I really don't think so. The thing has all these error lights, and the CPU light comes on if there's motherboard damage. However, it goes straight on to the RAM light, which means (from what I can tell in the manual and from stuff online), it's not a motherboard issue. Also, I was very careful in ensuring that I was grounded.
Try taking a second to mentally reconstruct the computer. Go through all the steps and double-check and reconnection everything. This has solved the majority of my computer building problems in the past. If it still doesn't work, then we can move on to other possibilities.
The thing I can say I hate most about Windows specifically has made it's return: Namely, a single program locking up the entire system and requiring a restart.. Thanks iTunes.
@Funfetus: Thanks, I'll give it a try. I couldn't find on that seemed to have been updated recently.
Update: It looks like my hard drive might be going bad. That or I've turned it off when the system's stalled. Is beginning to look more like a case of corrupted disc.
Or could be that my iPod's corrupted.. Trying a deep format.
Well this is getting stranger by the minute. I just listened to the latest Fast Karate without problem but it gets stuck trying to transfer it to my iPod..
Progress: It looks like all the corrupted files began in the days following moving my PC to it's new case and adding the extra RAM. I've removed the RAM and checked the SATA connectors. Going to run a RAM test later.
Another odd thing: Before going in to check SATA connectors: Hard drive was very noisy. Now: Barely audible. Edit: It looks like using a different SATA connector socket on the motherboard has helped.
Update: Unfortunately, I'm not sure how many corrupted files I've now got and the whole system hangs whenever the HDD tries to access them.
Another odd thing: Before going in to check SATA connectors: Hard drive was very noisy. Now: Barely audible.
Have you secured the drives properly? Very slight changes in the way your drive is connected to the case can alter the noise characteristics significantly.
That might have been an issue except the hard drive is secured to a set of big rubber dampers. It looks like it was just that SATA port or power connector. I'll update if I get any more corruption.
Hmm. It definitely ought to work with the new memory; I don't see why it wouldn't work with the old memory either. Can we get a photo of the motherboard, with the RAM sticks in?
One possibility is that the RAM sticks aren't in the right slots.
Hmm. It definitely ought to work with the new memory; I don't see why it wouldn't work with the old memory either. Can we get a photo of the motherboard, with the RAM sticks in?
I don't have a camera high-def enough to do you any good.
One possibility is that the RAM sticks aren't in the right slots.
I just double-checked the motherboard manual. They're seated in the correct slots.
So I need some major help with my laptop that runs Linux Mint. I installed this package the other day called run-it (http://smarden.org/runit) in order to install this alarm-clock plugin for Rhythmbox. Worked fine and the alrm did as it said it would.
However, just rebooted and now I cannot get back into my desktop whatsoever as apparently that program did something to the architecture of the kernel? I'm not asure but it won't get past the screen below and I am completely confused as to how I can fix the situation. Any help is VASTLY appreciated.
Hmm. It definitely ought to work with the new memory; I don't see why it wouldn't work with the old memory either. Can we get a photo of the motherboard, with the RAM sticks in?
I don't have a camera high-def enough to do you any good.
One possibility is that the RAM sticks aren't in the right slots.
I just double-checked the motherboard manual. They're seated in the correct slots.
Alright, so I just tested both DIMMS of the set of RAM that originally worked, trying each stick once in each slot. No dice.
Crap. I think I may have a dead-Linux box as I installed that run-it not for its service, but because that dumb Rhytmbox Alarm plug-in needed it. I can access some of my files via a LiveMint cd, but the ones I really want to backup i'm unable to as the system doesn't recognize me as the owner. Any thoughts for a work-around there? Otherwise I think i'm dead in the water.
Yeah, that's probably the easiest solution you've got.
I will rage my way into a coronary if I have to return the motherboard, especially because I have no idea where I'll keep the CPU while I wait for a new one.
I will rage my way into a coronary if I have to return the motherboard, especially because I have no idea where I'll keep the CPU while I wait for a new one.
I always hang onto my little CPU plastic holder things, just in case. Haven't needed one yet, but still.
RAM not working - You probably broke the RAM or mobo or something. Did you make sure the RAM is in all the way? Did you try putting it in different slots? Did you try taking the motherboard out of the case and booting it with just the bare minimum equipment connected? This is when the acrylic cowboy is useful.
MINT - don't install weird shit! Also, use a more popular, more well-tested distro like Ubuntu. The less people use a distro, the less tested it is, and the more bugs it is likely to have, especially if you mess around with packages that are not very popular. This is true for all computers. Don't use weird software that is out of the ordinary or unpopular. Stick to the tried, true, and trusted things.
I didn't think a alarm program for Rhythmbox would have been weird shit. >_< And don't really think Mint itself I don't think is to blame as I mean its based on Ubuntu after all.
RAM not working - You probably broke the RAM or mobo or something. Did you make sure the RAM is in all the way? Did you try putting it in different slots? Did you try taking the motherboard out of the case and booting it with just the bare minimum equipment connected? This is when the acrylic cowboy is useful.
I have yet to try a boot without my video card and hard drive. I'm not sure how taking it out of the case would help, but I'll give it a try if new RAM doesn't work.
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Try taking a second to mentally reconstruct the computer. Go through all the steps and double-check and reconnection everything. This has solved the majority of my computer building problems in the past. If it still doesn't work, then we can move on to other possibilities.
Namely, a single program locking up the entire system and requiring a restart.. Thanks iTunes.
@Funfetus: Thanks, I'll give it a try. I couldn't find on that seemed to have been updated recently.
Update: It looks like my hard drive might be going bad. That or I've turned it off when the system's stalled.
Is beginning to look more like a case of corrupted disc.
Or could be that my iPod's corrupted.. Trying a deep format.
Progress: It looks like all the corrupted files began in the days following moving my PC to it's new case and adding the extra RAM. I've removed the RAM and checked the SATA connectors. Going to run a RAM test later.
Another odd thing: Before going in to check SATA connectors: Hard drive was very noisy. Now: Barely audible.
Edit: It looks like using a different SATA connector socket on the motherboard has helped.
Update: Unfortunately, I'm not sure how many corrupted files I've now got and the whole system hangs whenever the HDD tries to access them.
It looks like it was just that SATA port or power connector. I'll update if I get any more corruption.
Mobo: ASUS P7P55D-E
New memory: Crucial Ballistix
Old memory: G.Skill Ripjaws
Can we get a photo of the motherboard, with the RAM sticks in?
One possibility is that the RAM sticks aren't in the right slots.
So I need some major help with my laptop that runs Linux Mint. I installed this package the other day called run-it (http://smarden.org/runit) in order to install this alarm-clock plugin for Rhythmbox. Worked fine and the alrm did as it said it would.
However, just rebooted and now I cannot get back into my desktop whatsoever as apparently that program did something to the architecture of the kernel? I'm not asure but it won't get past the screen below and I am completely confused as to how I can fix the situation. Any help is VASTLY appreciated.
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Should I RMA both sets of RAM?
MINT - don't install weird shit! Also, use a more popular, more well-tested distro like Ubuntu. The less people use a distro, the less tested it is, and the more bugs it is likely to have, especially if you mess around with packages that are not very popular. This is true for all computers. Don't use weird software that is out of the ordinary or unpopular. Stick to the tried, true, and trusted things.
And don't really think Mint itself I don't think is to blame as I mean its based on Ubuntu after all.