This morning I got a 1g stick of ram that was pc2100 which is what my computer takes. I put it in my computer and when I booted up, my computer would beep 4-5 seconds long at 2 second intervals. I later found out that the ram i got does not work with my model. I took out the new ram so that my computer was the same as the day before. Same error. I have checked to make sure that nothing got unplugged when I was inside of my computer. This has been frustrating me severly for the past 3 hours and any help would be greatly appreciated. If you have any questions about my computer please ask.

Its probably you have set up your memory card not properly, please make sure it is firmly inserted. Dont worry its a common error when you tried to build up a pc :). The most common problem is inserting the card firmly, get out the card and set it properly again thats most common problem. Hope this helps :)

I tried this and I still get the same result. I do not want to have to pay to get this fixed because it is pretty expensive. Is there any other advice I can get?

I tried this and I still get the same result. I do not want to have to pay to get this fixed because it is pretty expensive. Is there any other advice I can get?

When installing ram we are suppose to unplug the computer from the wall plug and hold the power button in to drain all power from capacitors,before installing a stick of ram ,did you do this ,if not you could have shorted out you ram sticks or motherboard .

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