somewhere I can bring a stick-o-ram to get it tested?

I tried the PS on another PC and it seems to work fine.

Any ideas out there?

 

[cpars]

well the apartment lights flickering does not sound all that good, but any way maybe you should check your connections attached to motherboard header and see if you hay have mixed up the reset with the power switch and make sure the clear cmos jumper is in the correct position.

 

[TheTeacher]

Maybe something in the PSU is crossed. RAM won't cause it to do that. the PSU fans should atleast spin. If it won't get that far then it is the power button, power supply, or something along those lines. Not hardware.
Mike