PC beeps and Fans go crazy

ninor

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Jan 5, 2008
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I got a Dell Dimension 8400 and yesterday I got some new ram and I thought I would install it myself as I have installed ram on my old machine before without any problems.

Well... after installing the ram I turned my PC on and cd-rom lights flash few times, pc speaker beeps few times, no signal is sent to the monitor, and fans start getting louder and louder. When I hold the power button for about 5 seconds, PC turns off but then it turns itself back on right away. I have to turn it off about 5 times before it will stop turning itself back on.

By the way, my case is really dusty, do you guys think that dust has anything to do with is or did I maybe stress something out when I opened the case?

Please help, my PC is not working
 

RebateMonger

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Welcome to AnandTech Forums.

Just a friendly note:
If you ask others for help, and figure out the answer on your own, it's still nice if you post your solution. It's likely you aren't the only person who'll ever have the same problem.

Thanks,

RebateMonger