pc shutting on and off rapidly

[dragantoe]

I just took half my ram out to ship to someone and now my pc only turns on for 2 seconds, shuts off and keeps repeating with a black monitor, when I take all the ram out it stays on but no monitor. the motherboard speaker beeps 4 times quickly when i turn it on. I've cleared the cmos and the storage and stuff, but it still won't go into the bios or turn the monitor on. I'm pretty sure it's the ram, but how would that happen and what would i do about it? there is no gpu in it right now

 

[Bubbaleone]

4 beeps on an AMI BIOS usually means a timer error (mobo) but it can also be a base memory error (minimum amount of memory required to initiate POST sequence). Test with one stick at a time in each of the slots to see if it will post.

 

[dragantoe]

4 beeps on an AMI BIOS usually means a timer error (mobo) but it can also be a base memory error (minimum amount of memory required to initiate POST sequence). Test with one stick at a time in each of the slots to see if it will post.

what is a timer error? also my brother thought he would try to fix it (bad choice letting him do that) and put the ram in backwards, turned the pc on and shocked the ram rendering it and the slot useless, the other slots seem to work with my other stick but is still shutting on and off

 

[bononos]

what is a timer error? also my brother thought he would try to fix it (bad choice letting him do that) and put the ram in backwards, turned the pc on and shocked the ram rendering it and the slot useless, the other slots seem to work with my other stick but is still shutting on and off

How did you manage to put the ram in backwards? The slot is keyed to prevent such a thing from happening. If only there was a darwin award for computer builders.

 

[pete1229]

System timer failure can usually be fixed by replacing the CMOS battery, what concerns me is the memory slot that is now unusable due to improperly seating the memory stick, it maybe that the mobo now needs to be replaced.

 

[pete1229]

How did you manage to put the ram in backwards? The slot is keyed to prevent such a thing from happening. If only there was a darwin award for computer builders.

...My thoughts exactly!

 

[dragantoe]

How did you manage to put the ram in backwards? The slot is keyed to prevent such a thing from happening. If only there was a darwin award for computer builders.

I didnt put it in backwards, my brother did after I told him not to touch it, he didn't clip it in , it just sat there with the corner in the slot, he turned on the pc and i saw a shock and now that slot is unusable and the ram is charred.

 

[lobbyone]

I didnt put it in backwards, my brother did after I told him not to touch it, he didn't clip it in , it just sat there with the corner in the slot, he turned on the pc and i saw a shock and now that slot is unusable and the ram is charred.

So...you had the computer opened up, components exposed and also plugged to an outlet? I'm assume it was still plugged in since your brother turned it on, otherwise you would have it someplace else and not readily available to an outlet.

 

[denis280]

Thanks to your brother.the motherboard is probably fried.

 

[dragantoe]

Thanks to your brother.the motherboard is probably fried.

yeh, but parts were working since the pc still started up, only the beeper would beep 4 times(means there is no ram installed) and did the same thing in all the slots. so I just sold the cpu and am making a new system on a different platform

 

[denis280]

yeh, but parts were working since the pc still started up, only the beeper would beep 4 times(means there is no ram installed) and did the same thing in all the slots. so I just sold the cpu and am making a new system on a different platform

Do it yourself!😉